warrior within (winter 2008)

Wayne State University President Jay Noren crowned a new Homecoming king and queen - Roderick Simmons and Katie Blair - at halftime of the Oct. 11 football game at Tom Adams Field against Northern Michigan. The Warriors came away with a 24-10 victory over the Wildcats in the first Homecoming contest of Noren’s tenure at Wayne State.

1...................................................................................From the Director2..................................................................Football / Volleyball Recaps3.....................................................................................Rachelle Malette4............................................................................ Cross Country Recap5............................................................. Golf / Women’s Tennis Recaps6..........................................................Basketball / Swimming Previews7......................................................................... 90 Foundation Wrap-up8..............................................Warriors in the Neighborhood (“W.I.N.”)9-10 .......................................................... Department News and Notes11 ............................................................................ Facility Renovations12...............................................................................................New Staff13..........................................................................Wayne State Auctions14-15 .............................................................................................Donors16............................................................Winter Sports 2009 SchedulesIBC .......................................................................................Warrior Club

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On the COVeRWayne State earned several awards and titles within the competition of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference this past fall. Pictured with Director of Athletics Rob Fournier are senior football player Dante Dunn (GLIAC Defensive Back of the Year), senior golfer Steve Cuzzort (GLIAC Championship medalist), head football coach Paul Winters (GLIAC Coach of the Year), and quarterback Kevin Smith (GLIAC Freshman of the Year). Senior volleyball player Mayssa Bazzi earned GLIAC Libero of the Year, and senior cross country runner Rachelle Malette won her second consecutive GLIAC Championship.

Senior cross country runner Abdullah saleh capped off his Wayne State career with a 21st-place finish at the 2008 NCAA Championships, his best career performance at nationals. Saleh guided the team to a 12th-place showing overall, the Warriors’ fifth top-12 finish in the last eight years.

More cross country on pages 3-4

As the WSU football team tied a school record for wins in a season, junior running back Joique Bell rushed for over 1,000 yards and became Wayne State’s all-time leader in rushing yards and all-purpose yards. He also scored 12 touchdowns and took the top spot on the GLIAC’s career scoring list.

More football on page 2

After totaling over 4,500 hours of community service during the 2007-08 school year, the Wayne State Student-Athlete Advisory Committee hopes to exceed that number this year. Events such as the recent canned food drive have boosted the 2008-09 total to over 1,500 hours in just a two-month span.

More community on page 8

The outer wall of the new Academic Resource Center at the Matthaei was recently adorned with a mural depicting all of the academic and athletic success achieved by Wayne State University student-athletes. This is one of the many facility upgrades executed by the WSU Department of Athletics over the last several years.

More facilities on page 11

WARRIOR WITHIN

From the Director

I remember the first football game I ever attended at Wayne State. It was a warm August afternoon the Saturday before my first “official” week of work. We were playing an exhibition game against a team of mostly Canadian football players

from Windsor. A lot seemed unusual to me that afternoon. First of all, there was maybe (and I am being generous here)

about five hundred people in the stands. I walked into the “stadium” after I had parked in the small lot next to the field and there was a wooden shed (remarkably similar to structures I had seen at farms without indoor plumbing) which served as the lone ticket booth and only entrance. Tickets were spread out on a wooden table and covered with a large plastic wrap. I wondered why the field was so high – which was more than a little raised in the middle. It was explained to me that it served as the irrigation system. The locker room…well, you get the idea. Nine years later, few probably remember that setup but it remains a constant reference for me and was a fitting contrast to the last football game of 2008.

For those of you who were part of the largest crowd to watch a Wayne State football game since 1974 you know first hand what I am talking about. The feeling was electric. It was the glee club singing the alma mater, parachutists dropping into the middle of the field and three veterans of World War II being recognized as part of the Armed Services Celebration. Former student-athlete Frank Lietke (who was part of the renaissance under Head Coach Winters as a member of Paul’s first recruiting class) remarked to me just before the kickoff, “is this the largest crowd ever to watch a football game here?” I am not sure how the count was done in 1974, but the excitement was much different than games I the past nine years – even large crowds at homecoming or Ford Field. I didn’t mention to Frank that folks were still lined up outside Tom Adams Field waiting to get in.

It was a college football game atmosphere – certainly not Ann Arbor or East Lansing but I know, without equivocation, it was a long way from August of 2000. It was everything you could want as a fan, a coach (at least the home team), an administrator, and most importantly, an alumnus. It was Wayne State. The afternoon embodied school pride -- as trite and old fashioned as that might

seem. This is what so many had worked so hard to achieve. To alumni, Warrior Club members, students and community – a heartfelt thank you. And even though we did not leave the field with a win, no one left the stadium without a good feeling about Wayne State.

Coincidently, that same day on the western part of the State, both the men’s and women’s cross country qualified again for the NCAA national championships. Under Head Coach Rick Cummins both cross country teams overcame some competitive challenges to advance for a chance at the national title (both teams eventually finished a laudable twelfth in the nation). It was the second year in a row that both the men and women earned a spot in one of the nation’s most competitive regions and the sixth time overall for the men’s program. Importantly, four of the last six years men’s cross country has finished in the top ten (10) in the nation. And this despite the additional limitation of being a program without the built-in advantages of an indoor/outdoor track team.

Finally, to make the five days so memorable, the volleyball team before a raucous crowd earned one of the final four spots in the Conference volleyball tournament for the first time since 1997 and the first time we had made it to the tournament since 2005. That accomplishment under first year coach Phil Nickel has been remarkable, a tribute to the hard work of some focused young women, the development of some exceptional talent and a style of play that has impressed the opposition.

These early successes create an incentive for our other teams. I am a believer that a culture of success can carry a business…or an athletic department. With our top seven (7) NADCA (National Athletic Director Cup) finishes having all been realized in the last seven years, we are starting to embrace that approach and it is reflected in competitive wins, academic achievement and community service. But we also cannot get caught up in what success we may have achieved early because although these are accomplishments we should applaud, they are only what to build on…not what to rest on. If what you did yesterday seems big, you really haven’t done anything today. What we want to create is a winning approach that is our reputation. Although we might talk about what we have accomplished, it is only because what we have ahead is more significant. We do not want to find ourselves in that trap, that in many cases, when all is said and done, more is said, than done. We remain focused on the getting done.

Happy Holidays.

Five Days in novemberBy RoB FouRnieR

WARRIOR WITHIN Football / Volleyball Recaps

The 2008 Wayne State football season was a record-breaking year both for the team and individuals.

The Warriors tied the school record for wins in a season (8), set the school mark for conference victories in a year (7) and became the first squad in school history to be ranked in the AFCA (American Football Coaches Association) Top 25. All this from a team that was predicted to finish ninth in the GLIAC by the league head coaches last July, however, WSU finished eighth in the final Super Regional 3 rankings with the top six teams advancing to post-season play.

In the year-end balloting by conference coaches, rookie quarterback Kevin Smith (Detroit, Mich.) was selected GLIAC Freshman of the Year, senior safety Dante Dunn (Lansing, Mich.) was voted GLIAC Defensive Back of the Year (which also includes linebackers) and head coach Paul Winters was tabbed as Coach of the Year for the second time in three seasons.

Smith compiled a 6-2 mark while starting the final eight games. His only two setbacks were to playoff teams Grand Valley and Ashland. He passed for 805 yards and nine touchdowns with only six interceptions. Smith also rushed for 85 yards and finished second on the team in total offense.

Dunn did a little bit of everything for the Warriors in 2008. He returned two kickoffs for touchdowns, blocked three kicks (including one for the only score in a 6-0 win over Indianapolis), had three interceptions and nine pass break-ups, and finished third on the team with 82 tackles.

WSU was 5-0 at home before the season finale, the best mark since 1974, while the squad posted winning

Football Wraps Up Outstanding 2008 Seasonstreaks of three and four games, the later being the best since 1977 squad had four straight wins (Sept. 10-Oct. 1).

Junior running back Joique Bell (Benton Harbor, Mich.) rushed for 1,152 yards and 12 touchdowns and became the GLIAC’s all-time leading scorer with his second of three touchdowns in the victory at Northwood on Nov. 1. In addition, Bell became WSU’s all-time leading rusher on the first play of the fourth quarter in the home triumph over Hillsdale. In the contest at Findlay in September, he became WSU’s career leader in all-purpose yards.

In the season finale, Bell rushed for 159 yards to move into second place on WSU’s all-time total offense chart surpassing Ed Skowneski (1972-75 – 4,790). Senior place-kicker David Chudzinski (Belleville, Mich.) also etched his name in the record book by becoming WSU’s all-time leader in field goals made (33) and points by a kicker (206).

The Warrior defense was an impressive unit from start to finish. After ranking 125th nationally in scoring defense in 2007, WSU finished seventh in 2008 allowing 14.6 points per game. Despite allowing nearly 350 yards per game, the defensive unit had 31 takeaways (16 interceptions plus 15 fumbles) plus a couple of goal line stands (at Findlay and at Ferris State). The Oilers had three plays for zero yards plus a fourth down from the one for minus one yard while the Bulldogs had three plays from the one yard line and were unable to score.

