Equipment

MIKE MORRISHead Equipment

Manager

CHRIS BROWNAssistant Equipment

Manager

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EQUIPMENT STAFF

Football Equipment DepartmentQuick Facts

• 1,560-square foot equipment room in the Williams Football Operations Center

• Equipment Island• Player cubbies to pick up laundered gear• Three 50-pound washers• Three 100-pound dryers• 24-foot truck with Flames and Nike logo which

takes equipment to each road game• Gear Boss by Wenger Storage System which is

portable for travel• Nine Student Managers• Extra equipment trunks for games and practice• 500 pounds of laundry per day in season

Nike is the official footwear and apparel supplierand sponsor of Liberty University Athletics

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Williams Stadium is set to celebrate its 20thseason of hosting Liberty Football in 2008.Liberty Mountain’s gridiron edifice opened itsdoors on Oct. 21, 1989, as the Flames playedhost to the Tigers of Towson State. After givingup a 42-yard field goal early in the first quarter,Liberty scored 31 unanswered points to thrill thethen record-setting homecoming crowd of12,750 fans with a 37-19 victory.

For the second consecutive season,attendance records have fallen at WilliamsStadium. Seven of the top 10 attended gamesat Williams Stadium have come in head coachDanny Rocco’s first two seasons with theFlames, including all six home games from2007. After a record-setting 2006 season,Liberty continued its high marks in 2007. TheFlames averaged a school-record 14,190 fansper contest during the 2007 season, rankingsixth in the nation as Williams Stadium was filledat 118.3 percent capacity. The mark broke theprevious average record of 11,128 fans set in2006, Rocco’s first year at the helm.

In 2007 a season-record 85,140 fans filedinto Williams Stadium for Liberty’s six homedates. That is nearly 18,400 more fans than theprevious record of 66,765, set in 2006. Whenthe mark was broken in 2006 it was nearly11,000 more fans than the previous record of55,990 set in the stadium’s second season in1990, a year the Flames played seven homegames.

On Oct.14, 2006, a Libertyand Big South

Conference record-setting 15,631 fans

filed into the on-campus facility

for the

Homecoming game against William & Mary.This record-setting contest marks the seventhand final Rocco-coached contest that ranks inthe top 10.

On Nov. 4, 2006, the Flames defeatedWestern Carolina, 21-0 at Williams Stadium. Thecontest marked a historic day in school history,as the 8,286 fans in attendance at the afternoongame helped push the Flames over the1,000,000 mark in home attendance since theinception of the program in 1973.

Entering the 2008 season, the Flames havewon nearly two-thirds of their home games,posting a 66-37 record at Williams Stadium.Liberty has recorded 16 winning home recordssince the stadium opened, including a perfect 5-0 record in 1992, and another perfect mark in2007 at 6-0. In fact Liberty enters 2008 with aneight-game winning streak inside WilliamsStadium. Entering 2008, the mark is tied withDayton for the nation’s longest FCS homewinning streak.

The stadium is located on the Libertycampus, near the site of the old football practicefields. The stadium seats 12,000, with thecapabilities for future expansion. For the 2007season, suites were added to the concourse onthe press box side. The suites are a climate-controlled environment which includes asecond-story, open-air observation deck withtent covering, and each unit seats up to 48people.

When the stadium was constructed, a fieldhouse, located at the south end of the stadium,was built, providing the football program with anon-campus facility which included a spaciousteam locker room, an equipment room and atraining facility.

Prior to the start of the 2006 season,Liberty unveiled its newest addition to theWilliams Stadium complex as the WilliamsFootball Operations Center was completed inthe north end of the stadium, giving Liberty anew state-of-the-art 60,000-square foot football-only facility, bringing all of Liberty football underone roof for the first time in the history of theprogram.

Construction for the Football OperationsCenter was made possible because of agenerous donation of $4.5 million dollars by theArt Williams Foundation. The Art WilliamsFoundation is no stranger to those familiar withthe Flames football program. Liberty’s footballstadium underwent a name change during the1994 season. The now 18-year-old facilitybecame “Williams Stadium” in honor of A.L.Williams, a major contributor to the University.

In 1998, the field received a facelift with theold sand-filled artificial surface being pulled upand a new stadium turf being laid down. Anadditional facelift took place during the summerof 2006, when the playing surface was redoneand Field Turf was installed. Field Turf is thelatest synthesized playing surface and it’sappearing all over the country, including FordField in Detroit where Super Bowl XL wasplayed in February 2006.

Seating capacity at Williams Stadium isexactly 12,000 with seating capacity on the westside of the field accommodating 6,336 fans,while the east stands seat 5,664.

A modern press box rests above the weststands and comfortably seats 25 workingmembers of the media. In the summer of 1990,Liberty added lights to give the Flames theoption of playing night games and provide afacility for local high schools to use for eveningcontests. During the 1995 season, a newconcession area was constructed at the bottomof the press box to aid in game-day concessionsales.

Haken/Corley and Associates were thearchitects who designed the stadium. Thestadium contractor was McDevitt & Street ofRaleigh, N.C. McDevitt & Street built Atlanta’sFulton County Stadium, the Diamond (baseballfacility) located in Richmond, Va., the Dean E.Smith Center in Chapel Hill, N.C., and theDurham Bulls’ minor league baseball park. In1990, McDevitt & Street also completed theVines Center on Liberty’s campus for use by thebasketball and volleyball teams.

STADIUM QUICK FACTSName: Williams StadiumSite: On the Liberty University campus near the main entrance and adjacent to theHancock Athletic CenterCapacity: 12,000Construction: Steel and ConcreteContractor: McDevitt & Street of Raleigh, N.C.Architect: Haken/Corley and Associates of Raleigh, N.C.Ground Breaking Ceremony: May 8, 1989Date of Completion: October 1989Facilities: Williams Football Operations Center, complete with coaches offices,academic rooms, a locker room, equipment room and training room, is located atthe north end of the stadium. A press box is located above the west bleachers.Visiting teams are provided a team room in the stadium’s south end zone.Playing Surface: Field Turf - The end zones are blue with a white line borderingthe field and the school’s logo is displayed in color in the middle of the field.

WILLIAMS STADIUM SINGLE GAME ATTENDANCE RECORDSAttendance Date W-L Result

15,631.......10/14/06....................L.....................LU 13, William & Mary 14

15,307.......10/27/07 ...................W ........................LU 48, Presbyterian 14

14,925.........9/1/07 .....................W ............................LU 38, Tusculum 14

14,411........11/3/07 ....................W...................LU 37, Coastal Carolina 24

14,273.......11/10/07 ...................W .....................................LU 73, VMI 34

13,893........9/29/07 ....................W...................LU 68, St. Francis (Pa.) 10

12,623........10/3/98 .................W OT ..........LU 28, Charleston Southern 21

12,431.......10/11/97 .................L OT ...........................LU 27, Hampton 33

12,331.........9/8/07 .....................W ......................LU 35, Shippensburg 14

12,316........10/8/94 ....................L ......................LU 7, Delaware State 22

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Williams Football Operations Center

Opened prior to the 2006 season, this 48,000-square foot building is a state-of-the-art

facility that brings all operations for the football team under one roof for the first time in

the history of the program.

The bottom floor houses specially-designed weight training equipment in a spacious

weight and conditioning area, while the second floor (at ground level) includes the team’s

locker room, academic lab, equipment room and a cutting-edge athletic training facility.

The top floor houses both coaching staff and administrative offices, numerous video

and conference rooms and a uniquely-designed viewing room which overlooks the North

end zone at Williams Stadium, where members of the Flames Club can enjoy several pre-

game festivities.

Construction for the Williams Football Operations Center was made possible due to a

generous donation of $4.5 million dollars by the Art Williams Foundation.

The Art Williams Foundation is no stranger to those familiar with the Flames football

program, as the football stadium is named in honor of Arthur L. and Angela Williams,

major contributors to Liberty University. The football stadium was given the name

Williams Stadium, which it still bares today.

The Williams Football Operations Center is just one of several facets of the redesign of

the program and is helping to usher in a New Era of Liberty Football.

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Athletics Facilities

Williams Stadium

Wrestling Complex

Inside the Vines Center

Vines Center

Tolsma Indoor Track Center

When looking at the success ofan athletics program, one aspectwhich needs to be considered is thequality of its facilities. Student-athletes involved in LibertyUniversity’s athletics program havethe opportunity to showcase theirtalents in a number of fine athleticfacilities. Like the program itself,these on-campus facilities haveimproved tremendously since theprogram’s inception in 1973.

The Hancock Athletic Center,dedicated on Feb. 12, 1985, wasdonated by A.L. Williams and hiswife, Angela, in honor of herparents, Sidney Lanier and WillemaeGates Hancock. Offices housed inthe Hancock Center include theadministrative offices for athletics,the athletic media relationsdepartment, offices for the track,cross country and men’s soccer,wrestling and tennis coaching staffs.The Hancock Athletic Center alsoincludes a spacious 8,500-square-foot weight room, which is utilizedby the entire athletic department.

The weight room is furnishedwith the most modern equipmentavailable for developing speed,strength and endurance. Thespacious two-tiered facility has afree weight area that contains over10 tons of weights. High-techmachines crafted by the industry’stop manufacturers, as well as othermodern strength and conditioningapparatuses, are available toLiberty’s student-athletes.

Williams Stadium, also named inhonor of A.L. Williams, is locatednear the entrance of the maincampus and has been the home ofthe football program since 1989.The football stadium seats 12,000with expansion capabilities up to36,000.

During the summer of 2006, a48,000-square-foot facility wascompleted in the north end zone ofthe stadium, as the Williams FootballOperations Center became thefootball program’s new home off thefield. The new, state-of-the-artfacility gives Liberty one of thenicest FCS football facilities in thenation, housing coaching andsupport staff offices, a spaciouslocker room, academic learningareas, a training room and a weightroom. The centerpiece of the facilityis a 3,000-square foot roomoverlooking Williams Stadium,where Flames Club members canenjoy pre-game meals.

A final facility upgrade toWilliams Stadium was completedjust prior to the kickoff of the 2006season as Field Turf was installed.

The Vines Convocation Center,home to all men’s and women’sbasketball games and volleyballmatches, is an 8,500-seat facilitywhich was completed in 1990. In1998, the Vines Center hosted the46th-best women’s basketball homeattendance in the nation.

