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The official game program for the Western State Colorado University men's and women's basketball games vs. Colorado Mesa University (2/21/15).TRANSCRIPT
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Fight, fi ght, fi ght, Western State!Fight, fi ght, fi ght, Mountaineers!
Fight on Western on to victory.We will back our team with loyalty.
Fight, fi ght, fi ght, Western State!Fight, fi ght, fi ght, Mountaineers!
We will fi ght, fi ght, fi ght, fi ght—Fight on to victory!
Western State Colorado University Profi le ................ 2Mountaineer Staff Directory ...................................... 5Paul Wright Gym ....................................................... 7Athletic Scholarship Awards ...................................... 8Mountaineer Coaching Staff ............................... 11-14RMAC Statistical leaders ......................................... 13Western men’s roster, schedule and stats ................. 16
Colorado Mesa men’s roster, schedule and stats ...... 17RMAC Standings ..................................................... 20Western women’s roster, schedule and stats ............ 21Colorado Mesa women’s roster, schedule and stats ......22Mountaineer Athletic Association .......................24-25By The Numbers ...................................................... 27 Rules for Boosters .................................................... 28
The basketball game program for the Colorado Mesa University games was produced by the Western Sports Information Offi ce for the purpose of educating and informing fans. Layout and content produced by Sports Information Director Garrett Finke. Photography by Finke, Sean Condon, Julian Cullumber, and Madison Manning. Colorado Mesa information provided by CMU Sports Information Director Ian Marks and CMU Assistant Sports Information Director Dave Jahnke.
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Western FIGHT SONG
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Featured Photo
WEEKEND’S OFFICIALS
Women’s Basketball
Tom MotzBrent Jones
Randy Powell
Men’s Basketball
Keith AbeytaKenneth WilsonJeff LaGrange
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The new $30 million Mountaineer Field House was opened in the spring of 2014.
Western State Colorado University, the highest four-year institution of higher learning in the United States at 7,703 feet above sea level, opened its doors to students 103 years ago this fall and celebrated a century of educating educators three academic years ago.
Western is located in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, with academic programs that take advantage of the natural laboratory that surrounds campus. The college has the only college-based Mountain Rescue Team in the nation and is consistently ranked by National Geographic and Fly Rod and Reel Magazine as one of the top colleges for students to experience outdoor recreation.
Crested Butte Mountain Resort and Monarch Mountain are both within an hour drive of campus for winter sports, and Hartman Rocks features a range of activites in the summer. The City of Gunnison hosted the start of the “Queen’s Stage” of the USA Pro Cycling Tour, which several international cycling experts called one of the toughest stages to receive certifi cation.
The Mountaineers have maintained one of the top small college athletic programs in the nation, with the fourth-highest average in the history of the Learfi eld Sports Directors’ Cup. With 90 RMAC championships, 107 individual national championships and 15 national team championships, the Mountaineers have been building “Champions Out of Thin Air” since the college opened in 1911. The programs have maintained one of the top graduation rates in Division II when compared to the student body, with several programs outpacing the national average many times over.
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BASKETBALLMOUNTAINEER STAFF
JEN MICHELHead Cross Country Coach(970) [email protected]
JAS BAINSHead Football Coach (970) [email protected]
CHRIS BRADFORDHead Track & Field Coach (970) [email protected]
KEVEN JOHNHead Volleyball Coach (970) [email protected]
JASON CARMICHAELDirector of Athletics
BRADD SCHAFERHead Men’s Basketball Coach(970) [email protected]
AdministrationJason Carmichael .....Director of AthleticsJill Mahoney .............Assistant Athletic DirectorGarrett Finke ............Sports Information DirectorLoretta Szallar ..........Administrative AssistantCindy Drexel ............Faculty Athletic Representative
Athletic TrainingDon Mundell ............Head Athletic TrainerJanine Pleau .............Assistant Athletic Trainer
Cross CountryJennifer Michel ........Head CoachTony Nicolosi ...........Assistant CoachJesse Chettle .............Assistant CoachJosh Eberly ...............Assistant Coach
FootballJas Bains...................Head CoachRyan McDonough ....Assistant CoachKelly Ledwith ..........Assistant CoachJT Haddan ................Assistant CoachQuad Sanders ...........Assistant CoachJeff Williamson ........Assistant CoachAarrhon Flores .........Assistant CoachSean Corcoran ..........Assistant Coach
Men’s BasketballBradd Schafer ...........Head CoachDonta Richardson .....Assistant CoachTanner Stillwell ........Assistant CoachJohn McCarthy .........Assistant Coach
Track and FieldChris Bradford .........Head CoachJosiah Norville .........Assistant CoachTony Nicolosi ...........Assistant CoachJosh Eberly ...............Assistant Coach
VolleyballKeven John ...............Head CoachColton Reinholtz ......Assisant Coach
Women’s BasketballVan Girard ................Head CoachMaylinn Smith .........Assistant Coach
Women’s SoccerJeremy Clevenger .....Head CoachDaniel Geu ...............Assistant CoachMolly Keating ..........Assistant Coach
Women’s Swimming & DivingGeoff Hanson ...........Head Coach
WrestlingMiles Van Hee ..........Head CoachCharlie Pipher ..........Assistant CoachJesse Cruz .................Assistant CoachDonovan McMahill ..Assistant CoachCraig Otto .................Assistant Coach
VAN GIRARDHead W. Basketball Coach(970) [email protected]
JEREMY CLEVENGERHead W. Soccer Coach(970) [email protected]
MILES VAN HEEHead Wrestling Coach(970) [email protected]
GEOFF HANSONHead Swim/Dive Coach(970) 943-2084
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BASKETBALLPAUL WRIGHT GYMBuilt in 1951 and renovated sev-eral times since, Paul Wright Gym boasts a capacity of 1,800 specta-tors. At 7,728 feet above sea level, the facility is the highest collegiate gym in the world.
In 1960, the current swimming pool was added to the facility. In 1965, the wrestling room was added on the east side to help sup-port the back-to-back college divi-sion national championship teams of 1963 and 1964.
In 1998, a major 40,000 square foot renovation was completed that added a 2,500 square foot weight room and a locker facility for visiting teams and the Western State stu-dent body. Along with the south addition, six class-rooms were included that allowed the Recreation and Exercise Science Department to conduct all its classes in one building.
During the 1998 renovation, the Mountaineer Sports Hall of Fame Room was completed with meeting facilities and trophy cases.
In 2008, a new gym fl oor and retractable baskets were installed. New bleachers were installed in 2005.
The Mountaineer Field House resides on the southwest portion of the building. The facility features a com-petition size 200-meter track for collegiate and high school meets, expanded offi ce areas for the Mountain-eer Athletic Department, a new weight training facil-ity, an additional training room, a new High Altitude Performance Lab and a student recreation facility on the south end of the building.
The building is named after Paul W. Wright, who spent 38 years as a professor, coach and administrator at Western State. He also served as judge and mayor in Gunnison and was instrumental in establishing skiing as an NCAA sport.