Five Warriors earned First Team All-GLIAC honors including four on defense. Dunn became the first WSU player in history to earn First Team All-GLIAC accolades at two positions in the same year (defensive back and return specialist). Joining Dunn on the First Team defense were senior defensive tackle Jason Thomas (Akron, Ohio), junior linebacker Matt Shango (West Bloomfield, Mich.) and senior cornerback Cornelius Dillard (Detroit, Mich.). Bell was a First Team running back for the third consecutive season. The last Tartar/Warrior to earn First Team All-League honors three straight seasons was Avery Barton-Taylor in 1982-83-84.

The lone Wayne State player named to the second team was senior linebacker Tristan Black (Toronto, Ont.), who along with Dunn, participated in the East Coast Bowl on November 29.

Six players received Honorable Mention All-GLIAC honors including senior defensive end Andrew Bates (Howell, Mich.), junior defensive end Athan Anagonye (Southfield, Mich.), sophomore cornerback Stan Thornton (Cincinnati, Ohio), freshman safety Jeremy Jones (Grand Rapids, Mich.), and offensive tackles Ryan Jonik (Canton, Mich.) and Joe Long (Lapeer, Mich.). Bates was also a CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team selection, the seventh consecutive year a WSU football player earned Academic All-District accolades.

Dante Dunn

The Wayne State volleyball team took remarkable strides towards reestablishing itself as a perennial contender for the GLIAC championship this past season. The 2008 squad, under the direction of first-year head coach Phil Nickel, put together a 17-12 record, its best in a decade.

Qualifying for the GLIAC tournament for the first time since 2005, the Warriors defeated Hillsdale in the quarterfinals and advanced to meet top-seeded Grand Valley State. The host Lakers ended WSU’s bid for a league title, however, in the semifinals.

Nevertheless, several Warriors earned postseason awards, including senior Mayssa Bazzi (Dearborn, Mich.), who was selected GLIAC Libero of the Year as well as to the All-GLIAC Second Team. Junior outside hitter Sarha Gosselin (Harrison Twp., Mich.) was chosen to the All-GLIAC First Team, junior middle blocker Lauren Mallast (Chesterfield, Mich.) joined Bazzi on the Second Team, and senior middle blocker Kim Gear (Benton Harbor, Mich.) garnered Honorable Mention accolades for the second straight season.

The trio of Gosselin, Mallast and Bazzi collected two sets of all-region honors as well. In a vote by the sports information directors of the Midwest region, Gosselin was named to the Daktronics, Inc. All-Region First Team, while Mallast and Bazzi took earned Second Team recognition. The Midwest coaches, meanwhile, chose Gosselin and Mallast for the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Region squad with Bazzi taking an Honorable Mention.

The icing on the cake for Gosselin was her selection as an Honorable Mention All-American from the AVCA, making her just the third All-American in the history of WSU volleyball.

Gosselin led the GLIAC with a 3.68 kills/set average, as she totaled 401 kills on the season. She also paced WSU with 35 service aces and ranked second to Bazzi with 259 digs. Gosselin had 11 double-doubles this year and reached the 20-kill mark five times.

Mallast had 163 total blocks for a Division II-leading average of 1.51 per set. The two single-season totals rank sixth and fourth, respectively, in school history. Mallast also had 304 kills and a .268 hitting percentage.

Bazzi finished with 465 digs on the year, eighth-most in Wayne State history. Her 4.27 digs/set average ranked third in the conference and tied for fifth all-time at WSU. She ended her career in sixth place on Wayne State’s career digs list (1,121).

Gear totaled 235 kills and led the Warriors with a .282 hitting percentage. She was the second-leading blocker on the team (98) and finished her career among the top 20 blockers in school history.

Volleyball Finishes 17-12 In 2008

Sarha Gosselin

WARRIOR WITHIN

Rachelle Malette Feature

- Reprinted from the Oct. 25 Wayne State Football Gameday Program

As the Wayne State women’s cross country team prepares for its biggest two weekends of the season, senior co-captain Rachelle Malette is on the path to earning All-America honors for the third straight year.

She will look to defend her GLIAC championship today in the far reaches of Sault Ste. Marie after routing the field by 35 seconds last year.

Then, it’s on to the big time: the NCAA Great Lakes Regional – a meet she also won in 2007 – with hopes of helping WSU advance as a team to the NCAA Championships.

With nine individual wins over the past three seasons, and a dominant 2007 campaign where she won five times and finished no lower than fifth, success is nothing new to Malette.

But to conclude that her excellence is predicated solely by her gaudy list of running accomplishments wouldn’t do Malette justice.

Malette is a pharmacy major and not only an outstanding student, but her college’s best, as evident by last year’s Dean’s Award from the School of Pharmacy and Health.

She missed her team’s first training trip and meet the past two seasons because her classes start one week early.

And she routinely reschedules her training and workout times thanks to an academic load so intensive, it made her initially question her desire to run at the college level.

“She’s always studying on the bus, and she’ll stay up until all hours of the night studying for tests,” said teammate Lauren Kessler. “She’ll run races with little sleep, and still do well in her classes.

“It’s amazing how she makes it look so easy.”Malette is a rarity in this era of ultra-competitive and

high-stakes collegiate sports. She is the epitome of a true student-athlete.

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WSU head coach Rick Cummins, in his 12th season, said that Malette is the best he’s coached on the women’s side during his tenure – and it isn’t close.

“She’s got all the tools,” he said. “She’s got the drive, she’s got the talent, she’s got the pain tolerance … she’s pretty good, and the results show it.

“It took development, but when I first saw her run at a high school meet, I said ‘that kid is going to be the most dominant runner in the history of our school.’”

Malette, a Windsor native, said: “I think [my] running is probably a mix of everything – genetics, probably hard work and definitely mental toughness.

“I’m always one to say that it’s because of hard work, but my coach always says there might be something more.”

To say that ideal genes run through the Malette family would be an understatement.

Rachelle’s older sister, Jackie, ran for the University of Windsor, earning All-Canadian honors in 2006.

Her younger brother, John, is considered one of the top runners in Canada in his age group, according to Rachelle.

And her youngest sister, Gabrielle, is also a provincial standout.

Malette credits her mother, Renee, with instilling her discipline and work ethic at an early age thanks to labor at her family-owned ice cream store.

Rachelle’s mental toughness was tested when her father, John, died unexpectedly of a heart attack at one of her high school cross country meets in 2002 (she went on to medal at the All-Ontario provincial meet 10 days later).

That fortitude was challenged again after Rachelle graduated from Windsor’s Holy Names High School in 2005 and grappled with the prospect of even running in college.

“I didn’t know if it would be too much,” she said. “I’ve always been, like, crazy [about] school.”

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Malette eventually said, “I would try it out” at Wayne State and stuck around, building relationships with a likable group of teammates as well as coach Cummins.

While her running ability flourished in the university setting, her academic endeavors developed as expected.

Now, as a second-year pharmacy student, Malette’s daily schedule is tireless. She divides her weekday time between the classroom, the library, running and lifting weights.

For the five of the past six weekends, and the three upcoming, she’s off with the team to a meet.

And she manages to work in her obligations as the president of WSU’s student-athlete advisory committee.

“It’s hard balancing school, running and SAAC because everything I do, I never like giving less than my best,” Malette said. “It’s hard when you’re overexerting yourself in some places.

“Something always gets compromised – like sleep. I don’t get much sleep at all.”

It hasn’t seemed to matter because the routine has worked.

Malette has earned numerous awards – the Fall 2007 GLIAC Commissioner’s Award being most significant – for both her running and scholastic prowess.

While she said that the academic accolades “mean a little bit more to me,” she won’t deny the significance of earning multiple All-Conference or All-America honors either.

“Athletics has helped my academics,” she said, “and my academics have helped my athletics.

“It can be difficult handling everything, but you can choose what you want to do. I want to excel in both things as opposed to just worrying about an athletic career.

“So, yes, student-athlete is probably more of a term than just athlete for me.”

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Along with placing fifth at last year’s NCAA Championships, Malette feels that helping the team qualify was one of her greatest achievements.

And despite placing 14th nationally as an individual in 2006, she said, her trip wasn’t nearly as fun without her teammates alongside.

“The team, I’m really grateful for them understanding my school schedule and other things I have to do,” Malette said. “I’d love for all of us to get back [to NCAAs].”

After winning Oct. 4 at Slippery Rock, Pa. – on the same course where the national meet will be held Nov. 22 – Malette enters the GLIAC meet primed to replicate last year’s end-of-season success.

“I haven’t won as many races [this year], but I’ve run a lot, lot faster,” she said.

“I’m even in better shape this year. That’s reassuring. It’s going to come down to race day. I’m going to give it everything I can.”

With three races left, Malette has no second thoughts about a Wayne State cross country career defined by more than running.

“I don’t want to blame everything entirely on school ... sometimes I wonder what it would be like if I took a lighter school load and focused solely on running,” she said.

“It’s okay. I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

– Kyle Stefan is a writer/editor for The South End as well as a student-athlete on the WSU golf team.