Basketball, volleyball and anumber of other indoor activities cantake place in the versatile SchillingCenter. The men's and women'sbasketball teams held their homegames in what was then known asLiberty Gym in this facility from1979 to 1990. The Schilling Centerhas two full-court areas that arealso utilized for class instruction,intramural events and specialactivities. In 2005, the facility wasupgraded to give Liberty’sbasketball programs two newpractice courts.

Wrestling and volleyball eachreceived new facilities during the2006-07 school year. The reinstated

Hancock Weight Room

Williams FootballOperations Center

Hancock Athletic CenterEast Campus Volleyball Complex

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wrestling program turned the oldfootball field house in the south endzone of Williams Stadium into astate-of-the-art wrestling room.Volleyball moved its office into anew facility on Campus East thatincludes its very own practice gym.

Home baseball games are playedat the beautiful WorthingtonStadium. Recognized by SportsturfMagazine as the best field in thenation in 1998, the facility wasnamed in honor of Al Worthington,who began the Flames’ baseballprogram in 1974. He also served asthe Liberty athletics director from1984-89.

March 28, 2008 marked theinaugural night baseball game atWorthington Stadium. The No. 18Coastal Carolina Chanticleers andthe Flames squared off in eachteam’s Big South Conferenceopener, with the first pitch takingplace under the lights at 7 p.m.Despite a stadium-record 3,183fans attending the historic game,Liberty dropped the contest, 5-3 in11 innings.

The Crowder-Muckel Fieldhouseis located adjacent to WorthingtonStadium. The clubhouse, which isone of the finest baseball facilitiesin the country, includes lockerrooms for both the Flames and thevisiting teams, a team room, weightroom, training room, umpires’locker room, public restrooms forthe fans, sky box seating and full-length batting cages.

The Matthes-Hopkins TrackComplex is the home of the Flames’successful track program. Thetrack, which features apolyurethane surface, is namedafter former track coaches JakeMatthes and Ron Hopkins. Thesame facility holds the LibertySoccer Field, where both the men’s

and women’s soccer teams play. In1996, lights were added so gamescould be played at night.

Liberty’s tennis teams have beensignificantly enhanced by the recentaddition of three new tennis courtsat the Esbenshade-Hershey MatchCenter, bringing the total number ofon-campus tennis courts to seven.The athletics department hasrecently renovated a facility in thecenter of the tennis courts to beused to fur ther enhance the tennisprogram.

The Liberty softball program hasplayed its home games at theLiberty Softball Field since 1994,the same year the program wasreinstated. Over the last two years,the facility has received numerousupgrades, including a new backstopand an enclosed hitting circuit withtwo new batting cages.

Another recent athletic facilityaddition made available to Liberty’sstudent-athletes is the TolsmaIndoor Track Center, located in theheart of Liberty’s Campus Northbuilding. The indoor center is one ofjust five indoor track facilities in thestate of Virginia and features a flat200-meter oval with a Mondosurface. The track has a wideradius, a four-lane oval and aneight-lane straightaway. Alsolocated in the complex are twolong/triple jump runways, a polevault runway and a high jumpapron.

The recent purchase of aFinishLynx timing system willgreatly increase the ability to hosthigh-level high school and NCAAmeets at the facility as well as atthe university’s outdoor trackcomplex.

Liberty Softball Field

Al Worthington Stadium

Matthes-HopkinsTrack Complex

Esbenshade-HersheyTennis Courts

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LibertyFlames.com

For the most complete and up-to-dateinformation on the Liberty University AthleticsDepartment, log on to the program’s official website – LibertyFlames.com – the best avenue tofind out breaking news on the Flames’ footballprogram.

Updated daily, LibertyFlames.com is apremier site which provides Liberty fans with themost comprehensive coverage of Liberty’sfootball program on the World Wide Web. Itincludes updated rosters, players and coaches’bios, player features, game releases, statistics,schedule, results and so much more.

The 2007-08 athletics season reached amilestone for the official web site of LibertyUniversity Athletics, as LibertyFlames.comreceived over one million hits. Visitors aretreated to nearly four new stories per day,making LibertyFlames.com the ultimate virtualdestination for all Flames fans.

Within the site, the Flame faithful will beable to access live audio and video coverage forLiberty’s football games throughout the 2008season.

Returning for its third season as a featureon LibertyFlames.com will be Liberty’s FootballGame Day Central. The expansive web pageprovides Liberty fans with virtually everythingthey need to prepare for an upcoming game.

The web page includes links to both teams’rosters, updated stats, weekly game notes,venue information and more.

For the eighth-consecutive season, Libertywill stream live audio coverage for each footballgame throughout the 2008 season. Fans canclick on the audio link found on the FootballGame Day Central page and hear JerryEdwards, the “Voice of the Flames” for the last27 years, call the action on the gridiron.

For the second year, LibertyFlames.comwill offer live video streaming. Fans can watcheach of Liberty’s seven home games and allroad Big South Conference games via The BigSouth EDGE, presented by State Farm.

The Big South EDGE is a subscription-based service provided by the Big South wherefans can watch live video streaming for football,men’s and women’s basketball games,conference championship events and selectOlympic sport contests throughout the 2008-09season.

Throughout a normal game week, Libertyfans will also find unique items to better preparethem for the pending contest, including headcoach Danny Rocco’s weekly Tuesdayafternoon press conference and his postgameanalysis. Select player and coaching staffinterviews will also be available each week,

giving a Flame fanatic the latest insight into thefootball program’s game-day preparation.

Football is not the only sport covered byLibertyFlames.com. You can access rosters,players and coaches’ bios, statistics andschedules for each of Liberty’s 18 NCAADivision I-sponsored athletics programs. Fanscan catch up on the latest athletics departmentnews and notes just by clicking on thenumerous links found on LibertyFlames.com.

LibertyFlames.com not only brings youcloser to the action but also exists to make yourlife easier. Flame fans can visitLibertyFlames.com to order tickets, purchaseLiberty Flames authentic gear or findinformation about joining the Liberty UniversityFlames Club, the athletics department’s boosterclub.

LibertyFlames.com is the only place family,friends and fans of the Liberty UniversityAthletics Department need to go to get thenewest sports information on the Flames. Yourlatest updates are just a click of the mouseaway – visit LibertyFlames.com today!

LibertyFlames.comThe No. 1 Online Destination

for Liberty Athletics

ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATION

LibertyFlames.com

Jerry Falwell, Jr.Chancellor/President

Jerry Falwell, Jr. wasborn in Lynchburg, Va., onFather’s Day, June 17, 1962.He attended LynchburgChristian Academy andLiberty University, graduatingwith a B.A. in religiousstudies in 1984.

He obtained his JurisDoctor degree from the

University of Virginia School ofLaw in 1987. Falwell, Jr. is licensed

to practice in all Virginia state courts, U.S. DistrictCourts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Virginia,United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit andthe U.S. Supreme Court.

He married Becki Tilley of Chapel Hill, N.C., in1987. They have three children: Jerry Falwell, III (Trey),born 1989, Charles Wesley, born 1993, and CarolineGrace, born 2000, and have lived on a farm in BedfordCounty, Va., since 1987.

Falwell, Jr. has engaged in the private practice oflaw in Lynchburg since 1987 and has served as GeneralCounsel of Liberty University, Thomas Road BaptistChurch, Liberty Broadcasting Network and Jerry FalwellMinistries since 1988.

Falwell, Jr. and his father worked together closelysince 1988 in the management and oversight of theUniversity and all the Falwell ministries. In recent years,he had assumed more and more of the responsibility for

the day-to-day management of the organization from hisfather who, along with the Liberty University Board ofTrustees, named him Vice-Chancellor of the Universityin 2003. He has served on Liberty’s Board of Trusteessince 2000.

Falwell, Jr. has also played a key role in thedevelopment of the real estate in the vicinity of LibertyUniversity through the recruitment of many nationalretail and restaurant chains to the area.

These developments have greatly enriched thelifestyle of the University community. Falwell, Jr. is amember of the Board of Directors and the ExecutiveCommittee of the Lynchburg Regional Chamber ofCommerce and was named as the 2006 BusinessPerson of the Year for western Virginia by the Blue RidgeBusiness Journal.

Dr. RonaldGodwinExecutive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer

Dr. Ronald Godwin servesas Executive Vice Presidentand Chief Operating Officerfor Liberty University.However, for a total of morethan 15 years, Dr. Godwin hasworked directly for the

Chancellor of Liberty Universityvia many of Liberty’s affiliated

ministries.

During a long administrative career he has held avariety of leadership positions including twopresidencies of private Christian colleges, ExecutiveVice President of the Washington Times, Executive VicePresident of the Moral Majority, President of JerryFalwell Ministries, President of Liberty BroadcastNetwork, President of Liberty University Foundation andmore recently, Dean of the Helms School of Governmentand Senior Administrator of Residential Recruiting.

Dr. Godwin received his B.A. from Bob JonesUniversity, his M.S. from Old Dominion University andhis Ph.D. in Post-Secondary Planning and Managementfrom Florida State University.

Dr. Godwin and his wife, Carol Stanley Godwin,are members of Thomas Road Baptist Church and bothserve on the board of the Liberty Godparent Home. Theycurrently reside in Forest with Dr. Godwin’s 99-year oldfather, Mr. Jacob M. Godwin.

Dr. Jerry FalwellLiberty University Founder

and Former Chancellor

(1933-2007)

At the age of 22, havingjust graduated from college inJune 1956, Jerry Falwell re-turned to his hometown ofLynchburg, Va., and star tedThomas Road Baptist Churchwith 35 members. The offer-

ing that first Sunday totaledonly $135.

Falwell often said about thefirst collection, “We thought we had conquered theworld”. Today, Thomas Road Baptist Church has 24,000members and the total annual revenues of all the JerryFalwell ministries total over $200 million.

Within weeks of founding his new church in 1956,Falwell began the Old-Time Gospel Hour, a daily localradio ministry and a weekly local television ministry.Nearly five decades later, this Old-Time Gospel Hour isnow seen and heard in every American home and onevery continent except Antarctica. Through the years,over three million persons have communicated to theFalwell ministries they received Christ as Lord and Sav-ior as a result of this radio and television ministry.

In 1967, Falwell implemented his vision to build aChristian educational system for evangelical youth. Hebegan with the creation of Lynchburg Christian Acad-emy, a Christ-centered, academically-excellent, fully-ac-

credited Christian day school, providing kindergarten,elementary and high school.