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BASKETBALL 2014-15 ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
PAUL W. WRIGHT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP:Kalvin Winter-Senior-Football-Business Administration-Conifer, COMorgan Stansberry-Senior-Volleyball-Business Administration/Accounting-Montrose, COAnna Marshall-Senior-Cross Country/Track-Biology-Pueblo, CO
WILLIAM CHARLESWORTH MEMORIAL (Math & Science)Corbin Bennetts-Senior-Wrestling-Biology-Buena Vista, CO
RALPH E. PORTER ATHLETIC:Bennie Kirkwood-Senior-Track-Exercise & Sports Science-Santa Barbara, CA
ED RANDALL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (Education)Chase Cline-Senior-Football-History-Elizabeth, CO
PEDERSON/WRIGHT/BORAH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPCorbin Bennetts-Senior-Wrestling-Biology-Buena Vista, CO
RMAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETES FOR 2009-10 (Scholarship is awarded for 2010-11)Anna Marshall- Senior-Cross Country/Track-Biology-Pueblo, COCorbin Bennetts-Senior-Wrestling-Biology-Buena Vista, CO
ETHEL M. RICE ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPMargaret Zimmerman-Junior-W.Basketball-Biology-Denver, CO
TRACY BORAH MEMORIAL WRESTLING SCHOLARSHIPKyle Piatt-Junior-Wrestling-History-Olathe, CO
BOB DECKER BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIPJalen Thompson-Sophomore-Men’s Basketball-Exercise & Sports Science-Aurora, CO
MCCARTHY/TORPEY MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIPBen Schmidt-Senior-M.Basketball-Math-Severance, CO
BUS RIDERS FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIPVince Delmonico-Senior-Football-Business Administration-Morrison, CO
BUS MYERS MEMORIAL FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIPMichael Lopez-Senior-Football-Psychology/Sociology-Aurora, COCole Wadsworth-Senior-Football-English-Johnstown, CO
KELLY LONG MEMORIAL SCHOLARHSHIPAustin Harris-Senior-Wrestling-Business Administration/Accounting-Windsor, CO
OKIE MARK FOOTBALL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPChase Yaeger-Senior-Football-Geology-Riverview, FL
JOHN ROBERTS/JOHNNY SIEVERS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPElliot Copeland-Senior-Wrestling-Politics & Government-Bennett, CO
BRIAN KIEFER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPTBA
KAPPA DELTA MU SCHOLARSHIPHailey Rehage-Senior-Volleyball-Interdisciplinary Studies/LA-Longmont, COJared Mendicino-Junior-Football-Sociology-Pueblo, CO
KEN MACLENNAN SCHOLARSHIPDylan Nicholson-Senior-Football-Exercise & Sports Science/Psychology-Sterling, CO
MACALLISTER PRESIDENTIAL ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPHailey Rehage-Senior-Volleyball-Interdisciplinary Studies/LA-Longmont, CO
J.W. CAMPBELL MEMORIAL WRESTLING SCHOLARSHIPSam Mangum-Senior-Wrestling-Business Administration-McAllen, TX
DR. HERBERT J. AND MARIE H. KACZMAREK SCHOLARSHIPAnna Marshall- Senior-Cross Country/Track-Biology-Pueblo, COJake Engle-Junior-Football-Exercise & Sports Science-Eagle, CO
PAUL AND DOROTHY REID SCHOLARSHIPHailey Rehage-Senior-Volleyball-Interdisciplinary Studies/LA-Longmont, CO
CHAMPION LEADERSHIP & RESPONSIBILITY SCHOLARSHIPKatie Roos-Senior-Track-Biology/ESS-Centennial, CO
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Bradd Schafer takes the reins of the Western State Colorado University men’s basketball program for the fi rst time in 2014-15. Schafer was hired as the Mountaineers’ Head Coach on May 29, 2014 after a nation-wide search.
Schafer comes to Western after spending the past eight seasons, four of which as the Head Coach, at Black Hills State University. During those eight years at Black Hills, Schafer had an overall record of 133-105, and a head coaching record of 56-57. Schafer also led the Yellow Jackets during a transitional period as Black Hills State moved from the NAIA to the NCAA Division II and into the RMAC.
During the 2010-11 season, Schafer guided Black Hills State to a 27-6 overall record with a mark of 12-2 in the Dakota Athletic Conference (DAC). Black Hills State had three DAC All-Confer-ence players and two NAIA All-American selections. The Yellow Jackets won the DAC regular season title as well as the DAC Tournament Championship. Schafer then led the Yellow Jack-ets to the NAIA National Tournament Sweet Sixteen round and ended the season ranked fi fth in the nation.
From 2006 to 2010, Schafer assisted the Black Hills State Head Coach in all phases of the program, including daily operations, recruiting, practice, individual workouts and summer camps. In 2008-09, Schafer helped guide the Yellow Jackets to a 30-5 record and an appearance at the NAIA National Tournament Final Four.
Prior to Black Hills State, Schafer was an assistant coach at Colo-rado School of Mines in 2005-06. During his time in Golden, the Orediggers advanced to the fi nal four of the RMAC Shootout for the fi rst time in over a decade. They also ended Metro State’s 47 game home winning streak.
Before entering the college level, Schafer was an assistant coach for four years at Windsor High School in Windsor, Colorado,
where he helped guide the team to an 80-20 record including a trip to the state championship in 2002-03.
Originally from Gilcrest, Colorado, Schafer played his collegiate career at Western from 1996-01 under Bob Hofman, the win-ningest coach in Mountaineer men’s basketball history. He was a team captain in 2000-01, and led the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference in three-point fi eld goal percentage that same season. Schafer earned his bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology from West-ern in 2001, and a master’s degree in strategic leadership from Black Hills State in 2010.
BRADD SCHAFERHead Coach
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TANNER STILLWELLASSISTANT COACH
Tanner Stillwell begins his third year as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Western State in 2014.
Stillwell grew up in Steamboat Springs Colorado and played basketball for Coach Kelly Meek from 2003-2007 at Steamboat Springs High School. Upon high school graduation Tanner enrolled at Colorado State University and graduated in 2012 with a degree in history, a minor in business, and a Colorado teaching license.
During his last semester at CSU Stillwell student taught at Fort Collins High School where he was also an assistant with the basketball team. His responsibilities, this season with the basketball team, are numerous. As a second year coach he tries to bring energy and enthusiasm to everything he does and be an “energy giver” to the Western program.
JOHN McCARTHYASSISTANT COACH
John McCarthy is in his 23rd year as an assistant coach for the Mountaineers. A Western alumnus, “Coach Mac” began his time as an assistant to Hall of Fame Head Coach Jay Helman. During his tenure as an assistant, he has been on the bench for over 500 games and has been fortunate enough to have coached Western’s RMAC Championship team, 31 players that have garnered RMAC post season honors, and two players who have gone on to become members of the Western State Hall of Fame.
Prior to his involvement with Mountaineer basketball, McCarthy served as the basketball coach at Battle Mountain High School in Eagle-Vail, Colorado where he left as the Huskies all time winningest coach.
McCarthy is a retired history teacher from Gunnison High School where he was the department chair and taught Advanced Placement History courses. During his career, he was recognized on several occasions as an outstanding educator including as a recipient of the Dan Tredway Memorial Excellence in Teaching Award
and 2010 Colorado VFW Teacher of the Year Award.
McCarthy is married to Western alumna Melanie Torpey, a retired Physical Education teacher and gymnastics coach with the Gunnison Watershed School District.