Malette Runs Out Career As True Student-AthleteBy Kyle Stefan

Senior Rachelle Malette has set a standard of excellence for the Wayne State cross country program, both on the course and in the classroom. The team captain is a two-time All-American and 2007 Deans’ Award winner from the School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

EDITOR’S NOTERachelle Malette won her second consecutive GLIAC Championship on Oct. 25 in Sault Ste. Marie. She was also victorious at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional race for the second year in a row on Nov. 8 and finished sixth at the NCAA Championships on Nov. 22 to earn All-America honors.

WARRIOR WITHIN Cross Country Recap

The 2008 cross country seasons (men and women) were a combination of great senior leadership – Rachelle Malette (Windsor, Ont.) and Abdullah Saleh (Dearborn, Mich.) - along with outstanding performances by underclassmen.

The women’s squad made its second consecutive trip to the NCAA Championship meet and fourth as a team in the last seven years after finishing 14th in 2007, while the men’s team ran in its sixth consecutive NCAA Championship meet.

Prior to the NCAA Championship meet at Slippery Rock, head coach Rick Cummins proclaimed, “We are excited to be heading back to the NCAA Championships. It is our goal every year. We weren’t happy with the way we (men’s team) finished the season last year (19th at nationals) and the guys are focused to finish this year strong. We haven’t raced our best yet, which is a good sign.”

This year (2008) also marked the third time in school history that both programs ran in the national championship meet (2003 and 2007). Both programs had finished second in the GLIAC and second at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional.

On a cold and blustery Saturday afternoon (Nov. 22), Malette finished sixth (fourth in team scoring) to

Senior Pair Leads Cross Country To 12th-Place Showing At Nationals

Abdullah Saleh

earn her second consecutive All-America accolade, and lead the Warriors to a 12th-place team finish (the second-best ever in school history – 9th in 2002).

On the men’s side, Saleh placed 21st (18th in team scoring), his best finish in four NCAA Championship meets. It also marked the fifth top-12 team finish in the last eight years.

“What a great way to cap off two seasons and two careers with both teams finishing 12th in the country was incredible,” stated Cummins. “Rachelle and Abdullah finished off two of the best careers in Wayne State history with All-American efforts. These teams worked hard all summer and all fall. They both earned and deserved these results.

“Kristi (Werner) was great. She is just beginning to figure out how good she can be. Dan (Kapadia) and Sam (Breen) were great. Kevin (deBear), Chris (Tassen), Lauren (Kessler), and Annie (Magin) all ran very well, too. Allison (Wykle) endured her injury and helped us. I know she doesn’t feel like she made a difference but look at the results and then figure out where we would be without her. Also, Pat Webster was great today. The results don’t show it but he went out and followed the plan and gave us the chance to do what we did. He showed a lot of toughness today.

“Abdullah and Rachelle were terrific. They are great kids and just keep plugging away to succeed. We are going to miss their leadership but we are going to enjoy it for a bit longer before we let them go. Two All-American performances -- I am so happy for both of them.

“What a great day for our team. It was a great year for both our men’s and women’s cross country programs. I’m very proud to be associated with this program,” added Cummins.

With both squads only losing one senior, the Warriors will look to make 2009 another great year.

On the men’s side, Kapadia and Breen will be seniors after finishing 59th and 60th in team scoring in 2008. The other four runners at nationals consisted of three sophomores and one freshman.

After Malette, the next four Warrior runners were sophomores followed by two freshmen. WSU

also had two freshmen redshirt due to pre-season injuries.

“As far as next year goes, we always try to improve our program,” said Cummins. “We are losing two All-Americans. Both Abdullah and Rachelle have been fixtures in the front since they have been here. We will miss them but we must move on.

“The positive is that we only lose two runners but every other good team in the region and nation are very young as well. Of the 50 scoring runners on the top 10 women’s teams at nationals there were only five seniors. We will get better but so will almost every other team. The region gets tougher every year. The nation gets deeper every year. This isn’t coach-speak, this is reality. I agree that both national races were the deepest that they have been in over 12 years. Maybe the top two teams weren’t as dominant as some have been but there were a lot of very, very good teams this year. I expect next year to be even deeper. It will be a challenge and our kids have shown that they like to accept challenges.”

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPSMEN’S 10k RESULTS

Name Yr. Pl. TimeAbdullah Saleh Sr. 18 31:52Dan Kapadia Jr. 59 32:48Sam Breen Jr. 60 32:48Chris Tassen So. 85 33:16Kevin Debear Fr. 86 33:17Nick Krol So. 97 33:31Pat Webster So. 107 33:39

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPSWOMEN’S 6k RESULTS

Name Yr. Pl. TimeRachelle Malette Sr. 4 21:44Kristi Werner So. 44 23:07Lauren Kessler So. 60 23:26Annie Magin So. 93 23:58Allison Wykle So. 122 24:32Michele Barton Fr. 163 27:09Robin Coolsaet Fr. 166 27:25

WARRIOR WITHIN

Golf / Women’s Tennis Recaps

Steve Cuzzort

Sharon Gill

The Wayne State University golf team finished in third place at the 2008 GLIAC Championship, hosted by Saginaw Valley State University at Bay City Country Club.

Steve Cuzzort (Grosse Ile, Mich.) became the third GLIAC medalist in school his-tory and the first since Ryan Johnson in 2004 (head coach Mike Horn was the first in 1985). He carded an eight-under par 208 (67-70-71), breaking the 54-hole school record of 213 set by Joe Spatafore in 1983 and Joe Juszczyk (Dearborn Heights, Mich.) last season.

Juszczyk also came in under his old 54-hole mark, tying for second with a four-under 212 (71-74-67). Cuzzort and Juszczyk’s respective rounds of 67 also matched the 18-hole school record.

As a team, Wayne State finished in the top three for the third time since 1989 and the first since WSU won the league title in 2003. The Warriors, who led the field with a first-round score of 284, shot 292 in the second round and 290 in the third for a total of 866, one stroke over par. Grand Valley State won the tournament (289-289-285--863), followed by 2007 champion Findlay (293-285-286--864).

David Anderson (Sarnia, Ont.) tied for 20th (75-72-75--222), Michael Wouters (Sterling Hts., Mich.) placed in a tie for 25th (71-76-76--223), and Chad Johnson (Plymouth, Mich.) finished 37th (75-78-81--234).

Of the six events Wayne State participated in this fall, Cuzzort finished fourth or better in five. He led WSU with a 70.93 scoring average, followed closely by Juszczyk who averaged 71.71 for 18 holes.

Wayne State’s spring season is scheduled to begin March 28-29 at the Ashland Invitational. Two Great Lakes Regional events are slated for April, including one April 4-5 at Cherry Blossom in Georgetown, Ky., and the other April 19-20 at Purgatory in Noblesville, Ind.

Golf Finishes Third At GLIACs, Cuzzort Leads Field

In Sheila Snyder’s 20th season at the helm, the WSU women’s tennis team wrapped up the fall season with a GLIAC mark of 5-4, fourth in the conference standings. At the GLIAC Championship tournament Wayne State received the No. 4 seed. With victories over Ferris State and Ashland, WSU accomplished a third-place finish.

The team was led by co-captains senior Sargam Bhatt (Canton, Mich.) and junior Meghan Luzod (Royal Oak, Mich.). Bhatt will hold a place in the record books for establishing a 30-win singles career (30-20). Bhatt and doubles partner Luzod achieved a 3-3 conference record at No. 3 doubles. Together they have a combined career doubles record of 17-18.

Luzod also eclipsed the 30-win mark in her singles career. Winning two of the final three regular season matches pushed her over the .500 mark to 31-30.

The sophomore class contributed a .559 overall winning percentage; the four ladies were responsible for 33 of the team’s 50 total wins. Sharon Gill (Windsor, Ont.) was honored as a First Team All-GLIAC player. In only her second season she holds the Wayne State record for career winning percentage (minimum of 30 wins) at .826.

Jennifer Bradford (Detroit, Mich.) was an Honorable Mention All-GLIAC selection. Bradford tied with Gill for the best conference record on the team at 7-2, and ended the season on a three-match winning streak. Debora Correa (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) and Milena Vuksanovic (Pacevo, Serbia) also contributed to the success this fall.

Kristina Goranskaya (Thornhill, Ont.) and Medha Jha (Troy, Mich.) joined the team this year as freshmen. Goranskaya garnered Second-Team All-GLIAC honors after posting an 11-3 mark this fall, despite missing the first three matches. Jha finished with a 1-2 singles record and a 1-1 doubles mark in limited action.

Overall, Wayne State completed the fall season with a 9-5 record, including a 6-2 record at home.

Women’s Tennis Finishes Third At GLIAC Tournament

WARRIOR WITHIN Basketball / Swimming Previews

The Wayne State men’s basketball team has 10 new faces plus the return of three players who previously wore for the Green and Gold in guards Larry Edwards (Benton Harbor, Mich.) and Bryan Smothers (Pontiac, Mich.), and forward Jerry Oden (Detroit, Mich.).

The 2007-08 Warriors started 7-1 but nine consecutive losses late in the campaign preceded a Senior Day victory in the final game.

Two Division I transfers in Shane Lawal (Southfield, Mich./Oakland) and Justin Sample (Detroit, Mich./Detroit Mercy) along with a pair of junior college transfers - Bryan Edwards (Ypsilanti, Mich.) and Bryan Wright (Warren, Ohio) - mixed in with six incoming freshmen give head coach David Greer and his staff high hopes for a successful 2008-09 season.