In 1971, Liberty University was founded. Today,over 41,000 students from 50 states and 80 nations at-tend this accredited, liberal ar ts Christian university. Fal-well’s dream has become a reality. A pre-school childcan now enter the school system at age three, and 20 ormore years later, leave the same campus with a Ph.D.,without ever sitting in a classroom where the teacherwas not a committed follower of Jesus Christ.

Falwell was also publisher of the National LibertyJournal, a monthly newspaper which is read by over200,000 pastors and Christian workers, and the FalwellConfidential, a weekly e-mail newsletter to over 500,000pastors and Christian activists.

In June 1979, Falwell organized the Moral Majority,a conservative political lobbying movement which thepress soon dubbed the "Religious Right." During the firsttwo years of its existence, the Moral Majority attractedover 100,000 pastors, priests and rabbis and nearlyseven million religious conservatives who mobilized asa pro-life, pro-family, pro-Israel, and pro-strong nationaldefense lobbying organization.

The Moral Majority chose California GovernorRonald Reagan as "their candidate" for President in1980, registered millions of new voters, and set aboutto inform and activate a sleeping giant - 80 millionAmericans committed to faith, family and Judeo-Christ-ian values.

With the impetus of the newly organized MoralMajority, millions of people of faith voted for the firsttime in 1980 and helped elect Ronald Reagan and many

conservative congressmen and senators. Since 1979,about 30% of the American electorate has been identi-fied by media polls as the "Religious Right". Most recentmajor media surveys have acknowledged these "faithand values" voters re-elected George W. Bush in No-vember 2004.

Though perhaps better known outside Lynchburgfor political activism, Jerry Falwell's personal scheduleconfirmed his passion for being a pastor and a Christianeducator. He often stated his heartbeat was for trainingyoung people for every walk of life.

Falwell, who went home to be with the Lord at theage of 73 on May 15, 2007, was married to Macel for49 years and they have three grown children and eightgrandchildren.

ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATION

2008 Liberty Flames Football

Jeff BarberDirector of Athletics

Jeff Barber was named theDirector of Athletics at LibertyUniversity on Jan. 23, 2006,becoming the 10th Director ofAthletics in the history of theUniversity.

The University has chargedBarber with the future leadership ofthe athletics department and thebuilding of a strong financial basisfor the department which will guide

Liberty University athletics into theranks of the elite NCAA Division I

athletic programs in the nation.Barber has wasted little time making an

impact at Liberty, as in less than three years, he has beeninstrumental in guiding Liberty on a path to the next level ofcollegiate athletics.

He has spearheaded athletics facility improvement projectsin nearly every athletics venue, highlighted by changes to WilliamsStadium. During the summer of 2006, the football program’s on-campus playing facility received the latest in playing surfaces asFieldTurf was installed, while numerous other smaller projectswere initiated to aesthetically improve the appearance of thefacility.

However, Barber’s chief facility accomplishment sincejoining the Flames in 2006 was overseeing the completion of theWilliams Football Operations Center. The new 48,000-square footstate-of-the-art home base for the football program is one of themost outstanding FCS (formerly I-AA) football-only facilities in thenation.

In addition to Barber’s athletic facility achievements, thenew Director of Athletics has spurred a dramatic recording-settingincrease in Flames Club memberships and season ticket sales forfootball and basketball.

In 2007-08 the athletics booster club set new records,pulling in $351,000 in annual membership contributions. Thesame year saw Liberty Athletics surpass the $1 million mark ingiving, as the Flames Club brought in $1.3 million in total capitalgifts.

Barber has also guided the Flames to success on theathletic field of competition, highlighted by the 2007-08 seasonwhen Liberty captured its sixth Big South Sasser Cupchampionship and first since the 2002-03 season. Liberty won 10team championships during the 2007-08 campaign, includingeight Big South titles, an NCAA East Regional championship inwrestling and an IC4A outdoor title in men’s track and field.

Besides the Sasser Cup championship, Barber also sawLiberty bring home the Big South’s Men’s All-Sport and Women’sAll-Sport trophies, along with its second individual nationalchampionship when Josh McDougal crossed the finish line first atthe 2007 NCAA Cross Country national championship.

Liberty is only the second athletics department in Big Southhistory to win the Sasser Cup, Men’s All-Sport and Women’s All-Sport trophies in the same year.

The Flames’ success has garnered national attention onseveral levels, earning Barber a three-year appointment to theNCAA’s Recruiting Cabinet, beginning with the 2008-09 academicyear.

Barber brought a wealth of experience in the areas ofathletic fundraising and administration to Liberty University,including 25 years in the athletic industry.

Barber came to Liberty after spending 11 years at SouthCarolina, including his last three years as Senior AssociateAthletic Director for Development/Gamecock Club ExecutiveDirector.

Barber served on the senior management team at SouthCarolina for nine years, helping raise more than $14 millionannually, while working closely with legendary football coachesLou Holtz and Steve Spurrier.

Barber supervised the solicitation and receipt of over $85million during his tenure at South Carolina, setting records eachyear in annual gifts to the Gamecock Club, which was at 16,500members when he finished. He was also responsible for all majorgifts to the Gamecock Club which exceeded $15,000 annually anddeveloped that level of giving from 21 members to 137 at his timeof departure.

Barber joined the athletics department at South Carolina in1996 as an Assistant Athletic Director for Development and waspromoted to Associate Athletic Director/Gamecock Club ExecutiveDirector in 1999.

Prior to his days at South Carolina, Barber served five yearsat Furman in Greenville, S.C., starting as Executive Director of thePaladin Club in 1991, before being promoted to Senior AssociateAthletic Director for External Affairs in 1994.

While at Furman, Barber was responsible for the collectionof $14 million in revenue from annual giving, capital gifts andendowed gifts, while guiding the Paladin Club to gifts totaling$3.75 million and set records for five-consecutive years. He wasalso the chairman of the Furman Pro-Am Golf EndowmentTournament, which totaled receipts of $6.5 million.

Barber got his start in collegiate athletic administration athis alma mater as the Assistant Director of East Carolina’s PirateClub in 1987. While serving four years with the Pirates, Barberparticipated in the receipt of annual giving of $4 million to thePirate Club, while organizing and managing Pirate Club actionsand Pirate Pro-Am fundraisers.

Before joining the staff at East Carolina, Barber served threeyears in major and minor league baseball as he was the AssistantGeneral Manager of the Columbia Mets in Columbia, S.C. (1985-86) and Director of Operations for the Montreal Expos SpringTraining Camp in West Palm Beach, Fla. (1986-87).

After graduating from East Carolina, Barber served as ahealth and physical education teacher in Columbia, S.C. for fouryears (1981-85), while coaching football and basketball.

Barber graduated cum laude at East Carolina in 1981 with abachelor of science degree in health, physical education andrecreation. In 1997, he continued his education with a degreefrom the Sports Management Institute, graduating as classspokesman.

Barber is a member of NACDA and NAAD and serves onthe Board of Directors for the Child Evangelism Fellowship forCentral Virginia.

Barber, a native of Greenville, N.C., is married to the formerDonna Dacus and the couple has three children – Katie (13),Lindsay (11) and Jay (10).

Mickey GuridySenior Associate AthleticsDirector – Internal Operations

A veteran of the athleticsdepartment, Mickey Guridy isentering his 16th year of service atLiberty and currently serves as theSenior Associate Athletics Directorfor Internal Operations, a positionhe was promoted to on July 27,2007. He served as the InterimDirector of Athletics from Nov.2005 to Feb. 2006.

As the Athletics Department’sInternal Operations Director, Guridy

oversees the day-to-day businessoperations of the athletics department in

terms of budgets and human resources. He oversees eventmanagement and works closely with the Director of Athletics

Facilities to ensure facilities are maintained and upgraded. He isalso in charge of special projects for the athletics department.

Prior to his current position, Guridy served as the AssistantAthletic Director for Business Operations from July 2005 to Nov.2005. In Nov. 2005, Guridy was named the Interim Director ofAthletics and served in the capacity for four months.

During his tenure at Liberty, he has also served three yearsas Assistant Athletic Director for Football Operations (2002-04),five years as Assistant Athletic Director for Budget and Marketing(1997-2001) and four years as the ticket office manager andexecutive director of the Flames Club (1993-96).

While working with the football program as the Director ofOperations, Guridy was responsible for the football budget,scheduling, team travel and training, camp organization, while alsoworking closely with the athletic department's marketingdepartment to further the promotion of the Flames' football team.

As the Director of Budget, he monitored the budgetarydealings and expenditures for each sport and oversaw the day-to-day business operations of the athletics department. As themarketing director, Guridy was responsible for marketing the 17-sport athletic department by gaining advertising, corporatesponsorships and exposing Liberty Athletics to the public.

He was responsible for Liberty’s marketing efforts from1997-2002, which paid great dividends for the athleticdepartment. Because of his efforts, football home averageattendance reached an all-time high, averaging over 10,000 fansin 1998, which ranked in the Top-35 of NCAA Division I-AA.

Overall basketball attendance led the conference every yearand the 1997 home attendance was ranked in the Top-100 of thecountry. During the 2000 football season, Guridy was instrumentalin providing a family fun atmosphere at Williams Stadium called“Liberty Land”.

Also during his tenure at Liberty, Guridy has been themarketing and tournament director for the Big South BasketballTournament (1995-98), the operations director for the VirginiaHigh School League State Basketball Tournament for five yearsand has also worked with the Tour DuPont, the Old DominionAthletic Conference Baseball Tournament and many high schooltournaments in the Lynchburg area.

A native of Mechanicsville, Va., Guridy completed hisbachelor’s degree in sport management in 1993 from Liberty andcompleted his master's degree in business administration atAverrett College in Sept. 2000.

Guridy, and his wife Erin have two sons, Sam and Abe, andreside in the Lynchburg area. The couple is also expecting its thirdson during the fall of 2008.

Meredith EakerAssociate Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator

Meredith Eaker is entering hereighth year as a member of theLiberty University AthleticsDepartment and was promoted tothe position of Associate AthleticsDirector/Senior WomanAdministrator in September 2007.

Eaker, who is the thirdadministrator in the school’shistory to serve as Senior Woman

Administrator (SWA), oversees andmanages seven sports programs

(softball, women’s basketball, women’ssoccer, men’s and women’s tennis,

volleyball and the arising women’s lacrosse program).As SWA, Eaker is also responsible for monitoring and

enforcing Title IX, as it relates to scholarships, participationfigures, personnel and facilities. She oversees the Gender Equityand Minority Issues Athletics Committees, as well as monitors theimplementation of plans to maintain the athletics department’sNCAA Division I status.