DONTA RICHARDSONASSISTANT COACH
Donta Richardson enters his fi rst year as an assistant coach for the Mountaineer men’s basketball program in 2014-15.
Prior to Western, Richardson was an assistant for the men’s basketball program at Saint Martin’s University during the 2013-14 season.
Before starting his coaching career, Richardson played professional basketball in Europe for eight years (2003-11). He won three European Championships during that time and was a six-time all-star. He also played on the Detroit Pistons summer league team in 2003.
A graduate of the University of Wyoming, Richardson played for the Cowboys for two seasons (2001-03). During the 2001-02 season he earned third team All-Mountain West honors while guiding his team to a
conference championship. The Cowboys advanced to the second round of th NCAA Tournament that season. As a senior, he was a fi rst team All-Mountain West selection leading Wyoming to the quarterfi nals of the NIT.
Prior to his arrival at Wyoming, Richardson played two seasons a Sheridan College (1999-01). He earned fi rst team all-region honors and was named an All-American during in his fi nal season.
A native of Colorado Springs, Colorado and a 1999 graduate of Liberty High School, Richardson helped the Lancers to a 4A State Championship in 1999 and was named Mr. Basketball in his senior season.
Richardson received his bachelor’s of arts in social science from the University of Wyoming in 2013.
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BASKETBALLRMAC STATISTICSRMAC WOMEN’S STATSRMAC MEN’S STATS
R SCORING OFFENSE G W-L Pts Avg/G1. UCCS 24 20-4 2125 88.52. Adams State University 23 16-7 1996 86.83. Fort Lewis 24 17-7 1954 81.44. CSU-Pueblo 24 17-7 1932 80.55. Colorado Mines 23 20-3 1785 77.6
R SCORING DEFENSE G W-L Pts Avg/G1. MSU Denver 24 21-3 1430 59.62. Colorado Mines 23 20-3 1499 65.23. Colorado Mesa 25 18-7 1742 69.74. Black Hills State 25 8-17 1783 71.35. CSU-Pueblo 24 17-7 1736 72.3
R SCORING MARGIN G OFF. DEF. MAR.1. MSU Denver 24 73.9 59.6 14.32. UCCS 24 88.5 74.3 14.23. Adams State University 23 86.8 73.1 13.74. Colorado Mines 23 77.6 65.2 12.45. CSU-Pueblo 24 80.5 72.3 8.2
R SCORING POINTS AVG/G1. Derrick White (UCCS) 622 25.92. Ryan Stephan (Colorado Mesa) 577 25.13. Alex Herrera (Fort Lewis) 572 23.84. Mitch McCarron (MSU Denver) 516 21.55. Nicholas Kay (MSU Denver) 475 19.86. Mason Biddle (Western State) 399 18.17. Jonathon Mines (N.M. Highlands) 374 17.88. Kendrick Nichols (N.M. Highlands) 407 17.79. Alex Welsh (#18 UCCS) 402 16.810. Michael Brown (Colorado Christian) 398 16.6
R REBOUNDING TOTAL AVG/G1. Alex Herrera (Fort Lewis) 278 11.62. Ryan Stephan (Colorado Mesa) 188 8.23. Bronson Moton (CSU-Pueblo) 166 7.54. Derrick White (UCCS) 175 7.35. Alex Welsh (UCCS) 174 7.3
R ASSISTS G No. AVG/G 1. Trevor Ritchie (Colorado Mines) 23 122 5.32. Derek Biale (Colorado Mesa) 25 124 5.03. Terrez Scott (Western N.M.) 21 103 4.94. Derrick White (#18 UCCS) 24 117 4.95. Mason Biddle (Western State) 22 99 4.5
R SCORING OFFENSE G W-L Pts Avg/G1. UCCS 24 19-5 1852 77.22. Regis University 22 13-9 1512 68.73. Colorado Mesa 23 19-4 1529 66.54. Colorado School of Mines 24 10-14 1564 65.25. MSU Denver 22 14-8 1421 64.6
R SCORING DEFENSE G W-L Pts Avg/G1. Colorado Mesa 23 19-4 1332 57.92. CSU-Pueblo 22 14-8 1279 58.13. Western New Mexico 23 13-10 1349 58.74. Fort Lewis 22 13-9 1328 60.45. Black Hills State 22 13-9 1340 60.9
R SCORING MARGIN G OFF. DEF. MAR.1. UCCS 24 77.2 67.0 10.22. Colorado Mesa 23 66.5 57.9 8.63. CSU-Pueblo 22 63.1 58.1 5.04. Western New Mexico 23 63.3 58.7 4.75. Regis University 22 68.7 64.5 4.2
R SCORING POINTS AVG/G1. Abby Kirchoff (UCCS) 495 20.62. Brittany Hernandez (UCCS) 420 18.33. Erin Reichle (Colorado Mesa) 419 18.24. Bay’lee Purdy (Regis University) 349 15.95. Courtney Martin (Colorado Mines) 357 14.96. Deni Jacobs (MSU Denver) 310 14.87. Caresse Williams (Regis University) 305 13.98. Mary Brinton (Fort Lewis) 303 13.89. Taylor Helbig (Colorado Mines) 244 13.610. Desiree Anderson (Adams State) 303 13.2
R REBOUNDING TOTAL AVG/G1. Brittany Hernandez (UCCS) 219 9.52. Leanndra Gilbert (Colorado Mesa) 170 8.13. Deni Jacobs (MSU Denver) 158 7.54. Ashley Piper (CSU-Pueblo) 162 7.45. Katie Nehf (CSU-Pueblo) 160 7.3
R ASSISTS G No. AVG/G 1. RaTanya Newsome (Western N.M.)23 134 5.82. Laura Tyree (Colorado Mines) 24 115 4.83. Giulia Simioni (N.M. Highlands) 23 108 4.74. Erin Reichle (Colorado Mesa) 23 91 4.05. Gabby Ramirez (UCCS) 23 85 3.7
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BASKETBALL VAN GIRARDHead CoachVan Girard begins his third season at Western State Colorado
University in 2014.
Before coming to Western, Girard spent 24 seasons at the helm of the Cal State Dominguez Hills women’s basketball program.
The winningest women’s basketball coach in the history of Cal State Dominguez Hills, Girard put his trademark stamp of hard-nosed pressure defense to go along with an up-tempo style of play on the Carson campus.
Girard took over the reigns at Cal State Dominguez Hills in 1988. He turned the Toros into one of the top NCAA Division II programs on the West Coast. He led CSUDH to three total CCAA titles including a 2009 title, three runner-up fi nishes (including the 2004-05 campaign) and fi ve 3rd-place fi nishes in one of the strongest conferences in the country.
He also guided the Toros to the CCAA Tournament 10 times while earning fi ve NCAA West Region playoff berths, including the 2008-09 season in which the Toros lost a 66-65 heartbreaking buzzer-beater to perennial power UC San Diego.
Girard’s record speaks for itself. He is atop CSUDH’s all-time coaching record list, compiling a 302-350 mark en route to being named the CCAA Coach of the Year fi ve times, including a stretch of three-consecutive years (1994-96). On March 3, 2007, Girard achieved his milestone 250th win in an 83-56 victory over Cal State Monterey Bay.