Unlike recent years, WSU has size in the post with Lawal at 6-9 and Sample at 6-8. The Warriors have added height and athleticism to the four and three spots with two 6-5 players - Bryan Edwards and Andrew Tines (Eastpointe, Mich.) - and another two that stand 6-6 in Oden and Nick Waller (Harper Woods, Mich.).

Three true freshmen are slated to see playing time at shooting guard in Reggie Stallings (Flint, Mich.), Jay Kopicki (Warren, Mich.) and Ricky Rowse (Flushing, Mich.).

Two veterans (Larry Edwards and Bryan Smothers), a transfer (Bryan Wright) and newcomer Dale Brundidge (Southfield, Mich.) will compete for playing time at point guard.

“We have good balance - size, quickness, athleticism. Our biggest question is going to be how well we shoot the basketball,” said Greer. “We have good versatility which will allow us to play people at different spots. And we have depth this year where in the past we had to rely on six or seven people.”

If the 2008-09 Warriors are able to gel with so many new faces, a sixth GLIAC tournament appearance in eight years is not out of the question.

The Warriors hope to improve on a strong finish last season and an appearance in the GLIAC semifinals for the first time since 2003. Head coach Gloria Bradley enters her ninth year at the helm of the Warrior basketball program with six returning letterwinners from last year’s squad which won eight of nine contests from mid-January through mid-February then upset top-seeded Hillsdale on its home court in the first round of the GLIAC tournament.

WSU returns its top four scorers from last year along with three of its top four rebounders from 2007-08. WSU will be led offensively by a trio of seniors in Chastidy Miller (White Lake, Mich.), Jasmine McCall (Detroit, Mich.) and Joy Nash (Muskegon, Mich.).

Miller has scored 932 points in her first three years with the Green and Gold. Last year, she was second on the squad in both scoring (13.0) and rebounding (4.7).

McCall earned First Team All-GLIAC South Division accolades in her first season at WSU. She led the conference in steals (101) and finished in the top 12 in the league in both scoring (14.4) and assists (3.44) per game.

Nash has started all 67 games she has dressed and has scored in double figures 31 times. In addition to being named to the GLIAC South Division All-Defensive Team for the second consecutive season, she was among the conference leaders in assists (3.93 per game), three-point field goal percentage (34.6), minutes played (32.67 per game) and assist-turnover ratio (1.56).

The Warrior backcourt is further strengthened by junior Brooke Bowers (Delphos, Ohio). She finished 10th in the GLIAC in three-pointers made per game (1.59) and 15th in steals (1.78 per game). Last year she made a school-record nine three-point shots in a January 26 win over Mercyhurst finishing with a career-high 35 points on 12-of-26 shooting (9-of-19 from beyond the arc).

Sophomore Chelsea Kouri (Clarkston, Mich.) played in 24 of 27 contests as a rookie scoring 66 points.

Felicia Thomas (Kalamazoo, Mich.), the niece of former Tartar Dawn Thomas, will add depth to the backcourt. Thomas was voted the 2007-08 Southwest Michigan Athletic Conference Player of the Year after averaging 17 points, seven rebounds, four assists and four steals per game for Kalamazoo Central High School.

Both forwards from last season (Nicole Rogers and Monique George) have graduated paving the way for a newcomer to make an impact.

Syracuse transfer Brittany Smith (Milwaukee, Wis.) was able to practice with the team after her arrival in January. She started 13 games as a true freshman for the Orange in 2005-06 before injuries limited her playing time.

Freshman Karlisa Love (Detroit, Mich.) earned Detroit Free Press Honorable Mention All-Detroit honors as a senior after averaging 11.5 points, 8.9 rebounds, two blocks and 1.8 steals per game.

Junior Lindsey West (Royal Oak, Mich.) returns at center after starting 15 times a year ago. She led WSU in field goal percentage, offensive rebounds (61) and blocked shots, while finishing fifth in the GLIAC in blocked shots per game (1.15) and 10th in offensive rebounds (2.35 per game) last season.

Freshman Quintell Foster (Detroit, Mich.) helped the Hurricanes to a 25-1 record and the 2008 Class B state championship game.

New-Look Men’s Basketball Team Set For 2008-09 Season

Women’s Basketball Seeks Return To GLIAC Tourney

Larry Edwards

Jasmine McCall

Wayne State swimming and diving head coach Sean Peters has the luxury of a veteran presence on his two squads as he enters his 12th season in 2008-09.

The Warrior men’s team has 17 returning letterwinners from a squad that finished second at the GLIAC Championships and sixth at the NCAA Championships last season, while the women also welcome back 17 returnees from last year’s team which “three-peated” as conference champion before finishing sixth at nationals.

Among the veterans on the men’s side are senior Sean Smith (Auburn, Mich.), a four-time All-American last season and the defending GLIAC champion in the 200 backstroke.

Distance specialist Fernando Costa (Porto, Portugal), a two-time Olympian, has already qualified for nationals in four events.

Junior Cauli Bedran (Rio de Janiero, Brazil), who has 11 All-America accolades to his credit in two years, as well as seniors Per Bergstrom (Fagersta, Sweden), Tim Giblin (Midland, Mich.), and Sebastian Rzepa (Clinton Twp., Mich.) give the Warriors plenty of depth.

Wayne State also has a strong freshman class which includes Jesper Akesson (Malmo, Sweden), Jimmy Lee (Windsor, Ont.), Matt Laschuk (Tecumseh, Ont.), and diver Mike Elliott (Washington, Mich.).

For the women, the junior one-two punch of Elaina Hogle (Kentwood, Mich.) and Ashley St. Andrew (Grand Rapids, Mich.) highlights the returning corps.

A two-time GLIAC champion in the 200 individual medley, Hogle was named 2007-08 GLIAC Women’s Swimming & Diving Athlete of the Year. She earned seven All-America awards, equaling her freshman year total.

Also a seven-time All-American last season, St. Andrew successfully defended her conference title in the 1000 freestyle and won the 1650 free. She was also rewarded for her scholastic efforts by being named to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team.

Catherine Leix (Flint, Mich.) hopes to follow up on a successful rookie season in which she garnered three All-America honors and finished second in the 1000 free at the conference meet.

Natalia Buso (Sao Paulo, Brazil), an All-American at the junior college level before arriving at WSU last season, has already qualified for this year’s NCAA meet in the two distance freestyle events.

The 2009 GLIAC Championships will be held Feb. 11-14 in Jenison, Mich. If all goes well, many of the Warriors will head to the NCAA Championships, Mar. 11-14 in Houston, Texas.

Warrior Swimmers & DiversPlunge Into 2008-09 Season

Sean Smith

WARRIOR WITHIN

90 Foundation Wrap-Up

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It’s the end of the year and our goal is in sight. We can’t stop now, there’s too much to lose and we have had an unbeatable year. Time is running out, will you let the Warriors take the loss? Or will you help us score? You decide!

This year has brought unprecedented success to the Department of Athletics thanks to our student-athletes and generous alumni and friends. In spite of the economy, Athletics has seen increased support from those who understand that the needs of our student-athletes are greater than ever.

2008 has marked the 90th anniversary of Athletics at Wayne State. The 90 Foundation honors the legacy that began in 1918 when Detroit Junior College hired the legendary David L. Holmes as the first Director of Athletics. Since then, Wayne State has continued with a history rich in academic and athletics successes and we look forward to another 90 years.

Many of our former student-athletes, coaches, staff and alumni have joined the 90 Foundation to help retell part of that history. Fans and members of the 90 Foundation are asked to share their memories and their reflections which can be found on the WSU Athletics website (www.wsuathletics.com). I urge you to share this important milestone with us and join the 90 Foundation today by making your gift of $90. Members will be recognized on the website and will receive a commemorative medallion and your gift will support the student-athletes and programs in the WSU Department of Athletics.

Help us to celebrate 90 years that will directly benefit the future generations of student athletes!

Contact Angela Ruth, Director of Development, at (313) 577-0587 or angela.ruth@wayne.edu for more information or questions concerning the 90 Foundation. Download and print the 90 Foundation form from the Wayne State University Athletic web site www.wsuathletics.com.

Make checks payable to WSU Athletics. You may use the postage paid envelope found in the center of this issue of Warrior Within to send them back. Or, send to:

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WARRIOR WITHIN Warriors in the Neighborhood

- Reprinted from the Sept. 27 Wayne State Football Gameday Program

It’s easy to recognize the factors that predicate success of a Wayne State student-athlete. Top performance on the field and in the classroom typically leads to accolades and competitive progress.

But Wayne State athletic director Rob Fournier has emphasized another area that might be in part responsible for producing some of the school’s GLIAC champions and individual and academic All-Americans – community service.

WSU’s “W.I.N.” program – Warriors in the Neighborhood – has become a staple of Fournier’s eight-year tenure after limited prior community involvement from the athletic department.

“I called it ‘W.I.N.’ because it’s a win-win for everyone,” Fournier said. “The beneficiaries are the recipients of the volunteerism and the volunteers themselves. There are no losers in the equation.”