Eaker is a member of the Big South Conference Board ofDirectors and also serves as chair of the conference’s SeniorWoman Administrators. This academic year, Eaker begins the firstof a four-year term representing the Big South Conference asmember of the NCAA Legislative Council. The Legislative Councilreviews proposals of new NCAA Division I legislation; provides

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insight and direction regarding legislation to the NCAA Board ofDirectors and also develops NCAA legislative interpretations forthe NCAA membership.

Eaker is the head of the Champs Life Skills Program andthe Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) within theUniversity’s athletics department. The Champs Life Skills Programprovides opportunities for personal growth for the student-athletes. Areas of focus include, but are not limited to: finances,time-management, etiquette, stress management, nutrition andcommunity service.

The SAAC is a council of student-athletes who serve as thevoice of the student-athletes to the University and to the localcommunity. This group meets monthly and discusses Universityathletics policies, NCAA legislation and provides feedback to theathletics department to help enhance student-athlete welfare. Theyalso spearhead student-athlete community service effortsthroughout the academic year, while leading the charge to win theKallander Cup (the Big South Conference’s Community ServiceAward).

Eaker graduated from Liberty with a bachelor’s degree inexercise science and fitness programming in May 2001 and in2005, completed her master’s degree in counseling. Shegraduated from both programs with Magna Cum Laude honors.

While at Liberty, she was a four-year member of the LadyFlames’ softball team were she served as the team captain herjunior and senior years. Eaker was named to the Big South all-conference squad twice, while receiving her highest honors in2000 when she was named the Big South Player of the Year andthe VaSID Co-Player of the Year.

Eaker is married to Liberty University men’s basketballassistant coach Jason Eaker. The couple makes their home inForest, Va.

Kristie BeitzAssociate Athletics Director -Academic Affairs for Athletics

Kristie Beitz enters her thirdyear as a part of the LibertyAthletics Department senior staffmanagement team after beingnamed Associate Athletics Director- Academic Affairs for Athletics inJuly 2006.

In her role, Beitz directs theAcademic Affairs for the AthleticsDepartment, which oversees each

student-athlete’s academic progress,including academic advising and

tutoring, while serving as the liaisonbetween the student-athlete and the

University’s academic community.Beitz and her team of academic coordinators work closely

with each athletic program in an effort to assure every student-athlete is given the opportunity to earn a degree and secure ameaningful career after graduation.

During her first year at the University, Beitz wasinstrumental in guiding the academic efforts of Liberty’s athleticsprograms. Over 35 percent of Liberty’s student-athletes achieveda 3.0 or higher GPA, earning a distinction on the Big SouthPresidential Honor Roll.

Liberty also had 12 out of 18 squads post a 3.0 or betterteam GPA, with the women’s basketball posting a 3.508 teamGPA, which was seventh nationally, as ranked by the Women’sBasketball Coaches Association.

Six different student-athletes were named to various ESPNThe Magazine CoSIDA Academic All-District teams with ArleneZelinskas earning the top honor as the track and field standoutbecame the 11th student-athlete in athletics department history tobe named a ESPN The Magazine CoSIDA Academic All-American.

Better numbers followed during Beitz’s second year atLiberty, as 47 percent of student-athletes recorded a 3.0 GPA orhigher in the classroom, while 190 were named to the Big SouthPresidential Honor Roll.

Three more student-athletes followed in Zelinskas’footsteps, garnering inclusion on the ESPN The Magazine CoSIDAAcademic All-America team. Mike Gelatt of the men’s soccer teamand Clendon Henderson of the track and field program were

named first-team honorees, while women’s basketball playerMegan Frazee was a second-team selection to give Liberty 14Academic All-Americans.

Beitz came to Liberty after serving three years as amember of the Office of Academic Affairs for Athletics at Virginiawhere she was a study skills specialist and academic coordinator.As a member of the Cavaliers’ athletics department, Beitz assistedthe student-athletes with time management, study skills andorganizational techniques, while also serving as an academicadvisor and in the areas of recruiting.

Prior to her days at Virginia, Beitz was a special educationteacher and coordinator at Glenvar High School in Salem, Va. forsix years. While at Glenvar, Beitz taught classes in earth science,biology and English.

Beitz received her bachelor’s degree in social sciencesfrom Radford as she attended the Big South institution on a fieldhockey scholarship and served as team captain her senior year.

The native of Richmond, Va., later continued hereducational pursuits, earning her master’s degree in specialeducation from Radford and an education specialist degreein administration and supervision from Virginia.

Kevin KeysAssociate Athletics Director –External Operations

Kevin Keys is currently in hisfourth year as a member of theLiberty University AthleticsDepartment Senior Staff, rejoiningthe program in August 2005. Atthe time of his return, Keys wasnamed Assistant Athletics Directorfor External Operations, while hewas promoted to his currentposition of Associate Athletics

Director for External Operations inAugust 2007.

Keys, who brings a wealth of athleticexperience and expertise in the area of

external relations, oversees the Flames’ sports marketing andpromotional programs as his primary function. He also overseessports information, non-business aspects of the ticket officeoperations, the annual golf tournament and Flames sportsbroadcasts. He came to Liberty after working for five years as avice president at Morgantown Printing and Binding in Morgantown,W.Va.

During his tenure, Keys has grown the sponsorshiprevenues generated for the department by more than 150 percenteach year and refocused the effort to brand the department in allareas of public image. He has also served on several Universitycommittees that concentrated on public image such as theUniversity style guide, branding efforts, e-commerce andlicensing. Keys is the University's licensing coordinator incooperation with Licensing Resource Group.

Keys is no stranger to Liberty or to the athletics departmentas the 30-year veteran of intercollegiate athletics started hiscareer in 1973 as a statistician for the men’s basketball program.He was promoted to assistant sports information director in 1975,also handling coverage for the football and baseball programs.After graduation in 1977, he was named the school’s first-eversports information director and remained in the position until1985, which allowed him to see the department grow from theNCCAA level to NCAA Division I status.

During his tenure, Keys produced 44 publications whichreceived CoSIDA honors at the regional and national levels,including 11 “Best in the Nation” awards. Keys also wasinstrumental in establishing the Flames Sports Network. Heestablished and produced the athletics department’s first-evercorporate marketing program.

Keys quickly became active on the regional and nationalscene as he served as the president of the NAIA-SIDA from 1982-84 and was honored with the 1984 Ike Pearson Award, signifyingthe top SID in the NAIA ranks. In 1983, Keys played a significantrole in the creation of the Virginia Sports Information DirectorsAssociation (VaSID), the first organization of its kind in the nation.In 2002, Keys received the VaSID Distinguished Service Award,honoring individuals with over 20 years of sports information

service in the Commonwealth of Virginia. He also served as theinformation director for the Mason-Dixon Athletic Conference forthree years.

Upon leaving Liberty in 1985, Keys moved to Morgantown,W.Va., and joined the West Virginia Universityathletics department staff as the sports publications director, aposition he held for 15 years. While under his supervision, 72publications were recognized by CoSIDA for excellence at theregional and national levels, including six which received “Best inthe Nation” distinction.

In his position, Keys administered the production of allprinted materials for the athletics department, totaling over 150publications annually, and worked as a core member of theCommunications Group, which handled all external affairs aspectsfor the BCS athletic program. During his tenure at West Virginia,he co-authored a book chronicling the history of the Mountaineerfootball program.

The Beltsville, Md., native has officiated basketball andsoftball for more than 25 years and worked at least one stateplayoff basketball game in West Virginia 11-straight years,including the high school championship in 2000.

Keys and his wife, Lori, a native of Lynchburg, have twochildren, Josh, 23, who graduated from Liberty in 2007 and iscurrently an assistant women’s basketball coach at the College ofCharleston, and Jamie, 22, who is currently a senior Liberty.

Dr. WilliamGribbinNCAA Faculty AthleticRepresentative

Dr. William Gribbin is in his19th year of service as Liberty’sNCAA Faculty AthleticRepresentative to the NationalCollegiate Athletic Association(NCAA). He is responsible forverifying eligibility of the student-athletes and acts as a liaisonbetween the academic and athletic

communities. An ex-officio member of the

Faculty Senate Athletic Committee,Gribbin also chaired the steering committee of

Liberty’s self-study for NCAA certification. He currently serves onthe Big South Conference’s Compliance Committee.

Gribbin has served as the Dean of Liberty’s School ofCommunications from its beginning in 1984, and has taughtEnglish since arriving at Liberty in 1980. He currently teaches theEnglish methods course and supervises student teachers.

He graduated from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in1964 with a bachelor’s degree in English Education and returnedto Edinboro to earn his master’s degree in English Education in1971. Gribbin earned a Ph.D. in education administration from ThePennsylvania State University in 1977.

Gribbin and his wife, Phyllis, reside in Forest, Va.

Bob GoodAssistant Athletics Director forDevelopment and Flames ClubDirector

Bob Good is currently in hisfourth year as a member of theLiberty University AthleticsDepartment, having joined the staffas Assistant Athletics Director forDevelopment and Flames ClubDirector in August 2005.

His responsibilities include thegrowth and management of the

Flames Club, coordination of capitalcampaigns and cultivation of major

gifts. The majority of Good’s time isdevoted to the Flames Club, which has grown

in Annual Fund membership from 90 donors contributing $53,000in 2004 to 1,347 members contributing $351,000 in 2007, an

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increase of over 600% in dollars given.Under his direction, total contributions to the Liberty

University Athletics Department, including capital gifts toconstruct new or improve existing facilities, reached a record $1.3million last year.

Since coming to Liberty, Good has restructured the FlamesClub annual fund membership benefits, including parking andseating privileges, and game-day hospitality. He designed theprogram’s first priority points system in order to more effectivelyassign seats and parking to members on an objective basis thatrecognizes loyalty and dollars contributed. Good also oversees theStudent Flames Club, which grew to 746 members in 2007, andthe Flames Kids Club, which had a record 267 members last year.

Good brought a wealth of business experience to theLiberty University campus, after having served for 15 years invarious levels of leadership with CitiFinancial, a leading Fortune100 lending company. He got his start with the organization inMarch 1990 as a branch manager in Virginia Beach, Va. InFebruary 1998, Good was promoted to an area training director,where he served as a leadership trainer for 60 branches and 250employees in five states while based out of Wilmington, Del.