Girard likes to play a very up-tempo style of basketball while incorporating his trademark man-to-man pressure defense. The opposition knows to expect a swarming high-pressure defense and a creative offense when they face Girard’s squad. Known as a teacher of fundamentals, Girard has coached one All-American, seven All-West Region players, three CCAA Conference MVPs and 42 all-conference players.
Prior to Cal State Dominguez Hills, Girard served as Assistant Athletics Director at Lynwood High School and the girl’s varsity basketball coach for ten years. During that span, he compiled an incredible 230-48 career record for an amazing winning percentage of .827. In creating a dynasty at Lynwood, Girard led his team to 10-straight playoff berths, seven-consecutive San Gabriel Valley Conference championships, two CIF championship appearances and two Southern Regional State playoff championships, with 1986 culminating in a CIF title.
During his tenure at Lynwood HS, he twice was honored as the
Los Angeles Times “4A Coach of the Year.” Even more impressive, Girard was honored as the California and CIF “Coach of the Year” in 1986. Fifteen players under his tutelage earned NCAA Division I or Division II athletic scholarships at the col-legiate level.
In a March 5, 2004, ceremony held at the Pyramid on the campus of Cal State Long Beach, Girard forever was immortalized for his achievements at the prep level. Along with Southern California coaching notables Ron Palmer (LB Poly), Gary Prestesator (San Dimas HS) and Cliff Warren (El Segundo, Rolling Hills, Redondo and Peninsula High Schools), the CSULB alumnus was inducted into the Southern California Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association (SCIBCA) Hall of Fame for the legacy he left at Lynwood HS.
While at CSUDH, Girard worked closely with the local Boys & Girls clubs providing free coaches and team clinics. He also worked closely with the City of Carson Parks and Recreation Department, as well as the local Carson-Gardena YMCA in providing more opportunities for girls basketball.
Girard is a 1977 graduate of Long Beach State, earning his bachelor’s degree in History.
MAYLINN SMITHASSISTANT COACH
Maylinn Smith is in her fi rst year as the head assistant coach of the Western State women’s basketball team.
Smith fi nished a stellar playing career in 2014.
From 2010-13, Smith was a member of the Grand Canyon University women’s basketball team. While at GCU, Smith was named the
2012 PacWest Player of the Year, leading GCU and ranking among the
PacWest’s best in a number of categories. In 2012, Smith ranked fi rst in the conference and 11th among all Division II players with an 87.5 free throw percentage, was second in the PacWest with a 39.8 three-point percentage and third with 16.2 points per game. Smith garnered Daktronics Second-Team West Region honors as a sophomore and was named to the 2010-11 PacWest All-Conference honorable mention. Smith also helped lead GCU to three conference championships.
In 2013-14, Smith helped lead Southern Utah to a Big Sky Champion-ship.
A native of Mesa, Arizona, Smith graduated from Southern Utah in 2014.
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MEET THE MOUNTAINEER MEN
Date Opponent Time / Result11/8 at Weber State (exhib.) L, 63-7811/14 vs. Midwestern State L, 63-7711/15 vs. West Texas A&M W, 97-88 (2OT)11/18 at Wyoming (exhib.) L, 46-6111/22 at Air Force (exhib.) L, 60-9011/28 vs. Texas A&M Int. L, 67-7011/29 vs. Angelo State L, 73-8912/5 at Black Hills State* L, 57-64 (OT)12/6 at Chadron State* L, 57-7312/12 New Mexico Highlands* L, 68-7712/13 Western New Mexico* W, 63-5912/20 at Adams State* L, 67-10012/21 at Fort Lewis* L, 81-921/2 Colorado Mines* L, 73-881/3 Colorado Christian* W, 81-771/9 at UC-Colorado Springs* L, 72-861/10 at CSU-Pueblo* L, 61-731/17 at Colorado Mesa* L, 72-821/23 Regis* L, 67-761/24 Metro State* L, 50-731/30 at Colorado Christian* L, 79-851/31 at Colorado Mines* L, 60-872/6 Chadron State* L, 83-942/7 Black Hills State* L, 57-652/13 at Western New Mexico* W, 66-582/14 at New Mexico Highlands* L, 65-782/21 Colorado Mesa* 7:30 p.m.2/27 Fort Lewis* 7:30 p.m.2/28 Adams State* 7:30 p.m.
*RMAC Contest
SCHEDULE (4-19, 3-16 RMAC)
2014-15 Western State Statistics
No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown / High School (Previous School)1 Sam Johnston Sr. G 5-9 160 Melbourne, Australia / Waverly High School (Ohio) (Sinclair CC)2 Jalen Thompson R-So. G 5-10 160 Denver, Colo. / Denver East High School 5 Mason Biddle Sr. G 6-1 175 Riverside, Calif. / Arlington High School 10 Dominique Wright Sr. G/F 6-5 185 Colorado Springs, Colo. / Fountain Fort Carson HS (Minn. Crookston)11 Lucas Adams So. G 5-11 165 Firestone, Colo. / Frederick High School20 Erik Damrell R-So. G 6-4 190 Greeley, Colo. / Greeley Central High School21 Chances Matlock Fr. G 6-4 180 Colorado Springs, Colo. / Falcon High School22 Danny Hopkins Jr. G 6-4 185 Riverside, Cailf. (Mt. San Jacinto College)23 Keenan Prochazka Jr. G 6-3 175 Moose Pass, Alaska / Seward High School25 Alex Eddy Jr. G 6-5 185 Phoenix, Ariz. (South Mountain College)32 Devin Kastrup Sr. F 6-8 210 Colorado Springs, Colo. / Pinecreek High School33 Ben Schmidt Sr. G 6-3 180 Windsor, Colo. / Windsor High School45 Spencer Fair Fr. F 6-6 200 Fruita, Colo. / Fruita Monument High School55 C.J. Schutt Jr. F 6-6 250 Yorkville, Ill. (Aurora University) Pablo Barreiro Fr. G 6-1 170 Chandler, Ariz. / Dobson High School Michael Feng R-So. F/C 7-0 205 Denver, Colo. / George Washington High School Curtis Neely Jr. F 6-7 245 Windsor, Colo. / Windsor High School (Wayne State)