From the program’s roots in 2000 – “I wanted our athletes to see people that had been denied opportunities, and realize maybe they really didn’t have it all that bad,” Fournier said – WSU now partners with over 50 organizations in the Detroit community, including Big Brothers Big Sisters, Habitat for Humanity, the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Motor City Makeover and a host of others.

Last year, WSU student-athletes targeted 3,000 combined hours of community service but actually totaled 4,571, causing Fournier and academic coordinator Ryan Kelley to raise this year’s target to 4,000 hours – attainable, yet still ambitious.

“We always think as an athlete that you can make an impact in a game,” Fournier said. “But as an individual, I wanted our athletes to realize that they could make an impact in something much bigger than an athletic contest.

“My experience has been that most kids enjoy the program and appreciate it. It opens up a dimension to them that doesn’t exist in a textbook.”

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENTFournier noted that along with developing

an individual skill set through service that is conducive to winning – including leadership and time management traits – there was a strong team correlation.

Four of WSU’s top five teams with the highest per-player average in service hours also won conference championships last year.

The WSU baseball, softball and women’s hockey teams were also among the leaders in total volunteer hours (each also won a league title in 2007-08).

“You see not just a connection with winning and being in the community, but also with academics,” said Kelley, who coordinates service projects from an administrative end in his position as academic coordinator. “The teams and individuals have to discipline themselves. They have to balance their schedules. Those people usually do that very well.”

FOOD FOR THOUGHTOne popular service project among WSU teams

is the Local Intervention Network for Kids (LINK) mentoring program, which had more than 70 individual participants last season and has a similar turnout anticipated this year.

As part of the LINK program, WSU student-athletes spend a lunch hour or time after school at a Detroit-area elementary school.

“They can help the elementary students with homework, hang out at recess, talk about sports - and really be there for the student they are mentoring,” Kelley said.

Redshirt junior Joe Juszczyk participated in the LINK for two years and earned PING/GCAA All America honorable mention honors on the golf course. He noted that the mentoring experience was an equally important part of his student-athlete experience.

“It was more than just giving back,” Juszczyk said. “I tried to tell the kids about the importance

of education and extracurricular activities like sports while growing up, because that has been such an important part of my life. And I really saw for myself what a great opportunity I have to get a college education while playing golf.”

Fournier has repeatedly touted this type of self-development along with the correlation between service and championships.

IDEAL SETTINGWhile the premise that volunteerism leads directly

to on-field success might be open for debate, WSU coaches are in agreement that Warrior student-athletes like Juszczyk are in the ideal position to give back.

“I do know that all of our athletes are very, very fortunate,” WSU women’s hockey coach Jim Fetter said. “They have such a great opportunity to attend school and play hockey. The least they could do is to give back when they can.

“It’s a big reality check when we go to a soup kitchen or volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters. They see how others might not have it quite as good. They see how fortunate they really are.”

Fetter’s ideology wasn’t lost on one of his former captains, Ashley King.

King, who exhausted her eligibility last season, was nominated for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award, which gauges athletic accomplishment, academic performance and service and leadership activities.

Among her off-ice responsibilities was serving as Wayne State’s first community relations officer on the Student Athlete Advisory Committee, helping to coordinate different service projects while representing the student-athlete body.

“You don’t get players like that every year,” Fetter said. “She came up hard and had some hardships herself, which I think motivated her to give back. She became very involved on and off the ice.”

King seemingly played in a model program for community involvement at WSU. Fetter encourages his players to take initiative, requiring each class to organize a service event themselves and see it through to completion.

“I tell recruits that I want to be successful and win championships, but at the same time, when you leave my program, I want you to be well-rounded and ready for the real world,” Fetter said. “The service projects are a big part of that.”

- Kyle Stefan is a writer/editor for The South End as well as a student-athlete on the WSU golf team.

Warriors “W.I.N.” For Detroit CommunityBy Kyle Stefan

Ashley King (left) and Melissa Boal were among the student-athletes from the WSU women’s hockey team volunteering at St. Leo’s Kitchen last December. The Department of Athletics totaled over 4,500 hours of community service during the 2007-08 academic year.

WARRIOR WITHIN

Department News and Notes

Wayne State University Director of Athletics Rob Fournier recently announced the 2007-08 Male and Female EDS/Student-Athletes of the Year. Candidates were judged on academic distinction, athletic accomplishments, individual involvement and University and community service, as well as coaches’ recommendation.

Diver Erika Barczak (Williamston, Mich.) and baseball pitcher Anthony Bass (Trenton, Mich.) were selected, after being nominated by their respective coaches, per voting by the athletic department’s coaches and administrative staff.

“When you consider the caliber of student-athlete Erika and Anthony are chosen from, it makes their selection even more exceptional,” commented Rob Fournier. “Both are All-Americans who truly epitomize that

honor - they are the best of the best.”Barczak was the 2007-08 GLIAC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year in voting

by the league’s faculty athletic representatives. Having won the award in 2005-06, she became just the second student-athlete in the seven year history of the award to be a two-time recipient, joining David Lutz (2003-04, 2004-05). Barczak was also a regional winner of the Division II Conference Commissioners’ Association’s 2007-08 Female National Scholar-Athlete of the Year award.

An art major with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.97, Barczak was also voted to the 2008 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America Women’s At-Large First Team. This past season, Barczak earned two First Team All-America honors by placing fourth in one-meter diving (408.75) and sixth on the three-meter board (366.85). A seven-time All-American in her career, she helped lead the

Warriors to their third straight GLIAC championship and a top-ten national ranking as a senior.“Erika has consistently established a level of excellence that has remained extraordinary in terms of

competitive success, academic achievement and community service,” added Fournier.Bass was named to the Rawlings/ABCA All-America First Team and the NCBWA All-America Third Team.

He was also selected to the Daktronics, Inc. and Rawlings/ABCA All-Region First Teams, earning Pitcher of the Year honors from the latter organization as well as a Gold Glove for outstanding defense. Bass was voted GLIAC Pitcher of the Year and First Team All-GLIAC.

He made 14 appearances (12 starts) in 2008 and went 10-3 with a 2.10 ERA and 100 strikeouts in 85.2 innings. Bass tied the single-season school record for victories and totaled the fourth-most strikeouts and fifth-most innings in WSU history. He had seven complete games and two shutouts and earned a victory in 10 straight appearances (March 21-May 15).

A fifth round draft pick of the San Diego Padres, Bass went 2-2 with seven saves, 41 strikeouts and a 2.10 ERA in 25 games for the Class A Eugene (Ore.) Emeralds.

“Anthony Bass is the face of a rising baseball program. His tenacity, focus and achievement are reflected by his personal successes and how his contribution has elevated the baseball program. His personal style and work habits are synonymous with our team’s successes,” said Fournier.

This is the seventh year EDS has sponsored the WSU Student-Athlete of the Year award. The first year recipients were softball player Kelly Kashermick and hockey player David Guerrera, while cross country runner Shelly Vickery and hockey player Dustin Kingston were the 2002-03 honorees. The 2003-04 student-athletes of the year were women’s hockey player Kim Spaulding and swimmer David Lutz. Lutz became the first two-time winner in 2004-05 along with Anna Vinnikov, a member of the women’s fencing squad. The 2005-06 recipients were diver Erika Barczak and swimmer Nick Ingrao, while last year’s recipients were Anna Garina, a national champion fencer, and Kris Krzyminski, an All-American basketball player.

Barczak, Bass Named 2007-08 EDS Student-Athletes Of The Year

Erika Barczak

Anthony Bass

Malette Featured In sports illustratedWayne State University senior cross country runner Rachelle Malette (Windsor, Ont.) was featured in

Sports Illustrated’s “Faces in the Crowd” on Oct. 27. She is the fourth WSU student-athlete in this decade to appear in SI, joining women’s basketball player Jodi Young (2004), football running back Joique Bell (2006), and volleyball libero Mayssa Bazzi (2007).

Wayne State University student-athletes

recently capped off a successful canned food

drive by donating over 1,800 non-perishable

food items to the Detroit Coalition On

Temporary Shelter (COTS).

The Student Athlete Advisory Committee

(SAAC), a group that oversees the many

community functions that student-athletes

participate in each year, teamed up with Wayne

Cares in their annual initiative to help COTS

provide needy individuals in the Detroit area

an opportunity to have a pleasant holiday.

“It feels great to be able to help out the

community, especially the less fortunate around

the holiday season,” said Rachelle Malette,

SAAC President and member of the women’s

cross country team. “Our student-athletes take

a lot of pride in helping out the community and

it showed with the overwhelming success of

this food drive.”

The men’s and women’s cross country

teams raised the most food items for the drive

by accumulating over 680 items during the

week-long drive.

COTS exists to alleviate homelessness

by providing an array of services that enable

people to achieve self-sufficiency and obtain

quality affordable housing. COTS also exists

to advocate for long-term solutions to the

problems of homelessness.

SAAC Food Drive A Success

The Wayne State cross country teams, shown above with Director of Athletics Rob Fournier and graduate assistant Matt Cunningham, collected nearly 40 percent of WSU’s final tally of over 1,800 food items.