He was elevated to the position of district manager in June1999 and managed nine lending branches throughout northernGeorgia and southeastern Tennessee, while headquartered inAtlanta. Under his leadership, net operating income for the districtgrew from $1.1 million to $3.4 million. Good moved closer to thearea in May 2002 when he accepted an offer to lead thecompany’s district based in Roanoke, Va., where profits alsoimproved rapidly, growing from $1.9 million to $3.7 million. Heserved in this role until joining the Liberty University athleticsdepartment three years ago.

Good is no stranger to Liberty or its athletics program, ashe received his bachelor’s of science degree in finance in 1988and was a four-year member of the wrestling team. He finishedhis wrestling career with over 30 victories, including a 20-14record his senior season. Good won the 1988 NCAA SouthRegional and qualified for the NCAA Division II NationalChampionships, where he finished the event in a tie for ninthplace.

Good also played a part in the return of the wrestlingprogram to Liberty University, having served as the chairman ofthe former Liberty Wrestling Foundation from 2002-05. Under hisdirection, the organization raised over $60,000 to helpunderwrite the return of wrestling to the University.

Good is currently studying to receive his masters ofbusiness administration from Liberty. The native of Lynchburg is a1983 graduate of Liberty Christian Academy and is married to theformer Tracey Greene, who was a Liberty University cheerleaderand is also a 1988 graduate. The couple has three children -Patrick (14), Sydney (11) and Conner (9).

Mike HagenAssistant Athletics Director forCompliance

Mike Hagen is entering hissecond year as head of theAthletics Compliance office, aposition he was appointed to inMay 2007. He was promoted tothe position of Assistant AthleticsDirector for Compliance thefollowing year in February 2008.

Hagen began his professionalcareer as a graduate assistant in

the Compliance Office during the2004-05 athletics season, a position

he held until taking over the direction ofthe department full time.

Hagen serves as the liaison between the University andNCAA services as well as the Big South Conference. He isresponsible for educating the athletics administration, coachesand boosters on current NCAA rules and regulations, as well asoverseeing compliance issues set forth by the NCAA to allcoaches and student-athletes. He also handles all transfer andeligibility processes.

Hagen is no stranger to the University nor the athleticsdepartment, as the former student-athlete was a four-year

member of the Flames’ track and field program.During his time as a trackster, Hagen served as a team

captain, focusing on such events as the decathlon, pole vault andhurdles. He posted back-to-back sixth-place finishes in thedecathlon as a freshman and sophomore at the Big South OutdoorTrack Championship (2002 and 2003) and a third-place finish inthe hurdles in the 2004 Big South Outdoor Championship.

Hagen was a part of a program which won four-consecutive Big South Indoor Championships and three Big SouthOutdoor titles during his time on the squad. As a senior, Hagencapped off his career by finishing fourth in the pole vault at theindoor conference championship and sixth in the outdoor titleevent.

The native of Eaton, Colo., graduated with a bachelordegree in sport management from Liberty in 2005 and receivedhis master’s degree in business administration from Liberty in2007. Hagen is currently enrolled in the Sports ManagementInstitute and will graduate from the program in January 2009.

Todd WetmoreAssistant Athletics Director forCommunications

Todd Wetmore is currently inhis ninth year as head of the Officeof Athletics Communications andhis fourth year as AssistantAthletics Director forCommunications, a position hewas promoted in July 2005.

Wetmore, who is in his 11thyear of full-time service within theathletics department, started as an

Assistant Sports Information Directorin August 1998 and was promoted to

Sports Information Director in December1999. Originally, he joined the office as a student

assistant in 1993 and maintained the position for four years.Wetmore’s current primary duties include the distribution of

information for Liberty’s 18-sport athletics program, as well asthe athletics department’s liaison with the media. Wetmore servesas the editor of the school’s athletic publications and coordinatesall media efforts for the football, wrestling and softball teams.

After joining the Sports Information staff on a full-timebasis in 1998, Wetmore was instrumental in the creation of theathletics department's first web page. The online service which,provided timely results, up-to-date statistics and player and coachbiographical information for each of Liberty's athletic teams,gradually improved under his guidance.

In February 2004, Wetmore finished a year-long project tocompletely redesign the site and helped launchLibertyFlames.com, the new official site of the athleticsdepartment.

In 2002, Wetmore’s Liberty University football media guidecover was judged as “Best in the Nation” by CoSIDA, while his2003 and 2002 football game day programs were judged as“Second Best in the Nation” and “Third Best in the Nation” by hispeers, respectively.

In 2007, Wetmore’s football media guide was cited forexcellence twice. The publication’s cover was named “Best in theNation” by CoSIDA, while the overall publicaiton was voted “Thirdin the Nation.”

Wetmore has had a total of six publications receiverecognition from CoSIDA. He assisted with the production of the1997 Flames football game program, which was named “SecondBest in the Nation,” while the 2004-05 women’s basketball guideplaced third in the CoSIDA District 3 rankings under his watch.

Wetmore is a member of the College Sports InformationDirectors of America (CoSIDA) and the Virginia State SportsInformation Directors (VaSID). He has been an active member ofVaSID, serving as the coordinator for the organization’s all-stateUniversity Divisional softball team since 2000.

Wetmore has also served as vice chair of the Big SouthConference Sports Information Directors (2002-02), chair of theBig South Conference Football Sports Information Directors(2002-03) and vice-chair of the Big South Conference FootballSports Information Directors (2004-05).

Wetmore received his bachelor's degree in sport

management in 1998 from Liberty. The Killingworth, Conn., nativeresides in the greater Lynchburg area and is engaged to bemarried to Kristy Henkel of Waynesboro, Va., on Dec. 6, 2008.

Anna WhitehurstAssistant Athletics Director forTicket Operations

Anna Whitehurst is the newestaddition to the Liberty UniversityAthletics Department senior staff,as she was named AssistantAthletics Director for TicketOperations in July 2007.

Since taking over the Flamesticketing operations, Whitehurst hasmanaged an unprecedenteddemand for Liberty football and

basketball tickets, as both programssaw record-setting sales during the

2007-08 season.Over the past year, Whitehurst has

overseen ticketing operations for two Big South Championshipevents and the NCAA East Regional for wrestling. She also workedclosely with the Flames Club and Liberty’s athletic marketingdepartments, working to streamline and improve daily ticketingoperations.

Whitehurst recently completed a year-long project ofhelping the athletics department move its ticket sales to an onlineprocess, enabling Flames fans the ability to purchase their seasonand game-day tickets via the internet.

Whitehurst came to Liberty from the athletic ticket office atN.C. State, where she served as Assistant Director of TicketOperations for two years.

In her position with the Wolfpack, Whitehurst oversaw thedaily operations of the Athletic Ticket Office. She was responsiblefor game day ticket operations for home football and men’sbasketball games, supervising the main box office, will call andsales windows.

Whitehurst joined the North Carolina State AthleticDepartment in September 2003 as Assistant Ticket Manager, aposition she held until being promoted to Assistant Director ofTicket Operations in October 2005.

As Assistant Ticket Manager, Whitehurst ran ticketoperations for soccer, gymnastics, baseball and women’sbasketball games, and aided game day ticket operations for homefootball and men’s basketball games.

She has managed ticket operations for numerous NorthCarolina State bowl game and NCAA Tournament appearancesand was the host ticket manager for the 2003 and 2004 NCAAWomen’s College Cup in Raleigh, N.C.

Whitehurst is a December 2002 graduate of North CarolinaState, receiving a bachelor of science degree in parks, recreationand tourism management with a concentration in sportmanagement.

While pursuing her degree, Whitehurst served as box officeintern for the Aberdeen Ironbirds, a short-season Single A affiliateof the Baltimore Orioles in Aberdeen, Md., for five months (May –September 2002).

Prior to returning to her alma mater, Whitehurst wasemployed as the group sales associate and merchandise managerfor the Carolina Mudcats, the Florida Marlins’ AA affiliate inZebulon, N.C., from January to September 2003.