Head Coach: Bradd SchaferAssistant Coaches: Donta Richardson, Tanner Stillwell and John McCarthy
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES........... (4-19) (2-6) (1-9) (1-4) CONFERENCE.......... (3-16) (2-6) (1-9) (0-1) NON-CONFERENCE...... (1-3) (0-0) (0-0) (1-3)
|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 05 Mason Biddle....... 22-22 755 34.3 112-296 .378 20-69 .290 155-200 .775 21 80 101 4.6 60 1 99 58 1 26 399 18.1 22 Danny Hopkins...... 22-21 731 33.2 93-228 .408 45-124 .363 37-54 .685 28 79 107 4.9 59 1 29 57 1 16 268 12.2 32 Devin Kastrup...... 17-16 397 23.4 67-171 .392 7-33 .212 63-79 .797 18 61 79 4.6 53 2 4 37 2 7 204 12.0 10 Dominique Wright... 23-13 577 25.1 59-161 .366 19-65 .292 36-52 .692 20 54 74 3.2 59 4 12 35 12 8 173 7.5 25 Alex Eddy.......... 23-15 527 22.9 55-131 .420 22-70 .314 33-54 .611 18 75 93 4.0 51 0 16 43 7 5 165 7.2 55 CJ Schutt.......... 23-7 411 17.9 61-102 .598 0-0 .000 35-49 .714 36 57 93 4.0 48 0 8 19 3 9 157 6.8 23 Keenan Prochazka... 16-3 166 10.4 17-37 .459 15-29 .517 3-6 .500 5 18 23 1.4 17 0 14 11 1 4 52 3.3 21 Chances Matlock.... 22-3 258 11.7 15-49 .306 6-26 .231 8-14 .571 11 27 38 1.7 25 0 17 15 1 6 44 2.0 11 Lucas Adams........ 23-13 500 21.7 11-34 .324 5-21 .238 10-20 .500 6 41 47 2.0 43 1 36 16 0 11 37 1.6 33 Ben Schmidt........ 16-0 100 6.3 9-26 .346 4-14 .286 6-11 .545 3 11 14 0.9 14 0 2 5 1 4 28 1.8 02 Jalen Thompson..... 10-2 72 7.2 8-19 .421 6-13 .462 3-4 .750 2 9 11 1.1 2 0 3 3 0 1 25 2.5 45 Spencer Fair....... 13-0 116 8.9 7-16 .438 0-0 .000 4-12 .333 11 12 23 1.8 26 2 2 8 0 1 18 1.4 20 Erik Damrell....... 7-0 42 6.0 2-5 .400 0-2 .000 1-3 .333 1 5 6 0.9 5 0 3 4 0 0 5 0.7 01 Sam Johnston....... 6-0 23 3.8 2-4 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.2 4 0 2 2 0 0 4 0.7 TEAM............... 43 27 70 3.0 0 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total.............. 23 4675 518-1279 .405 149-467 .319 394-558 .706 223 557 780 33.9 466 11 247 318 29 98 1579 68.7 Opponents.......... 23 4674 632-1381 .458 153-471 .325 394-540 .730 264 626 890 38.7 493 12 324 274 63 156 1811 78.7
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Date Opponent Time / Result11/14 vs. Dallas Baptist W, 92-8911/15 at St. Edward’s University L, 61-7411/21 vs. Colorado College W, 71-7011/22 vs. Northern New Mexico W, 80-7811/28 Angelo State University W, 70-6711/29 Texas A&M International W, 69-5112/5 at Chadron State* L, 58-6412/6 at Black Hills State* W, 80-5812/12 Western New Mexico* W, 82-4212/13 New Mexico Highlands* W, 84-7312/20 at Fort Lewis* W, 94-8812/21 at Adams State* W, 84-821/2 Colorado Christian* W, 66-641/3 Colorado Mines* L, 58-611/9 at CSU-Pueblo* L, 67-801/10 at UC-Colorado Springs W, 100-921/17 Western State* W, 82-721/23 Metro State Denver* L, 50-511/24 Regis* W, 82-561/30 at Colorado Mines* L, 64-841/31 at Colorado Christian* L, 77-812/6 Black Hills State* W, 83-752/7 Chadron State* W, 85-512/13 at New Mexico Highlands* W, 84-732/14 at Western New Mexico* W, 92-662/21 at Western State* 7:30 p.m.2/27 Adams State* 7:30 p.m.2/28 Fort Lewis* 7:30 p.m.
*RMAC Contest
SCHEDULE (18-7, 13-6 RMAC)
2014-15 Colorado Mesa University Statistics
No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown / High School (Previous School)
00 Kane Gunther R-So. G 6-2 185 Palisade, Colo. / Palisade
1 Derek Biale Rf. G 6-2 190 Redondo Beach, Calif. / Redondo Union
4 Landon Vermeer Sr. G 6-2 205 Littleton, Colo. / Chatfi eld
13 Jon Orr Sr. F 6-6 195 Thatcher, Ariz. / Thatcher (Eastern Arizona)
20 Jerry Duckworth Sr. G 6-0 190 Federal Way, Wash. / Federal Way (Cochise College)
21 Justin Wallace Sr. G 6-3 183 Colorado Springs, Colo. / Widefi eld
23 Ryan Stephan Jr. C 6-10 265 Lakewood, Colo. / Green Mountain
24 Julian Vasquez Jr. G 6-3 192 Miami, Fla. (Dakota College)
31 Joe Kiely Jr. G 5-10 170 Columbia, Md. / Winchendon School (Mass.) (Sheridan College)
32 Michael Melillo Sr. G 6-5 210 Boulder, Colo. / Fairview
33 Nate Hawley R-So. F 6-5 195 Montrose, Colo. / Montrose
35 Abdallah Musleh Jr. G 5-11 170 Littleton, Colo. / Dakota Ridge (Trinidad State)
42 Taylor Shaffer Sr. G 6-2 190 Pagosa Springs, Colo. / Pagosa Springs (Otero)
50 Trevor VanTassel R-Jr. F 6-9 250 Lakewood, Colo. / Green Mountain
Head Coach: Andy Shantz
Assistant Coaches: Mike Dominguez, Dutch Johnson
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 18-7 9-2 6-5 3-0CONFERENCE 13-6 7-2 6-4 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 5-1 2-0 0-1 3-0
Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds
## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg
23 Ryan Stephan 23-23 714 31.0 200-348 . 5 7 5 33-80 . 4 1 3 144-180 . 8 0 0 40 148 188 8.2 52 0 32 43 33 14 577 25.124 Julian Vasquez 25-17 593 23.7 126-272 . 4 6 3 36-92 . 3 9 1 68-81 . 8 4 0 14 82 96 3.8 77 3 46 71 3 18 356 14.220 Jerry Duckworth 25-4 586 23.4 88-186 . 4 7 3 59-141 . 4 1 8 23-29 . 7 9 3 4 29 33 1.3 54 1 30 23 2 20 258 10.304 Landon Vermeer 25-25 591 23.6 65-137 . 4 7 4 37-87 . 4 2 5 14-15 . 9 3 3 5 41 46 1.8 47 0 35 19 0 16 181 7.231 Joe Kiely 18-16 409 22.7 30-72 . 4 1 7 3-12 . 2 5 0 32-47 . 6 8 1 11 54 65 3.6 32 1 52 18 2 10 95 5.332 Michael Melillo 25-25 607 24.3 37-89 . 4 1 6 10-26 . 3 8 5 19-39 . 4 8 7 28 82 110 4.4 51 1 49 29 5 10 103 4.113 Jon Orr 25-14 455 18.2 38-80 . 4 7 5 12-37 . 3 2 4 15-22 . 6 8 2 16 68 84 3.4 31 2 28 17 4 6 103 4.101 Derek Biale 25-1 475 19.0 35-81 . 4 3 2 22-57 . 3 8 6 11-18 . 6 1 1 4 47 51 2.0 40 1 124 40 2 10 103 4.133 Nate Hawley 25-0 258 10.3 32-60 . 5 3 3 24-47 . 5 1 1 6-10 . 6 0 0 13 19 32 1.3 30 0 10 7 8 1 94 3.850 Trevor Van Tassel 24-0 190 7.9 9-18 . 5 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 7-10 . 7 0 0 13 19 32 1.3 16 0 7 9 0 1 25 1.035 Abdallah Musleh 11-0 92 8.4 3-9 . 3 3 3 2-3 . 6 6 7 1-2 . 5 0 0 0 8 8 0.7 10 0 9 12 0 2 9 0.842 Taylor Shaffer 8-0 28 3.5 3-5 . 6 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1 5 6 0.8 2 0 1 1 0 0 6 0.800 Kane Gunther 9-0 32 3.6 1-9 . 1 1 1 0-4 . 0 0 0 3-4 . 7 5 0 0 7 7 0.8 3 0 3 3 0 1 5 0.6