WARRIOR WITHIN

Chad Bush, a former WSU football letterwinner, will serve as the play-by-play broadcaster of the 2008-09 Wayne State University men’s basketball campaign for the third straight season. He is also the radio voice of the WSU football program.

Bush will also call the action for both the men’s and women’s basketball teams on all home B2 Networks broadcasts.

Department News and Notes

Wayne State University and B2 Networks are in the second season of their partnership looking to expand the coverage of WSU Athletics even further.

Last season, the Warriors and B2 Networks provided pay-per-view online streaming video of every home football, basketball, and men’s hockey game. For the 2008-09 season, the schedule will also include volleyball, with the possibility of women’s hockey, baseball and softball.

In May 2007, WSU and B2 Networks announced a partnership bringing Warrior athletics to the revolutionary broadband broadcasting network. By teaming with B2 Networks, Wayne State athletic events are available for viewing by a world wide audience.

“This partnership extends our outreach network for our fans and over 250,000 alumni worldwide,” commented WSU Athletics Director Rob Fournier. “This B2 association, combined with our Michigan-wide television package, extended radio agreement with WDTK (1400 AM) for football and basketball and live streaming of events provides professional, top-quality options for our growing fan base. After reviewing a number of opportunities, B2 provided the first-class affiliation our supporters have come to expect.”

Fans wanting to watch Wayne State events via B2 will need a high-speed internet connection and Windows Media Player 9 or higher. Games will be sold on an individual basis with special viewing packages also available.

“B2 Networks is very happy to welcome Wayne State as a broadcast partner,” said Bruce LeVine, B2 Networks’ Senior Vice President of Sports. “By adding Wayne State we are now able to offer games from most GLIAC schools and a third member of College Hockey America, giving fans more choices than ever to follow their favorite sports and players.”

B2 Networks is a premier provider of reliable and secure international television and video broadcasting systems, pay per view and billing systems. For more information about B2 Networks, visit www.B2Now.com.

Women’s & Men’s Basketballvs. Michigan Tech

5:30/7:30 p.m. • Thursday, December 4Matthaei Athletic Complex

Women’s & Men’s Basketballvs. Tiffin

5:30/7:30 p.m. • Thursday, January 29Matthaei Athletic Complex

Softballvs. Hillsdale

Wednesday, April 8WSU Softball Field

Additional events to be announcedat a later date

TENTATIVE2008-09 SCHEDULE

The Wayne State Department of Athletics hosted the Spring 2008 First Year Letterwinners Reception on Thursday, Oct. 23, in the WSU Athletics Hall of Fame Exhibit at the Matthaei Center.

Athletic director Rob Fournier and baseball alum Bill Avery addressed the stu-dent-athletes who were receiving their first varsity letter at Wayne State. Head coaches Ryan Kelley, Mike Horn, and Bryan Morrow, along with associate ath-letic directors Jason Clark and Allison Tookes, were also on hand to present the varsity jackets to the letterwinners.

WSU Athletics Hosts Spring First Year Letterwinners Reception

BASEBALLDrew ChurchwardCharlie DunnebackRobby FoscarinAdam KaminskiJohn KessickJosh LewisTyler LoehrTom OlsonBrett ShankinMichael Wiseman

GOLFDavid Anderson *Eric JohnsonJoe Juszczyk *Bryan Lynch *Jack MitrokaMichael Wouters

SOFTBALLJaci BantonRachel Spaccarotelli

MEN’S TENNISFelipe FonsecaMarlon LeoneJohan MaubacqEric Szydlowski

*Previous Letterwinner

The Spring 2008 First Year Letterwinners

The Wayne State University Athletic Hall of Fame will welcome five new members on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009, WSU Director of Athletics Rob Fournier has announced.

The class of 2009 includes men’s hockey player David Guerrera, softball players Amanda Jennings and Kelly Kashmerick, women’s fencer Yasemin Topcu and women’s cross country runner Shelly Vickery.

The official induction ceremony will take place on Saturday, Feb. 28 in historic St. Andrews next to Manoogian Hall. The reception begins at 11:30 a.m., with lunch served at noon and the program starting shortly thereafter.

In addition, the class will be introduced at halftime of the Feb. 28 men’s basketball game against Ferris State.

Tickets for the Feb. 28 luncheon can be purchased at the Matthaei Complex for $35 and advance reservations are required. The public is invited to attend the induction luncheon.

Wayne State Announces 2009 Hall of Fame Class

David Guerrera

WARRIOR WITHIN

Feature on Facility Upgrades

- Reprinted from the Oct. 11 Wayne State Football Gameday Program

Take a walk around Wayne State’s athletic campus this Homecoming Weekend. If this is your first visit to the intersection of Trumbull and I-94 in some time, you’ll notice significant change.

As WSU’s on-field competitive success has progressed – the Warriors placed a school-record 23rd last year in the NACDA Directors’ Cup standings, climbing over 100 places in this national ranking the past seven years – so has the Wayne State athletic administration – specifically, with regards to core facility upgrades.

Under athletic director Rob Fournier, the WSU athletic department has been hard at work developing each program’s competitive home advantage through comprehensive facility initiatives.

Now, after tangible physical transformation, WSU’s athletic campus ranks among the upper echelon of the GLIAC and is comparable to leading Division II facilities nationally.

“There certainly has been a change, and I think a change for the positive,” Associate Athletic Director Jason Clark said.

“There’s a picture in our staff conference room that shows the layouts of our 40 acres before my time here. It’s neat to look up at that picture and see the changes.

“Collectively, the facility changes have benefited all the student athletes. And as all the facilities have improved, it’s allowed every coach and every program to see some success.”

FLAGSHIP SPORTWSU’s football program has been the foremost

beneficiary of facility upgrades. The Warriors have come a long way from playing

on a grassy knoll with a mid-field crown, complete with crumbling locker rooms, an archaic scoreboard and a non-existent administrative center – staples of WSU football just a few years ago.

Now, Adams Field is outfitted with a spacious home locker room; coaching offices and a reception area for recruits after games; a FieldTurf playing surface; a modernized scoreboard; and several cosmetic changes including a brick facade that frames the home grandstand.

In short, Adams Field was transformed from a barely-suitable high school field into a collegiate facility on par with the traditional leaders in the conference.

The changes have benefited the entire program. Practices and team meetings take place on a more professional setting. No longer is a team speed advantage negated because of playing surface irregularities.

Paul Winters and staff are able to recruit a different type of player - one that is serious about annually contending for a conference title - because the football facilities now accurately reflect this program’s mission.

But the transformation hasn’t stopped there.

INTERIOR DESIGNWhen the football program needed to ramp up its

strength and conditioning efforts two years ago, the varsity weight room was lacking.

Now, strength and conditioning coach Paul Harker heads up his comprehensive program in a modernized training facility on the lower level of the Matthaei Center that benefits all WSU varsity sports.

“When I first came, the weight room was just two rooms and we didn’t have as nice of machines,” said Chastidy Miller, a senior forward on the WSU women’s basketball team. “The strength training coaches used to be upstairs, in broom-box type rooms.

“It’s hard to remember because everything is so nice now. We have a whole extra room and new machines that have ‘Wayne State’ on them. We always know where the strength coaches will be. It’s all coming together very nice.”

Matthaei renovations weren’t limited to the weight room. The men’s and women’s basketball teams and volleyball squad play home contests on a sharp Boston Garden-style parquet floor, which was enhanced for the 2008-09 season.

“It’s definitely a lot sharper,” Miller said. Also new for 2008-09 in the Matthaei Center is a

revamped commemorative wall that captures the Wayne State experience by characterizing WSU student-athletes from all sports.

Conference championships and trips to postseason play from all sports are highlighted on the baseline walls, along with a banner marking WSU’s 1956 trip to the NCAA men’s basketball Division I Sweet 16.

The building houses WSU’s athletic Hall-of-Fame - complete with photos, plaques, statues and all the WSU athletic heritage one could take in - and the newly-created student-athlete academic success center.

“It’s a small tool,” said academic coordinator and head baseball coach Ryan Kelley, “but it emphasizes the importance that academics have for a student-athlete. It’s a small area, but there’s continued foot traffic.”

OUTSIDE HELPAround 2000, Wayne State baseball was ready to

move to the next level. The only problem – like so many other WSU sports pre-Fournier – was that the program’s facilities didn’t entirely bolster the team’s goals.

Fournier and the baseball staff developed a Baseball Improvement Project and worked to give the playing field some character. WSU baseball is now home to one of the league’s most unique left-field obstacle - a replica of Fenway Park’s famed Green Monster. Two seasons ago, new bullpens were installed beyond the right field wall. And this year, in time for another NCAA tournament run, the

facility will feature in-ground dugouts.“Our players carry a little more sense of pride,” Kelley

said. “They have recognition of their ballpark. And from a recruiting standpoint, it’s a great showcase tool.”

All outdoor sports housed on-campus received facelifts. The tennis courts, worn down after years of patchwork repairs, were completely revamped in 2006, benefiting both the men’s and women’s programs.

The WSU softball field added a new grandstand, walkway and press box.

And the exterior of the Matthaei now sports a facade that gives outsiders a “Who’s Who of WSU athletics” feel.

FUTURE IDEASFournier’s fundraising ability from corporate and

individuals donors alike – WSU has raised over $6 million over the past eight years to complete these projects – has been central to the continued progress.