Jeff AlderMen’s SoccerHead Coach

Matt AnthonyAcademic Affairs

Academic Coordinator

Lauren BeckettFlames Club

Membership Coordinator

Ashley BecraftMen’s Basketball

Administrative Assistant

Lance BinghamTrack & Field

Associate Coach

Anna BlackstoneStrength & Conditioning

Assistant Coach

Andy BloodworthWomen’s Basketball

Assistant Coach

Jeremiah BolesBaseball

Assistant Coach

Ryan BombergerAthletics

Communications

Madeline BosekSports Medicine Assistant Trainer

Vincent BriedisAthletics

Communications

Chris BrownFootball Assistant

Equipment Manager

Bruce CareyProducer Athletics

TV Broadcasts

Paul CarmanyAthletics

Communications

Chris Casola Sports Medicine

Head Trainer

Jesse CastroWrestling

Head Coach

Jessica CeliWomen’s Soccer

Head Coach

Tom ClarkFootball

Defensive Coordinator

Bev ColeFootball Administrative

Assistant

Andy ColemanFootball

Academic Coordinator

Jeni ColemanAcademic Affairs

Academic Coordinator

Jesse CopsSports Medicine Assistant Trainer

Adam DeyoWomen’s Basketball

Director of Operations

Jason EakerMen’s BasketballAssistant Coach

E.L. EstesStrength & Conditioning

Assistant Coach

Barry FinkeSports Medicine

Senior Assistant Trainer

Patrick GaillardAthletics Compliance

Coordinator

Kyle GetterMen’s BasketballAssistant Coach

Bill GillespieStrength & Conditioning

Director

Ed GomesFootball Director of

Spiritual Development

Josh GoodmanAthletics Director of

Athletic Facilities

Karen GoodwinAthletics

Administrative Assistant

Carey GreenWomen’s Basketball

Head Coach

Joanna HardinSoftball

Assistant Coach

Frank HicksonFootball

Assistant Coach

Laura HoskinsSports MedicineAssistant Trainer

Scott JacksonBaseball

Assistant Coach

Chris JohnsonTennis

Head Coach

Scott LawrensonSports Medicine Associate Trainer

Pete McFaddenTrack & Field

Assistant Coach

Ritchie McKayMen’s Basketball

Head Coach

Mike MorrisFootball Head

Equipment Manager

Shane PinderVolleyball

Head Coach

Albie PowersMen’s Golf

Assistant Coach

Kristen RifeWomen’s Basketball

Administrative Assistant

Marshall RobertsFootball

Assistant Coach

Danny RoccoFootball

Head Coach

Manny RojasStrength & Conditioning

Assistant Coach

Buck RomeroMen’s Basketball

Academic Coordinator

Paul RutiglianoFootball Assistant

AD/Football Operations

Nick SchnabelBaseball

Assistant Coach

Les SchoferAthletics

Staff Photographer

Aaron SchreinerSports Medicine

Senior Assistant Trainer

Kris SennettAthletics

Business Manager

Alexis SherardWomen’s Basketball

Assistant Coach

Dean ShortMen’s Soccer

Assistant Coach

Charles SkalaskiFootball Assistant Coach/

Recruiting Coordinator

Pat SoleWrestling

Assistant Coach

Brad SoucieMen’s BasketballAssistant Coach

Heather StephensWomen’s Basketball

Assistant Coach

Brandon StreeterFootball

Assistant Coach

Pete SundheimFootball

Assistant Coach

Jeff ThomasGolf

Head Coach

Brant TolsmaTrack & FieldHead Coach

Jim TomanBaseball

Head Coach

Jennifer VadenVolleyball

Assistant Coach

Tuesday Van EngenSoftball

Assistant Coach

Scott WachenheimFootball

Assistant Coach

Danny WengerFootball

Video Coordinator

Paul WetmoreSoftball

Head Coach

Dave WilliamsStrength & Conditioning

Assistant

Chad WiltFootball

Assistant Coach

Robert WimberlyFootball

Assistant Coach

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Heather ZealandTrack& Field

Assistant Coach

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AthleticsAthleticsSince joining the Big South Conference in 1991, Liberty has won82 conference championships, averaging nearly five league titlesper season.

Liberty captured its sixth Big South Sasser Cup championship in2008, making Liberty the second most honored athleticsdepartment in conference history. The Flames also won theprestigious honor in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2003.

Besides claiming its sixth Big South Sasser Cup title, Liberty alsotook home the Men’s All-Sport and Women’s All-Sport trophiesto become the second athletics department in league history toclaim the “triple crown” sweep.

During the 2007-08 season, Liberty posted more teamchampionships than any other athletics program inside theCommonwealth of Virginia. The Flames won eight Big Southtitles, an NCAA East Regional in wrestling and the men’s outdoortrack and field IC4A championship.

For the third time in athletics department history, Liberty hadthree CoSIDA Academic All-America honorees in the same year.Mike Gelatt was named to the men’s soccer first-team squad,Megan Frazee was named to the women’s basketball second-team listing and Clendon Henderson was named to the track andfield first-team list of academic award winners.

With the trio of CoSIDA Academic All-America honorees last year,Liberty now has placed 14 student-athletes in athleticsdepartment history on the most prestigious collegiate academicteam in the nation.

Among the athletes named Big South Scholar-Athlete for theirrespective sports during the 2007-08 season were ClendonHenderson for men’s indoor and outdoor track & field and AllysonFasnacht for women’s basketball.

Fasnacht capped off a stellar Liberty athletics career last year bybeing named the recipient of the Mac Rivera/Rock Royer Award,an award given annually to honor Liberty’s top graduating seniorstudent-athlete.

Liberty had 190 student-athletes named to the Big SouthPresidential Honor Roll at the conclusion of the 2007-08 season.Over 47 percent of its student-athletes recorded a 3.0 GPA orhigher in the classroom during the academic year.

FootballThe football program captured its first-ever Big Southchampionship in football, posting a perfect 4-0 record in leagueplay and an overall 8-3 mark. The team title capped off adramatic, two-year turnaround, as the program was 1-10 in 2005and winless in conference action.

For the second year in a row, head coach Danny Rocco wastabbed Big South Coach of the Year, becoming the second headcoach in league history to garner the honor in consecutiveseasons.

Liberty set a new Big South standard with 22 all-conferencehonorees, while placing a program-best eight players on theVaSID all-state squad and eight more grabbing All-Americadistinctions.

The Flames continued to shatter program and Big Southattendance records, averaging over 14,000 fans per home gameat Liberty’s Williams Stadium. The 12,000-seat venue ranked No.6 nationally in reaching stadium capacity.

VolleyballThe volleyball squad captured its first Big South title since 2001,advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in programhistory.

Liberty snapped Winthrop’s 63-match conference winning streakwith a 3-0 sweep of the Eagles, Oct. 27 at the Vines Center.

Men’s SoccerFor the first time in program history, the men’s soccer team wonthe league title at the 2007 Big South Men’s SoccerChampionship, earning the Flames their first-ever trip to the NCAATournament.

Women’s SoccerFor the fifth time in the last nine seasons, the Lady Flames playedin the Big South Women’s Soccer Championship title game in2006.

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ExcellenceCross CountrySenior Josh McDougal edged Oregon’s Galen Rupp to win theNCAA Division I National Cross Country Championship. Thedramatic victory, Liberty’s second-ever NCAA Division I nationaltitle, capped off an undefeated season by McDougal.

For the second-consecutive year, the Liberty men’s and women’scross country teams swept the Big South team titles.

Men’s BasketballLiberty had its second former student-athlete inducted in the BigSouth Hall of Fame. Men’s basketball standout Peter Aluma wasenshrined along side the league’s best student-athletes in 2008.

Women’s BasketballThe women’s basketball team captured its 11th Big South title in12 years on a last-second, game-winning shot by Megan Frazee,helping the Lady Flames match a school record with 28 victories.

Megan Frazee won both the Big South Player of the Year andRichmond Times-Dispatch State Player of the Year awards.

WrestlingFor the second-straight year, the wrestling program captured theNCAA East Regional title, winning the team championship at theVines Center in the first-ever NCAA Championship event hostedby Liberty.

Liberty sent a program-best six wrestlers to the NCAA NationalChampionship, seeing Tim Harner (141 pounds) and Chad Porter(165 pounds) advance to the “Sweet 16” rounds.

Track and FieldThe men’s track & field team completed a Big South “TripleCrown” for the second year in succession, winning theconference cross country, indoor track and outdoor trackchampionships. The Flames also defended their IC4A outdoorcrown from 2007.

Josh McDougal won a pair of All-America honors during theindoor track & field season, enabling him to end his Libertycareer as a 14-time All-American.

Senior Clendon Henderson placed third in the discus at the NCAADivision I Outdoor Track & Field Championships, becoming theFlames’ first thrower to earn All-America distinction.

Men’s GolfThe men’s golf team holds the distinction of being the onlyathletics program in Liberty’s history to garner an at-large berthto a NCAA Championship, doing so twice over the past six years(2003 and 2006).

Nathan Schenz-Davis played along side the nation’s best amateurgolfers in July, when the junior qualified for the U.S. AmateurPublic Links Championship held at the Murphy Creek Golf Coursein Aurora, Colo.

Tennis Jordan Jenkins was named the 2008 Big South Women’s TennisPlayer of the Year and Chris Johnson was named Coach of theYear, as the Lady Flames posted a 13-4 record, the best inprogram history.

BaseballFor the first time in the 35-year history of the program, Libertywon 30 or more games in four-consecutive seasons, winning 35contests in 2008 under first-year head coach Jim Toman.

With pitchers Ryan Page and David Stokes being drafted in thisyear’s Major League Baseball Draft, Liberty has now had 38players taken in the MLB draft and a player taken in each draftsince 1999.

SoftballThe softball program advanced to its fourth Big South SoftballChampionship title game, moving the squad into third place onthe league’s list of all-time title game participants.

Head coach Paul Wetmore picked up his 400th career victoryduring the 2008 season, becoming the 89th coach in NCAAsoftball history to reach the lofty career victories milestone at thetime of the victory.

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All-Americans

First Team1978 .......Kim Raynor, running back

Churchmen’s1982 .......Mitchell Clark, running back

NAIA1982 .......John Sanders, linebacker

AFCA (Kodak)1983 .......Earl Rector, tight end

NAIA1985 .......Kelvin Edwards, wide receiver

National Strength Coaches Association

...............Winfred Hogan, offensive lineAssociated Press Little All-American

...............Steve Clark, defensive backAssociated Press Little All-American

...............Joe Seamster, defensive backAssociated Press Little All-American

1986 ......Mark Mathis, cornerbackAFCA (Kodak)