Team 24 35 59 5Total.......... 25 5030 667-1366 . 4 8 8 238-587 . 4 0 5 343-457 . 7 5 1 173 644 817 32.7 445 9 426 297 59 109 1915 76.6Opponents...... 25 5029 605-1396 . 4 3 3 218-624 . 3 4 9 314-457 . 6 8 7 219 589 808 32.3 431 - 356 302 56 147 1742 69.7
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MEN’S STANDINGS
WOMEN’S STANDINGS
School Conf. CPct. Overall Pct. StreakMSU Denver -P 16-2 0.889 21-3 0.875 W9Colorado Mines -P 16-3 0.842 20-3 0.870 W3UCCS -P 14-4 0.778 20-4 0.833 W1CSU-Pueblo -P 13-5 0.722 17-7 0.708 W6Colorado Mesa -P 13-6 0.684 18-7 0.720 W4Fort Lewis -P 12-6 0.667 17-7 0.708 L2Adams State -P 11-7 0.611 15-7 0.682 L1Colorado Christian 9-10 0.474 12-13 0.480 L3Black Hills State 7-12 0.368 9-17 0.346 W1Chadron State 6-13 0.316 7-15 0.318 L1New Mexico Highlands 5-14 0.263 5-18 0.217 W1Regis 3-15 0.167 5-17 0.227 L6Western State 3-16 0.158 4-19 0.174 L1Western New Mexico 2-17 0.105 2-21 0.087 L7
School Conf. CPct. Overall Pct. StreakColorado Mesa -P 16-3 0.842 19-4 0.826 W4UCCS -P 14-4 0.778 19-5 0.792 L1CSU-Pueblo 12-6 0.667 14-8 0.636 W3Colorado Christian 12-7 0.632 12-13 0.480 W2Black Hills State 11-8 0.579 13-10 0.565 L1Regis 10-8 0.556 14-8 0.636 L1Fort Lewis 10-8 0.556 13-9 0.591 W1MSU Denver 10-8 0.556 13-9 0.591 W2Western New Mexico 10-9 0.526 13-10 0.565 L1Chadron State 8-11 0.421 8-15 0.348 W1Colorado Mines 6-13 0.316 11-14 0.440 L3New Mexico Highlands 5-14 0.263 5-14 0.263 W1Adams State 3-15 0.167 3-19 0.136 L4Western State 3-16 0.158 4-19 0.174 L12
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MEET THE MOUNTAINEER WOMEN
Date Opponent Time / Result11/14 vs. Upper Iowa L, 68-7711/15 vs. Montana St.-Billings L, 57-9511/17 at Wyoming (exhib.) L, 29-10411/19 at Grand Canyon (exhib.) L, 52-7611/24 at Northern Colorado (exhib.) L, 37-8511/28 vs. McMurry W, 70-6711/29 vs. Simon Fraser L, 42-8612/5 at Black Hills State* L, 49-6112/6 at Chadron State* L, 62-7512/12 N.M. Highlands* W, 76-66 (OT)12/13 Western New Mexico* W, 75-6412/20 at Adams State* L, 72-7712/21 at Fort Lewis* L, 67-741/2 Colorado Mines* W, 55-441/3 Colorado Christian* L, 49-801/9 at UC-Colorado Springs* L, 58-731/10 at CSU-Pueblo* L, 34-661/17 at Colorado Mesa* L, 45-731/23 Regis* L, 51-761/24 Metro State* L, 46-601/30 at Colorado Christian* L, 38-721/31 at Colorado Mines* L, 68-892/6 Chadron State* L, 60-702/7 Black Hills State* L, 49-552/13 at Western New Mexico* L, 44-582/14 at New Mexico Highlands* L, 72-852/21 Colorado Mesa* 5:30 p.m.2/27 Fort Lewis* 5:30 p.m.2/28 Adams State* 5:30 p.m.
*RMAC Contest
SCHEDULE (4-19, 3-16 RMAC)
2014-15 Western State Statistics
No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Hometown / High School (Previous School)2 Margaret Zimmerman Sr. F 5-11 Denver, Colo. / Cherokee Trail5 Carra Jackson-Brown Fr. G 5-9 Denver, Colo. / Rangeview High School10 Azia Lacy Fr. G 5-10 Plano, Texas11 Stephanie Williams R-Fr. G 5-10 Cerritos, Calif. / St. Anthony High School14 Taylor Long Fr. G 5-8 Moreno Valley, Calif.15 Maricel Medina Sr. G 5-9 Albuquerque, N.M. / Del Norte HS (New Mexico State)20 Harlie Williams So. F 5-10 Norwood, Colo. / Norwood High School21 Madison Cruse R-Fr. G 5-7 Fullerton, Calif. / Sunny Hills High School22 Sydney Baker R-Fr. G 5-7 Montrose, Colo. / Delta Vision Charter Academy23 Ajai Ford Jr. G 5-7 Los Angeles, Calif.24 Sadie Stroup So. G 5-10 Foresthill, Calif. / Foresthill High School30 Katie Najvar Fr. F 6-1 Houston, Texas32 Kristi Vaninger So. F 5-10 Littleton, Colo. / Chatfi eld Senior High School33 Jade McIntosh Sr. F 5-10 Colorado Springs, Colo. / Sand Creek HS42 Taylor Mayes Jr. F 6-1 Hutchinson, Kan.44 Sydnie Lengyel So. F 6-1 Tempe, Ariz. / Marcos De Niza High School
Head Coach: Van Girard Assistant Coaches: Maylinn Smith
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES........... (4-19) (3-5) (0-10) (1-4) CONFERENCE.......... (3-16) (3-5) (0-10) (0-1) NON-CONFERENCE...... (1-3) (0-0) (0-0) (1-3)
|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02 Margaret Zimmerman. 7-0 20 2.9 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 1 1 2 0.3 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.3 05 Carra Jackson-Brown 17-0 81 4.8 4-18 .222 1-4 .250 0-2 .000 6 4 10 0.6 7 0 2 7 0 4 9 0.5 10 Azia Lacy.......... 12-1 99 8.3 5-14 .357 0-1 .000 1-4 .250 3 6 9 0.8 13 0 1 9 0 4 11 0.9 11 Stephanie Williams. 22-15 447 20.3 49-142 .345 3-10 .300 36-57 .632 35 64 99 4.5 50 0 27 61 8 14 137 6.2 14 Taylor Long........ 23-14 542 23.6 57-198 .288 13-54 .241 37-51 .725 19 52 71 3.1 66 4 26 34 0 40 164 7.1 15 Maricel Medina..... 10-5 123 12.3 7-19 .368 0-7 .000 0-1 .000 4 13 17 1.7 21 0 12 14 0 8 14 1.4 20 Harlie Williams.... 23-16 490 21.3 28-102 .275 14-50 .280 19-27 .704 17 41 58 2.5 45 0 32 43 4 10 89 3.9 21 Madison Cruse...... 20-8 358 17.9 15-57 .263 10-32 .313 22-28 .786 5 40 45 2.3 42 0 24 40 1 10 62 3.1 23 Ajai Ford.......... 17-4 315 18.5 48-109 .440 2-9 .222 39-63 .619 8 42 50 2.9 42 1 21 38 2 5 137 8.1 24 Sadie Stroup....... 23-7 501 21.8 32-121 .264 12-54 .222 17-23 .739 20 37 57 2.5 45 0 19 30 0 13 93 4.0 30 Katie Najvar....... 15-0 105 7.0 14-24 .583 0-0 .000 6-12 .500 8 23 31 2.1 9 0 0 5 0 1 34 2.3 32 Kristi Vaninger.... 6-1 30 5.0 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 4 5 0.8 0 0 3 2 0 0 4 0.7 33 Jade McIntosh...... 23-22 726 31.6 108-291 .371 10-47 .213 62-75 .827 32 116 148 6.4 64 0 34 67 6 29 288 12.5 42 Taylor Mayes....... 21-8 326 15.5 32-83 .386 0-1 .000 23-43 .535 24 37 61 2.9 51 0 9 25 11 5 87 4.1 44 Sydnie Lengyel..... 23-14 487 21.2 59-136 .434 0-0 .000 58-87 .667 47 67 114 5.0 52 2 16 37 3 10 176 7.7 TEAM............... 44 57 101 4.4 0 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total.............. 23 4650 461-1318 .350 65-269 .242 320-474 .675 274 604 878 38.2 510 7 226 418 35 153 1307 56.8 Opponents.......... 23 4650 518-1286 .403 163-504 .323 444-631 .704 266 665 931 40.5 429 7 348 364 60 224 1643 71.4