With the design for a state-of-the-art arena hanging in the Matthaei and program aspirations to move higher up the NACDA charts, the continuation of these capital improvements looks promising with the right amount of support.

Clark mentioned weight room additions on to the back of the Matthaei, an indoor bubble for year-round activities on the tennis courts, a dedicated fencing facility, layout-appropriate winter facilities for golf and ultimately the new arena project as potential projects.

And he underscored WSU’s urban environment as a unique positive in the process.

“Having 40 acres of land to be able to work with, to me, is unprecedented,” Clark said. “If you go to other urban Universities – the University of Cincinnati, the University of Toledo – you have to be real creative because the space isn’t necessarily there.

“Having 40 acres here, we still have the space to grow and expand, which is a benefit.”

So take a look around those 40 acres on this homecoming weekend. See the tangible progress. And realize that WSU athletics, whether in the competitive or administrative realm, has become a shared success between past, present and future.

- Kyle Stefan is a writer/editor for The South End as well as a student-athlete on the WSU golf team.

Warrior Athletic Facilities Upgraded With Capacity For MoreBy Kyle Stefan

Adams Field has undergone significant upgrades in the past several years, including the installation of FieldTurf, renovated locker rooms and offices, and a new scoreboard.

Brand new, Major League style dugouts were recently built, completing the second phase of the Baseball Improvement Project.

WARRIOR WITHIN New Staff

Former academic coordinator and pitching coach Ryan Kelley has been named the ninth head coach in the 68-year history of the Wayne State

University baseball program. Kelley has been with the athletic department full-time as academic coordinator since February 2006.

After earning a bachelor of science degree from the University of Michigan, Kelley graduated with his master’s from WSU in sports administration.

In the summer of 2004, Kelley became a community director within the WSU Office of Housing & Residential Life, a position he held until assuming his role as athletic academic coordinator.

Originally from Northville, Kelley was a four-year pitcher at Michigan (1996-1999). He would help the Wolverines win the 1997 Big Ten Championship and the 1999 Big Ten Tournament Championship.

Kelley played high school ball at Dearborn Divine Child where he earned all-state and honorable mention preseason All-America honors.

In his six seasons as an assistant coach at WSU, the Warriors compiled a 161-148 record (.521 winning percentage), won two GLIAC regular-season titles, made four GLIAC tournament appearances, and advanced to the NCAA Regional twice.

Last spring’s squad set the WSU record for wins (34), while coming within one win of advancing to the NCAA Division II Championship round.

Director of Athletics Rob Fournier announced in November the hiring of Candice Turner for the position of Athletic Academic Coordinator.

A 2006 graduate of Miami University, Turner has been the graduate assistant in Eastern Michigan’s Student Athlete Support Services (SASS) department since May. Her primary duties were in providing centralized tracking of student-athlete academic progress, learning-centered monitoring, and study table oversight.

Turner also served as a liaison between the SASS staff and coaches about individual student’s attendance while working directly with student intervention and learning methodologies for improvement and career success.

She has worked in the EMU career services office since January while serving as a learning specialist/acdemic advisor in the EMU athletic department for the past year.

A member of NIRSA (National Intramural and Recreational Sports Associations) and AAPHERD (American Alliance for Health, Physical Education Recreation and Dance) organizations, Turner earned her bachelor’s degree in sports studies with minors in management organizational leadership and marketing. She received a master’s in Sports Studies with an emphasis on Sports Organization from Miami in August 2007. Turner is presently working on a specialist of education degree from EMU in educational leadership.

Wayne State University Director of Athletics Rob Fournier announced the appointment of Bryan Morrow as the men’s tennis coach earlier

this fall.Morrow, a native of Warren, has spent the last 14 years at Peachtree Tennis

and Health Club in Clinton Township. The Warren Woods-Tower High School graduate played at WSU in 1987

and 1989 through 1991 and was in the No. 1 singles and doubles positions his final three seasons. As a singles player, Morrow had just two losses his junior season, both to Ferris State’s Kurt Hammerschmidt. In his final year, Morrow was the GLIAC runner-up to FSU’s four-time conference champion Paul Marcum with an 11-8 overall record and qualified to play in the NCAA Division II singles championships in Edmond, Oklahoma.

Morrow’s doubles career with partner Gary Lutes was one of the best in school history. The team lost just twice in 1989 and compiled a 17-4 record their final season as they captured the GLIAC Championship and earned a berth to the national doubles championships as well as the singles.

Morrow graduated in December 1991 with a degree in marketing sales management. He is married to Michele Roy-Morrow, who earned her masters from Wayne State in speech therapy. The couple lives in Royal Oak with their three children, Benjamin, Emily and Matthew.

RYAN KELLEYBASEBALL

HEAD COACH

CANDICE TURNERATHLETIC

ACADEMIC COORDINATOR

BRYAN MORROWMEN’S TENNISHEAD COACH

Tami Tranter has been named Athletics Chief of Staff by Wayne State University Director of Athletics Rob Fournier.

A 1998 graduate of Wayne State University, Tranter began her position on Nov. 11.

She recently completed her second year as Director of Volleyball Operations at Michigan State University after serving as a volunteer assistant coach in the spring of 2007. As director of volleyball operations, she was responsible for game operations, budgeting, sports camps and marketing.

Tranter earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration and finance from WSU, then a graduate degree from MSU in kinesiology, sports administration and coaching in 2004. She is currently pursuing her doctorate degree at MSU.

A member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association, Tranter was the head volleyball coach at Olivet College for four seasons (2001-04) and an assistant coach at the University of Findlay for one year (2006).

During her tenure at Olivet, she also served as an assistant professor in HPERS (Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Sport) and as an instructor in the business department.

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The Wayne State University Department of Athletics would like to thank the following donors for their generous support of Warrior Athletics. These gifts help to provide scholarships, upgrade equipment and facilities. This list includes donations of $100 and more made to the Department of Athletics since August 1, 2007.

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THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT WOULDLIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS

Abdenour FamilyTom Adams FootballMark “Doc” Andrews

Paul AndrewsBob Brennan

Justin ChapmanDr. Nick Cherup

The Croskey FamilyKaren DeGraziaMel DeGrazia

Maria A. Valle DeMasse MemorialCal Dilworth

Dorothy DreyerVernon K. Gale Memorial

Joe GembisIvan C. & Elizabeth A. George

Joseph L. GualtieriVic Hanson

James HayesJohn HusseyPatricia Kent

Rodney C. KropfDr. Steven M. Lash

Leo MaasDr. William Markus

Joel G. MasonDavid Mendelson

Frederick A. MulhauserChuck Peters

Bill & Dave PetersonThe Petrouleas Family

Dr. Steven T. Plomaritis and FamilyPresident’s Commission

President’sBill Prew

Charlie PrimasNicholas & Mary P’Sachos

Yuri RabinovichDr. Thomas W. Roberts

Ryan ScratchLes Seppala

George B. ShermanPatricia D. Smith

Jeann Ann StanicekDr. Mike Stoltenberg

David and Lois Stulberg FoundationIrv Swider

Tartar Gridiron ClubTartar Gridiron Club II

Dr. E. John ValleWSU Academic & Athletic

Women’s BasketballChristopher Wouters

Empire Sales & EngineeringEQ - The Environmental Quality Co.Equifax FoundationMs. Marci A. ErbyJeffrey Michael EvansMr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. EversMr. Mark J. FechtFifth Third BankRichard A. Fischer, Jr.Daniel FlemingMrs. Jane Goodwin FlemingMr. Bill FlohrMr. Michael J. FlynnRobert J. FournierMs. Nicolette FrankMr. Stewart FrankMrs. Patrice C. FreidmanMs. Laura Ann FriedmanMr. Steve FrommFurniture Assembly Inc.Mr. James GaliardiLisa Carol GentryMr. Cameron M. GeraldsMr. Kyle GieradaMr. Thomas R. GijsbersMs. Marie E. GirdlestoneMr. John D. GogginsMs. Heide M. GoldDr. Bernard GoldsteinGrain Millers Canada CorporationMr. Arthur W. Greenfield, Jr.Mrs. Bertie M. GreerMr. David L. GreerMrs. Carol Ann GrembanMs. MaryLouise GrembanMr. Paul C. GrondinMs. Geneva B. HagelTerry & Kris HankeyMs. Tonya HaralsonMr. Gregory W. HarrisMr. Charles C. HarrisR. Alan HartleyMs. Joyce HartunianMrs. Normaleen deTuscan HaydenMr. and Mrs. James J. HayesMr. Kevin M. HeckJonathan HersteinMs. Lindsey M. HillMr. Jeffrey D. HillMs. Suzanne M. HillMr Larry HIllMr. Lawrence HillMr. Robert L. HolmesMr. James A. HoltMr. Timothy J. HomrichMr. Gary HooperMr. Benjamin P. HudsonMr. Jason HungleDoris HungleMs. Carolyn M. HuronHyatt RegencySimona IacobanSaleh ImtinalInderjit & Gurjeer GillRobert E. Inman, D.O.Interiors By Napier, Inc.Mr. Robert M. JacksonMr. Paul J. JanasMr. Eric P. JohnsonMr. Robert H. JohnsonMs. Pamela M. JohnsonMr. Lawrence P. JuddHuston Laverne Julian, IiJurgonski & Fredlake CPAsMr. George P. JuszczykMr. David KarapetianMr. and Mrs. Roger KashmerickMr. Michael KatorMr. Steve W. KatsarosMr. Arvy P. KavaliauskasPhilip KazmierskiMr. Neil A. KellerMr. Ryan KelleyMr. Roger W. KempaMrs. Shirley J. KerstenKara Anna KesslerMr. and Mrs. Ted L. KesslerKForce Inc.Mr. Robert KieleszewskiMs. JoAnne KippertMr. Gerard J. La PointeMr. Richard O. LadsonMr. Danny L. Laethem