1987 .......Mickey Paige, linebackerFootball Gazette

1995 .......Andrew McFadden, return specialistFootball Gazette

Sports Network1998 .......Jesse Riley, linebacker

Associated Press2000 .......Jason Wells, defensive end

Football Gazette2007 .......Dan Pope, long snapper

CSN Fabulous FSC

Second Team1977 .......Scott Goetz, offensive line

Churchmen’s...............Kim Raynor, running back

Churchmen’s1978 .......Dave Hertzler, free safety

Churchmen’s...............Ed Landis, Jr., nose guard

Churchmen’s...............Rupert Wright, offensive line

Churchmen’s...............Rod Gladfelter, defensive back

Churchmen’s...............Steve Kearns, tight end

Churchmen’s1986 .......Mark Mathis, cornerback

Football Gazette1989 .......Eric Green, tight end

Associated Press...............Donald Smith, cornerback

Sports Network1990 .......Keith Hatcher, offensive line

Associated Press1991 .......Pat Nelson, wide receiver

Associated Press1997 .......Rodney Degrate, defensive line

Football Gazette1997 .......Jesse Riley, linebacker

Football Gazette1998 .......Jesse Riley, linebacker

Football Gazette

Third Team1988 .......Mickey Paige, linebacker

Football Gazette1995 .......David Long, linebacker

Football Gazette1997 .......Rodney Degrate, defensive line

The Sports Network

Honorable Mention1981 .......Mike Forslund, quarterback

NAIA...............Greg Mosely, running back

NAIAAssociated Press Little All-American

1982 .......John Sanders, linebackerNAIA

1984 .......Fred Banks, wide receiverAssociated Press Little All-American

1985 .......Kelvin Edwards, wide receiverAssociated Press Little All-American

1988 .......Paul Johnson, quarterbackFootball Gazette

1995 .......Sedrick Watkins, defensive backFootball Gazette

1996 .......Jesse Riley, linebackerFootball Gazette

1997 .......Stacy Nobles, running backFootball Gazette

1997 .......Torrey Rush, defensive backFootball Gazette

1997 .......Trey Sartin, offensive lineFootball Gazette

1997 .......Jerome Wicker, defensive lineFootball Gazette

1998 .......Stacy Nobles, running backFootball Gazette

...............Ulysses Moore, offensive lineFootball Gazette

...............Torrey Rush, defensive backFootball Gazette

1999 .......Stacy Nobles, running backFootball Gazette

...............Billy Seals, linebackerFootball Gazette

2000 .......Biff Parson, quarterbackFootball Gazette

2001 .......Jay Kelley, place kickerFootball Gazette

...............Dre Barnes, running backFootball Gazette

2007 .......Marshal Ausberry, offensive lineSports Network

...............Dominic Bolden, kickoff returnerSports Network

...............Patrick Calvary, cornerbackSports Network

...............Wynton Jackson, punter returnerSports Network

...............Rashad Jennings, running backSports Network

...............Eddie Pinigis, offensive lineSports Network

...............Vince Redd, linebackerSports Network

Big South All-Conference

First Team2002 .......Dre Barnes, running back...............Aaron DeBerry, defensive line...............Kendrick Howard, linebacker...............Andre Jerry, safety...............Jay Kelley, punter2003 .......Dre Barnes, running back...............Aaron DeBerry, defensive line...............C.J. Moore, defensive back...............Marlon Roman, long snapper...............Thomas Smith, offensive line2004 .......Sean Boyle, offensive line...............Sam Gado, running back...............Seth Reichart, defensive line...............Thomas Smith, offensive line...............Nick Vaughn, linebacker2005 .......Noah Crouch, punter...............Jason Horn, defensive line...............Zach Terrell, running back2006 .......Wynton Jackson, return specialist

...............Rashad Jennings, running back

...............Manny Rojas, linebacker

...............Stephen Sene, offensive line2007 .......Steven Ackley, defensive line...............Marshal Ausberry, offensive line...............Patrick Calvary, defensive back...............Noah Greenbaum, placekicker...............Wynton Jackson, punt returner...............Rashad Jennings, running back...............Stevie Ray Lloyd, linebacker...............Chris Luck, tight end...............Eddie Pinigis, offensive line...............Dan Pope, long snapper...............Vince Redd, linebacker...............Stephen Sene, offensive line...............Brock Smith, quarterback

Second Team2003 .......Sean Boyle, offensive line...............Seth Reichart, defensive line...............Nick Vaughn, linebacker2004 .......Dre Barnes, running back...............Noah Crouch, punter...............Markus Ferguson, offensive line...............Erick Harris, defensive back...............C.J. Moore, defensive back2005 .......Patrick Calvary, defensive back...............Chris Luck, tight end...............Manny Rojas, linebacker...............Brandon Turner, wide receiver2006 .......Steven Ackley, defensive line...............E.L. Estes, defensive back...............Ryan Greiser, defensive back...............Jason Horn, defensive line...............Stevie Ray Lloyd, linebacker...............Chris Luck, tight end...............Eddie Pinigis, offensive line...............Zach Terrell, running back...............Brandon Turner, wide receiver...............Jarrett Winfrey, offensive line2007 .......Dominic Bolden, kickoff returner...............Colin Dugan, defensive line...............Mike Godsil, offensive line...............Ryan Greiser, defensive back...............Nick Hursky, linebacker...............Wynton Jackson, wide receiver...............Zac Kolegue, punter...............Britt Stone, offensive line...............Zach Terrell, running back

Academic2002 .......Jay Cline, tight end2003 .......Jay Cline, tight end2004 .......Sam Gado, running back2005 .......Brock Farrel, quarterback2006 .......Ryan Greiser, defensive back2007 .......Ryan Greiser, defensive back

Big South Player of the Year

Offensive2003 .......Dre Barnes, running back2007 .......Rashad Jennings, running back

Big South Rookie of the Year2005 .......Zach Terrell, quarterback/...............running back

Big South Coach of the Year2006 .......Danny Rocco2007 .......Danny Rocco

Don Hansen’s National FootballGazette – All-RegionSecond Team2002 .......Dre Barnes, running back...............Kendrick Howard, linebacker2004 .......Seth Reichart, defensive line

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2006 .......Wynton Jackson, return specialist...............Stephen Sene, offensive line

Third Team2003 .......Dre Barnes, running back2005 .......Jason Horn, defensive line...............Zach Terrell, running back2006 .......Steven Ackley, defensive line...............Wynton Jackson, wide receiver...............Rashad Jennings, running back...............Stevie Ray Lloyd, linebacker...............Manny Rojas, linebacker

Honorable Mention2006 .......Jason Horn, defensive line

CoSIDA Academic All-AmericansFirst Team1982 .......Jeff Benson, quarterback...............Kelly Bush, fullback...............Billy Lord, defensive back1998 .......Jarrod Everson, defensive line

Second Team1982 .......Mark DeMoss, placekicker1997 .......Jarrod Everson, defensive line2004 .......Jay Cline, tight end

NCAA I-AA All-IndependentFirst Team1996 .......Damon Bomar, linebacker...............Rodney Degrate, defensive line1997 .......Rodney Degrate, defensive line...............Courtney Freeman, wide receiver...............Jesse Riley, linebacker...............Trey Sartin, offensive line1998 .......Stacy Nobles, running back...............Jesse Riley, linebacker...............Torrey Rush, defensive back1999 .......Jarrod Everson, defensive line2000 .......Ben Rogers, punter

Second Team1996 .......Ben Anderson, quarterback...............Courtney Freeman, wide receiver...............Jesse Riley, linebacker1997 .......Jamie Christian, linebacker...............Torrey Rush, defensive back1998 .......Jamie Christian, linebacker...............Ulysses Moore, offensive line2000 .......Gavin Kralik, wide receiver...............Randall State, defensive back...............Jason Wells, defensive end2001 .......Dre Barnes, running back...............Adrian Hall, punt return...............Kendrick Howard, linebacker...............Jay Kelley, placekicker...............Daniel Thomas, wide receiver

Independent Defensive Player of the Year1998 .......Jesse Riley, linebacker

East Coast Athletic ConferenceAll-StarsFirst Team1991 .......Pat Nelson, wide receiver1994 .......Daniel Whitehead, placekicker1995 .......Andrew McFadden, return specialist

Second Team1997 .......Rodney Degrate, defensive line

Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) All-StateFirst Team1983 .......Kelvin Edwards, wide receiver1984 .......Kelvin Edwards, wide receiver...............Mitch Lucas, offensive line...............Fred Banks, wide receiver

...............Bill Kagey, kicker

...............Troy Rice, defensive line

...............Joe Seamster, defensive back1985 .......Kelvin Edwards, wide receiver1986 .......Mark Mathis, defensive back...............Wayne Haddix, defensive back1987 .......Mickey Paige, linebacker...............Kenny Smith, punter1988 .......Tom McCutcheon, center...............Charles McCray, running back...............Richard Shelton, defensive back...............Morgan Hout, Coach of the Year1989 .......Eric Green, tight end...............Donald Smith, return specialist1991 .......Pat Nelson, wide receiver1995 .......Andrew McFadden, return specialist1997 .......Courtney Freeman, wide receiver1998 .......Jesse Riley, linebacker2002 .......Dre Barnes, running back2003 .......Thomas Smith, offensive line2006 .......Wynton Jackson, return specialist2007 .......Marshal Ausberry, offensive line...............Rashad Jennings, running back...............Stephen Sene, offensive line

Second Team2003 .......Dre Barnes, running back2005 .......Jason Horn, defensive line...............Zach Terrell, running back2006 .......E.L. Estes, defensive back...............Ryan Greiser, defensive back...............Stephen Sene, offensive line...............Jarrett Winfrey, offensive line2007 .......Patrick Calvary, defensive back...............Noah Greenbaum, placekicker...............Stevie Ray Lloyd, linebacker...............Eddie Pinigis, offensive line...............Vince Redd, linebacker

Rookie of the Year2005 .......Zach Terrell, running back

Roanoke Times All-State TeamFirst Team1997 .......Courtney Freeman, wide receiver...............Trey Sartin, offensive line...............Rodney Degrate, defensive line1998 .......Jesse Riley, linebacker

2003 .......Dre Barnes, running back...............Thomas Smith, offensive line

Second Team1997 .......Ulysses Moore, offensive line...............Ben Anderson, quarterback...............Stacy Nobles, running back...............Torrey Rush, defensive back1998 .......Jarrod Everson, defensive line...............Stacy Nobles, running back...............Ulysses Moore, offensive line...............Torrey Rush, defensive back2003 .......Sean Boyle, offensive line...............Jay Cline, tight end...............Aaron DeBerry, defensive line

NCAA I-AA National Player of the Week1996 .......Lawrence Worthington

(vs. Delaware State)1997 .......Jesse Riley (vs. Delaware State)...............Jamie Christian (vs. Norfolk State)2000 .......Biff Parson (vs. East Tennessee State)2001 .......Adrian Hall (vs. Gardner-Webb)...............Jay Kelley (vs. Wingate)...............Biff Parson (vs. South Florida)...............Daniel Thomas (vs. Wingate)2004 .......Erick Harris (vs. Chattanooga)

CSN National Player of the Week2007 .......Dominic Bolden (vs. VMI)

Flames in Postseason PlayBlue-Gray Game1985 .......Kelvin Edwards, wide receiver1986 .......Wayne Haddix, defensive back

Senior Bowl1986 .......Wayne Haddix, defensive back1989 .......Eric Green, tight end

Hula Bowl1989 .......Eric Green, tight end2008 .......Stephen Sene, offensive line

Martin Luther King All-American Classic1989 .......Donald Smith, defensive back...............Sam Rutigliano, head coach...............Bob Leahy, assistant coach

Mitchell Clark David Hertzler Winford Hogans Ed Landis

Billy Lord Mark Mathis Joe Seamster John Sanders

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Name, Position (Years at LU)Team (League) YearsANDERSON, BEN/QB ...............(1994-95-96-97)New York Giants (NFL) ...............................1998Portland Forest Dragons (AFL)...................1999

BANKS, FRED/WR .........................(1982-83-84)Cleveland Browns (NFL) .......................1985-86Miami Dolphins (NFL)............................1987-93

BARRIE, SEBASTIAN/DL.....................(1990-91)Green Bay Packers (NFL)...........................1992Arizona Cardinals (NFL) ........................1993-95San Diego Chargers (NFL) .........................1995Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) ..........................1996Arizona Rattlers (AFL) ...........................2000-03San Jose Sabercats (AFL).....................2004-05