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SCHEDULE (19-4, 16-3 RMAC)
2014-15 Colorado Mesa University Statistics
Date Opponent Time / Result11/3 at Utah Valley (exhib.) W, 67-6111/4 at Southern Utah (exhib.) L, 59-9811/14 vs. Palm Beach Atlantic W, 70-5911/15 vs. Drury L, 58-8111/28 Simon Fraser W, 84-7611/29 McMurry W, 64-4112/5 at Chadron State* W, 79-6512/6 at Black Hills State* L, 81-86 (2OT)12/12 Western New Mexico* W, 76-6612/13 New Mexico Highlands* W, 83-5512/20 at Fort Lewis* W, 52-5012/21 at Adams State* W, 75-581/2 Colorado Christian* W, 55-501/3 Colorado Mines* W, 44-421/9 at CSU-Pueblo* W, 49-451/10 at UC-Colorado Springs L, 56-721/17 Western State* W, 73-451/23 Metro State Denver* W, 70-481/24 Regis* W, 66-631/30 at Colorado Mines* W, 83-661/31 at Colorado Christian* L, 54-562/6 Black Hills State* W, 65-57 (OT)2/7 Chadron State* W, 78-602/13 at New Mexico Highlands* W, 50-402/14 at Western New Mexico* W, 64-512/21 at Western State* 5:30 p.m.2/27 Adams State* 5:30 p.m.2/28 Fort Lewis* 5:30 p.m.
*RMAC Contest
No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Hometown / High School (Previous School)0 Emily Moore Jr. F 5-10 River Heights, Utah / Mountain Crest (Western Wyoming CC)1 Erin Reichle So. G 5-6 Pleasant View, Utah / Weber2 Kaitlyn Reiner Fr. G 5-5 Happy Valley, Ore. / Clackamas3 Shyanne Halalilo Jr. G 5-9 Orem, Utah / Mountain View (Western Wyoming CC)4 Shanna Halalilo Sr. G 5-9 Orem, Utah / Mountain View (Black Hills State)5 Laurin Rivera Jr. G 5-4 Colorado Springs, Colo. / Doherty (Western Nebraska CC)10 Carson Pipher Fr. G 5-6 Paonia, Colo. / Paonia12 Kelli Van Tassel Fr. G 5-10 Lakewood / Green Mountain14 Laurel Kasel Jr. G 5-10 Park City, Utah / Park City15 Danielle Hartzog Fr. G 5-8 Beaverton, Ore. / Beaverton21 Siu Lo’amanu Jr. F 5-10 Taylorsville, Utah / Taylorsville (Otero JC)22 Saane Lo’amanu Sr. G 5-8 Taylorsville, Utah / Taylorsville (Friends University)24 Kerstin Strong Rf. F 6-1 Albuquerque, N.M. / Eldorado32 Leanndra Gilbert Sr. F 5-10 Colorado Springs, Colo. / Mesa Ridge34 Erika Musante Jr. C 6-2 Ft. Collins, Colo. / Rocky Mountain42 Ashley Stevens Jr. F 5-10 Bridgeport, Neb. / Bridgeport (Western Nebraska CC) Head Coach: Taylor WagnerAssistant Coaches: Karli Knudsen
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 19-4 11-0 7-3 1-1CONFERENCE 16-3 9-0 7-3 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 3-1 2-0 0-0 1-1
Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds
## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg
01 Erin Reichle 23-23 824 35.8 136-344 . 3 9 5 69-177 . 3 9 0 78-84 . 9 2 9 10 64 74 3.2 40 0 91 52 1 28 419 18.232 Leanndra Gilbert 21-21 553 26.3 74-171 . 4 3 3 11-35 . 3 1 4 64-81 . 7 9 0 53 117 170 8.1 74 4 30 39 33 17 223 10.604 Shanna Halalilo 23-19 613 26.7 68-184 . 3 7 0 30-72 . 4 1 7 42-55 . 7 6 4 28 72 100 4.3 41 0 66 67 1 21 208 9.014 Laurel Kasel 23-23 688 29.9 69-180 . 3 8 3 29-91 . 3 1 9 21-32 . 6 5 6 32 64 96 4.2 52 0 37 38 10 17 188 8.224 Kerstin Strong 4-4 76 19.0 11-27 . 4 0 7 0-0 . 0 0 0 6-8 . 7 5 0 3 12 15 3.8 9 0 5 2 1 2 28 7.034 Erika Musante 23-19 470 20.4 51-106 . 4 8 1 0-0 . 0 0 0 20-32 . 6 2 5 42 78 120 5.2 64 3 22 33 33 21 122 5.321 Siu Lo'amanu 19-6 331 17.4 32-95 . 3 3 7 14-57 . 2 4 6 14-22 . 6 3 6 16 44 60 3.2 34 2 32 20 3 1 92 4.842 Ashley Stevens 22-0 302 13.7 25-65 . 3 8 5 6-20 . 3 0 0 17-24 . 7 0 8 34 50 84 3.8 46 1 14 16 7 15 73 3.322 Saane Lo'amanu 19-0 276 14.5 17-37 . 4 5 9 0-0 . 0 0 0 26-37 . 7 0 3 13 40 53 2.8 38 2 14 16 2 6 60 3.202 x-Kaitlyn Reiner 4-0 12 3.0 2-2 1.000 2-2 1.000 2-3 . 6 6 7 0 1 1 0.3 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.015 Danielle Hartzog 12-0 36 3.0 8-12 . 6 6 7 3-4 . 7 5 0 4-6 . 6 6 7 0 6 6 0.5 5 0 1 7 0 0 23 1.903 Shyanne Halalilo 20-0 186 9.3 14-39 . 3 5 9 5-22 . 2 2 7 5-8 . 6 2 5 7 13 20 1.0 22 0 14 26 2 7 38 1.905 Laurin Rivera 23-0 274 11.9 12-41 . 2 9 3 5-16 . 3 1 3 14-18 . 7 7 8 7 25 32 1.4 25 0 40 21 4 11 43 1.900 Emily Moore 3-0 33 11.0 2-8 . 2 5 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 4 4 1.3 7 0 1 3 0 0 4 1.3
Team 40 66 106 14Total.......... 23 4674 521-1311 . 3 9 7 174-497 . 3 5 0 313-410 . 7 6 3 285 656 941 40.9 459 12 367 354 97 146 1529 66.5Opponents...... 23 4675 430-1213 . 3 5 4 98-314 . 3 1 2 374-523 . 7 1 5 210 560 770 33.5 421 - 247 325 50 168 1332 57.9
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Terry & Laura SchliesmanGary & Diana ShermanSean & Jennifer StansberryGeorge & Ann StowellDoug & Stacey SwinehartRay & Loretta SzallarMiles & Tonya Van HeeVilla Beaute - Kristi MedinaJyle VossMilt & Celia VossMick & Stephanie WarthWest Slope Garage Door - Gary & Linda AppletonWestern Slope Fire & SafetyWestern Wildfl owers - Sharon MendoncaRob & Vicki WheelerFran & Diana WickenhauserJim & Cori Woytek
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Jayme & Duane SchroderSchumacher & O’Loughlin, LLCAjay SinghSarbjit SinghPari & Diya ShergillPat SmartDennis & Cheelone SpritzerAnne SteinbeckSue’s Place - Sue MundellTimberlin Henderson FamilyBrian TurnerMichael ViereggeAdam & Chere WasserRick & Tina WilsonJoe & Sheila WinegardnerDoug & Jean WinterHal & Peg Yale