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Mr. Bruce WestMs. Susan J. WestleyMr. Karl W. WidakMr. Michael A. WilkMs. Melissa L. WilsonMr. Kelvin W. WiseMr. Peter J. WoodsMr. Richard WykleMrs. Victoria E. WysockiNancy YoungMs. Stephanie A. YoungertMs. Mary Healy ZaleskiMr. Robert S. ZaunerMr. Gregory A. ZawalskiMs. Susan C. ZimmerMr. Michael P. Zito_____________________________________

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WARRIOR WITHIN Winter Sports 2009 Schedules

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON UPCOMING GAMES, CALL 313-577-7542 OR VISIT WWW.WSUATHLETICS.COM

Dec. 31 edinboro 5:30 pMJan. 3 at Northwood* 4:00 PMJan. 8 Findlay* 5:30 pMJan. 10 hillsdale* 1:00 pMJan. 15 at Saginaw Valley State* 6:00 PMJan. 17 at Lake Superior State* 1:00 PMJan. 22 at Ferris State* 6:00 PMJan. 24 at Grand Valley State* 1:00 PMJan. 29 Tiffin* 5:30 PMJan. 31 Ashland* 1:00 pMFeb. 5 saginaw Valley state* 5:30 pMFeb. 7 lake superior state* 1:00 pMFeb. 12 at Hillsdale* 6:00 PM

Feb. 14 at Findlay* 1:00 PMFeb. 19 at Ashland* 5:30 PMFeb. 21 at Tiffin* 2:00 PMFeb. 26 Grand Valley state* 5:30 pMFeb. 28 Ferris state* 1:00 pMMar. 3 GLIAC Quarterfinals TBAMar. 6 GLIAC Semifinals TBAMar. 7 GLIAC Championship Game TBAMar. 13-16 NCAA Regionals TBAMar. 25-28 NCAA Elite Eight TBA

*GLIAC game All times Eastern home games at Matthaei

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Feb. 19 at Ashland* 7:30 PMFeb. 21 at Tiffin* 4:00 PMFeb. 26 Grand Valley state* 7:30 pMFeb. 28 Ferris state* 3:00 pMMar. 3 GLIAC Quarterfinals TBAMar. 6 GLIAC Semifinals TBAMar. 7 GLIAC Championship Game TBAMar. 14-17 NCAA Regionals TBAMar. 25-28 NCAA Elite Eight TBA

*GLIAC game All times Eastern home games at Matthaei

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Jan. 2 at St. Cloud State& 8:07 PMJan. 3 vs. North Dakota& 5:07 PMJan. 16 Robert Morris* 7:00 pMJan. 17 Robert Morris* 2:00 pMJan. 23 at Syracuse* 7:00 PMJan. 24 at Syracuse* 2:00 PMJan. 30 at Mercyhurst* 4:30 PMJan. 31 at Mercyhurst* 2:00 PMFeb. 13 niagara* 7:00 pMFeb. 14 niagara* 2:00 pMFeb. 20 at Robert Morris* 7:35 PMFeb. 21 at Robert Morris* 7:35 PMFeb. 27 Mercyhurst* 7:00 pM

Feb. 28 Mercyhurst* 2:00 pMMar. 5-7 CHA Tournament TBA Erie, Pa.Mar. 13-15 NCAA Regionals TBA Campus SiteMar. 20 NCAA Frozen Four TBA Boston, Mass.Mar. 22 NCAA Championship TBA Boston, Mass.

*CHA game All times Easternhome games at City Sports Center&Easton/St. Cloud State Showcase

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Jan. 3 at Northwood* 6:00 PMJan. 8 Findlay* 7:30 pMJan. 10 hillsdale* 3:00 pMJan. 15 at Saginaw Valley State* 8:00 PMJan. 17 at Lake Superior State* 3:00 PMJan. 22 at Ferris State* 8:00 PMJan. 24 at Grand Valley State* 3:00 PMJan. 29 Tiffin* 7:30 PMJan. 31 Ashland* 3:00 pMFeb. 5 saginaw Valley state* 7:30 pMFeb. 7 lake superior state* 3:00 pMFeb. 12 at Hillsdale* 8:00 PMFeb. 14 at Findlay* 3:00 PM

Wayne State WaRRioR CluBWith over 400 student-athletes, the cost of managing a successful athletic program requires regular, private support. The Warrior Club creates that

opportunity to direct a tax-deductible gift to assist your favorite program or the overall initiatives of the athletic department. In the past six years, Wayne State athletics has risen from 134th in the country in the National Athletic Directors’ Cup standings that rank all Division II programs, to a 23rd-place finish in 2008, its highest ever. This accomplishment represents success for many teams – all of which must confront escalating costs, scholarship needs and facility improvements. Your support is instrumental to maintain that continued level of excellence and support today’s student-athletes.

Membership has its PrivilegesThere are numerous financial opportunities to make a difference in the exciting and promising future of Wayne State University’s student-athletes

and athletics programs.

• 100% of your Warrior Club contribution may be designated to the sport of your choice:

◊ Baseball (Dugout Club)◊ Football◊ Men’s Basketball◊ Men’s Cross Country◊ Men’s Fencing◊ Golf

◊ Men’s Swimming & Diving◊ Men’s Tennis◊ Softball◊ Volleyball◊ Women’s Basketball

◊ Women’s Cross Country◊ Women’s Fencing◊ Women’s Ice Hockey◊ Women’s Swimming & Diving◊ Women’s Tennis

Letterwinner’s Club ($100-249)• Receive a Warrior Club membership card• Receive the Warrior Within Magazine• Receive an electronic newsletter with updates on WSU Athletics• Tax deduction

Green and Gold Club ($250-499) Includes all benefits at the Letterwinner’s Club level plus:• One year paid admission to the WSU Alumni Association• A free Warrior hat

Varsity Club ($500-999) Includes all benefits at the Green and Gold Club level plus:• Access to the Warrior Club VIP tent at all home football games• A free WSU polo top from our online merchandise shop

warrior Fans, get your warrior wear today! Make great holiday or birthday gifts!For inquiries on ordering, please call the wsu Athletic Department at 313-577-4280.

Captain’s Club ($1,000-2,499) Includes all benefits at the Varsity Club level plus:• Free parking at all home football and basketball games• A 16x20 aerial photo of Tom Adams Field

Director’s Club ($2,500-4,999) Includes all benefits at the Captain’s Club level plus:• Media guides for football, basketball, hockey, and baseball• One visit for two in President Noren’s box at a home football game

All-American Club ($5,000+) Includes all benefits at the Director’s Club level plus:• A special Athletic Department reception• A trip for two with the team of your choice

• Double or triple your Warrior Club gift if your employer has a matching gift program. Contact the Warrior Club office to see if you or your spouse works for a matching gift company.• Take advantage of the ease of credit card gifts. Your membership may be paid annually or monthly with your Visa or MasterCard.• All contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.

Contact Angela Ruth, Director of Athletic Development, at 313-577-0587 for more information or questions concerning the Warrior Club! Also, stay updated on Warrior Athletics at www.wsuathletics.com.

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WARRIOR CLUB MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

_______________________________________________________________________________________Name (As you wish to appear for athletics donor recognition)

_______________________________________________________________________________________Address

_______________________________________________________________________________________City State Zip

_______________________________________________________________________________________Employer

_______________________________________________________________________________________Home Phone Business Phone

_______________________________________________________________________________________E-mail Address

_______________________________________________________________________________________WSU Graduation Year Varsity Letter(s)

Payment Options:q Check Enclosed q Credit Card

Installment Optionsq Pledge with Gift Reminders q One Installmentq Two Installments (Oct. & Dec.) q Three Installments (Oct., Dec., & Feb.)

q Visa q MasterCard Card Number: _________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________Expiration Date Signature (Required)

Desired Membership Type (check one):

q Letterwinner’s Club ($100)

q Green and Gold Club ($250)

q Varsity Club ($500)

q Captain’s Club ($1,000)

q Director’s Club ($2,500)

q All-American Club ($5,000)

Please make checks payable to Wayne State University

Total Gift $__________________

Amount Enclosed $__________________

Balance Due $__________________

For more information contact:Angela Ruth, Athletic Development(313) 577-0587

Please return this card and your membership gift to:

Warrior ClubAttn: Rob FournierWayne State UniversityAthletic DepartmentDetroit, MI 48202

WSU Athletic Department5101 John C. Lodge101 MatthaeiDetroit, MI 48202

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