BASSO, PHIL/QB ......................(1981-82-83-84)Indianapolis Colts (NFL).............................1985

BROWN, JEFF/DB ....................(1979-80-81-82)Washington Federals (USFL) ................1983-84

BURNS, TRAVIS/DB..............(1998-99-2000-01)Norfolk Nighthawks (AFL2) ........................2003Grand Rapids Rampage (AFL) ...................2004Quad City Steamwheelers (AFL) ................2005

CARSWELL, DWAYNE/TE ..............(1991-92-93)Denver Broncos (NFL)...........................1994-06

CLARK, STEVE/DB ...................(1982-83-84-85)Buffalo Bills (NFL).......................................1985

DEGRATE, RODNEY/DL ...........(1994-95-96-97)Portland Forest Dragons (AFL)...................1999Toronto Argonauts (CFL) ............................1999

EDWARDS, DARNELL/WR ..........(2003-04-05)Columbus Lions (WIFL) .....................2007-08

EDWARDS, KELVIN/WR ............(1982-83-84-85)New Orleans Saints (NFL) ..........................1986Dallas Cowboys (NFL)...........................1987-88

FERGUSON, MARKUS/OL .....(2002-03-04-05)Albany Conquest (AFL2)....................2007-08

FORSLUND, MIKE/QB ..............(1979-80-81-82)Washington Federals (USFL) .....................1983

GADO, SAM/RB .....................(2001-02-03-04)Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)........................2005Green Bay Packers (NFL) .......................2005Houston Texans (NFL).............................2006Miami Dolphins (NFL) .............................2007

GOEDE, CHRIS/OL...................(1991-92-93-94)San Antonio Texans (CFL) ..........................1995

EUGENE GOODMAN/RB ..........(2001-02-03-04)Columbus Lions (WIFL)..............................2007

GREEN, ERIC/TE ......................(1985-86-87-88)Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) ......................1990-94Miami Dolphins (NFL).................................1995Baltimore Ravens (NFL) ........................1996-98New York Jets (NFL)..............................1999-00

HADDIX, WAYNE/DB.................(1983-84-85-86)New York Giants (NFL) ..........................1987-88Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL)...............1990-91Cincinnati Bengals (NFL) ......................1991-92Cleveland Browns (NFL) ............................1993

HAITH, WILLIAM/DB ..........(1999-2000-01-02)Norfolk Nighthawks (AFL2).....................2003Manchester Wolves (AFL2) ................2005-06Dallas Desperados (AFL) ........................2006New Orleans VooDoo (ALF) ....................2007Grand Rapids Rampage (AFL) ................2008

HARRIS, ERICK/WR/DB ............(2001-02-03-04)Amarillo Dusters (AFL) ...............................2005Rhein Fire (NFL Europe) ............................2005Amsterdam Admirals (NFL Europe) ...........2006

INVERSO, GLENN/QB ..............(1977-78-79-80)New York Jets (NFL)...................................1981Chicago Bears (NFL)..................................1982

JENNINGS, BUTCH/RB ...........................(1994)New York Giants (NFL) ...............................1995

JONES, RENNIE/WR.................(1982-83-84-85)Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) ..........................1985

KAGEY, BILL/PK ........................(1982-83-84-85)Dallas Cowboys (NFL)................................1986

KEARNS, STEVE/TE .................(1976-77-78-79)British Columbia Lions (CFL) ................1980-82

KINARD, LEROY/RB .......................(1988-89-90)New York Jets (NFL)..............................1991-92

MATHIS, MARK/DB ...................(1983-84-85-86)St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) ......................1987-88Edmonton Eskimos (CFL) .....................1989-91British Columbia Lions (CFL) .....................1992

MCCONNELL, WES/DB ............(1989-90-91-92)Shreveport Pirates (CFL) .......................1993-94

MCFADDEN, ANDREW/WR/RS...........(1995-96)St. Louis Rams (NFL) .................................1997Indianapolis Colts (NFL).............................1998Portland Forest Dragons (AFL)..............1999-00

MCKNIGHT, JAMES/WR.................(1991-92-93)Seattle Seahawks (NFL) ........................1994-98Dallas Cowboys (NFL)...........................1999-00Miami Dolphins (NFL)............................2001-03

Kelvin EdwardsEric Green

Vince Redd

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NELSON, PAT/WR.....................(1988-89-90-91)Orlando Predators (AFL) ............................1992New York Jets (NFL)..............................1992-93

NIMAKO, GEORGE/RB........................(1991-92)Toronto Argonauts (CFL) ............1993-94, 97-00

NIVENS, ROOSEVELT/OL.........(1991-92-93-94)Baltimore Stallions (CFL)............................1995Dallas Cowboys (NFL)................................1996

PAIGE, MICKEY/LB ...................(1985-86-87-88)Washington Commandos (AFL) ............1989-90

PARSON, BIFF/QB ................(1989-99-2000-01)Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)..........................2002

REDD, VINCE/LB...................................(2007)New England Patriots (NFL)....................2008

RUSH, TORREY/DB ..................(1996-97-98-99)Barcelona Dragons (NFL Europe) ..............2001

SARTIN, TREY/OL..........................(1995-96-97)Indianapolis Colts (NFL)........................1998-99

SENE, STEPHEN/OL .............................(2007)St. Louis Rams (NFL) ..............................2008

SHELTON, RICHARD/DB ..........(1984-86-87-88)Denver Broncos (NFL)................................1989Seattle Seahawks (NFL) ........................1989-90Montreal Machine (WLAF) .....................1991-92Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) .................1992-93-94

SMITH, DONALD/DB.................(1986-87-88-89)Minnesota Vikings (NFL) .......................1990-91Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)..............1992-94Memphis Maddogs (CFL)...........................1995Toronto Argonauts (CFL) .......................1996-00

WASHINGTON, DESMOND/DB ..........(1997-98)Florida Firecats (AFL) ............................2001-05Cincinnati Jungle Kats (AFL2) ....................2007

WILLIAMS, LAUREN (WR) ..........(2003-04-05)Rhein Fire (NFL Europe) .........................2007Los Angeles Avengers (AFL) ..................2008

Active Players listed in Bold

Flames with Postseason Honors

Year Name, Team Honors1990 ......................Wayne Haddix, ...............................................................................NFL Pro Bowl

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Eric Green .......................................................................NFL Rookie of the YearPittsburgh Steelers Selected to the NFL All-Rookie Team

by the NFL Players Association, USA Today, United Press International (UPI),

Pro Football Writers Association, Pro Football Weekly, Football Digest, Football News, The National

1994 ......................Eric Green ......................................................................................NFL Pro BowlPittsburgh Steelers

1997 ......................Dwayne Carswell ...................................................Captain of the Special TeamsDenver Broncos First Flame to play in a Super Bowl

First Flame to win a Super Bowl

1998 ......................Dwayne Carswell ...................................................Captain of the Special TeamsDenver Broncos First Flame to play in two Super Bowls

First Flame to win two Super Bowls

Dwayne CarswellSam Gado

James McKnight

Fred Banks

Flames in the Draft/Free Agent

Year Player Round/Free Agent Team1980...................Steve Kearns ............................4th Round .............................................British Columbia (CFL)1981...................Glenn Inverso............................Free Agent ................................................New York Jets (NFL)1983...................Jeff Brown ................................18th Round...................................Washington Federals (USFL)

Mike Forslund ...........................21st Round...................................Washington Federals (USFL)1985...................Fred Banks ...............................8th Round ...........................................Cleveland Browns (NFL)

Phil Basso ................................Free Agent...........................................Indianapolis Colts (NFL)1986...................Kelvin Edwards .........................4th Round.........................................New Orleans Saints (NFL)

Steve Clark ...............................Free Agent ...................................................Buffalo Bills (NFL)Rennie Jones ............................Free Agent.........................................Philadelphia Eagles (NFL)

1987...................Wayne Haddix ...........................Free Agent .............................................New York Giants (NFL)Bill Kagey .................................Free Agent .............................................Dallas Cowboys (NFL)

1989...................Mickey Paige ............................Free Agent ................................Washington Commandos (AFL)Richard Shelton ........................10th Round............................................Denver Broncos (NFL)

1990...................Eric Green ................................1st Round..........................................Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)Donald Smith ............................10th Round ........................................Minnesota Vikings (NFL)

1991...................Leroy Kinard .............................Free Agent ................................................New York Jets (NFL)1992...................Sebastian Barrie........................Free Agent .........................................Green Bay Packers (NFL)

Wes McConnell .........................Free Agent..........................................Shreveport Pirates (CFL)Pat Nelson ................................Free Agent ..........................................Orlando Predators (AFL)

1993...................George Nimako .........................4th Round ..........................................Toronto Argonauts (CFL)1994...................Dwayne Carswell ......................Free Agent .............................................Denver Broncos (NFL)

James McKnight .......................Free Agent ...........................................Seattle Seahawks (NFL)1995...................Roosevelt Nivens ......................Free Agent .........................................Baltimore Stallions (CFL)

Chris Goede..............................Free Agent ........................................San Antonio Texans (CFL)Butch Jennings .........................Free Agent .............................................New York Giants (NFL)

1997...................Andrew McFadden ....................Free Agent ..............................................St. Louis Rams (NFL)1998...................Ben Anderson ...........................Free Agent .............................................New York Giants (NFL)1998...................Andrew McFadden ....................Free Agent...........................................Indianapolis Colts (NFL)1998...................Trey Sartin................................Free Agent...........................................Indianapolis Colts (NFL)1999...................Ben Anderson ...........................Free Agent .................................Portland Forest Dragons (AFL)1999...................Andrew McFadden ....................Free Agent .................................Portland Forest Dragons (AFL)1999...................Rodney Degrate ........................Free Agent .................................Portland Forest Dragons (AFL)

Toronto Argonauts (CFL)2001...................Torrey Rush ..............................Free Agent..............................Barcelona Dragons (NLF Europe)2002...................Biff Parson................................Free Agent........................................Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)2004...................Sam Gado ................................Free Agent .........................................Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)2007...................Lauren Williams ........................Free Agent .............................................Oakland Raiders (NFL)2008...................Vince Redd ...............................Free Agent......................................New England Patriots (NFL)

Stephen Sene............................Free Agent ..............................................St. Louis Rams (NFL)

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FLAMES IN PROS

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George Nimako

Richard Shelton

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