TENDERFOOTAdams, JordanAdams, Lukas AllenAmsberry, Brian SAtwood, JuliaBallard, Steven JamesBecic, MelanieBenitez, JorgeBerling, GeorgeBraddy, JacobCooke, JonathanCool, KalleeCraighead, JeremyDardis, KelsieDolson, MollyElmore, ShelbyHarms, JamilynHaro Sipes, ReneHartner, JoshuaHopkins, JosetteKeith, TaylorKessler, HillarieKirkwood, BenjaminKreis, E.J.McGinn, ZacharyMilan, AshleyMullikin, ElisaMunoz, CollinOeffl er, ChelseyOrtiz, CassandraPayne, RyanPieper, JohnnyRichardson, TaraSabatka, JeffreyScheller, TylerSchmidt, DemosthenesSchmidt, MichaelShepherd, TravisStephens, BrandonStuht, LaneSuchecki, LukeSzabo, BarbaraSzczepinski, KrzysztofVandahl, MichaelWalderman, CaraWalker, HollyWalton, JustinWilson, GarrettWolpern, Ali
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BASKETBALLBY THE NUMBERS...
WOMEN’S STATISTICAL COMPARISON
MEN’S STATISTICAL COMPARISON
Category Western CMUGames 23 23Points 56.8 66.5Points Allowed 71.4 57.9FG Percentage .350 .397Opponent FG Percentage .403 .354Three-Point FG Percentage .242 .350Opponent Three-Point FG Percentage .323 .312Free-Throw Percentage .675 .763Rebounds 38.2 40.9Assists 9.8 16.0Turnovers 18.2 15.4
Blocks 1.5 4.2
Steals 6.7 6.3
Category Western CMUGames 23 25Points 68.7 76.6Points Allowed 78.7 69.7FG Percentage .405 .488Opponent FG Percentage .458 .433Three-Point FG Percentage .319 .405Opponent Three-Point FG Percentage .325 .349Free-Throw Percentage .706 .751Rebounds 33.9 32.7Assists 10.7 17.0Turnovers 13.8 11.9
Blocks 1.3 2.4
Steals 4.3 4.4
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BASKETBALLRULES FOR BOOSTERS
Everyone associated with the Western State Colorado University Athletics program (coaches, staff, student-athletes, boosters) has the responsibility to comply with NCAA rules involving pros-pects and student-athletes. Mountaineer athletic support groups are a very valuable part of the Western Athletic Department. All present and past members of these groups are considered boosters and therefore, are held to compliance with these standards. Please review the information on what boosters may or may not do, and ask before you act.
Recruiting GuidelinesA Booster may:• contact a prospect as long as the booster had an established relationship prior to the student becoming a prospect and as long as there is no attempt to recruit the prospect for Western;• watch a prospect’s athletic contest (but not have contact with that prospect or the prospect’s parents); and• provide names, statistics, newspaper articles, etc. of outstanding prospects from the booster’s local area to Western coaches and staff (but not contact that prospect’s coach or school offi cials in order to gather materials pertaining to the prospect’s athletic or academic abilities).
A Booster may not:• contact (telephone or in writing/e-mail) a prospect or his/her parents in person, for the purposes of recruiting the prospect;• make contact with a prospect or his/her parents on or off the Western campus for the purposes of recruiting his/her to Western;• mail anything to a prospect, including press releases, media guides, posters, schedule cards, etc.;• approach a Western coach who is with a prospect either on or off the Western campus;• contact or request anything (transcript, videotape) from a prospect’s counselor or coach in order to evaluate the athletic or academic ability of a prospect; and• provide any extra benefi t to a prospect or his/her family or friends.
Rules Regarding current Western Student-AthletesA Booster may:• provide an occasional family home meal to a student-athlete or an entire team. Such meal must take place in the home, not in a restaurant. The meal may be catered.• provide employment under certain circumstances to current student-athletes. Student-athletes must be paid the established rate (in the area for similar services) for work actually performed.
A Booster may not:• provide extra benefi ts to any student-athlete and his/her family;• use the name or picture of a student-athlete to directly or indi-rectly promote the sale or use of a commercial product or service;• provide free or reduced rate housing for a student-athlete or his/her family;
• hire a student-athlete to house-sit;• provide an honorarium to a student-athlete who has been ap-proved for a speaking engagement. Student-athletes may receive only actual and necessary travel expenses to pre-approved speak-ing engagements; and• provide any extra benefi t to a current student-athlete.
Student-Athlete EmploymentA student-athlete may be employed during or outside the academic year, provided:• The student-athlete’s compensation does not include any re-muneration for value or utility that the student-athlete may have for the employer because of the publicity, reputation, fame or personal following that he or she has obtained because of athlet-ics ability;• The student-athlete is compensated only for work actually performed;• The student-athlete is compensated at a rate commensurate with the going rate in that locality for similar services; and
Employer “Do’s” and “Don’ts”• The athletic department may arrange employment for prospects in the summer prior to their enrollment as freshmen and for enrolled student-athletes during all offi cial vacation periods (sum-mer, winter, spring) during the academic year.• Do not provide free transportation to and from jobs for student-athletes, unless such transportation is provided to all employees.• Do provide employment for prospective and currently enrolled student-athletes during permissible time periods and at regular pay rates for similarly qualifi ed non-athlete employees.
