2015 Air Force men’s Soccer (Top Row) Left to Right: Garrett Fritzsche, Zane Moxley, James Sims, A.J. Esparza, Cameron Duley, Tristan Conrad, Pierce Kassmeier, Jake Schenk, John Wendt, Rob Blair, John Sims, Colin McDermott, Zach Hill, Jacob Yarnell, Gus DeMuelenaere, Chad Hill (Middle Row) Left to Right: Assistant coach Chris Foster, Head coach Doug Hill, Andrew Chaidez, Jack Cannata, Gannon Gardner, Danny Han, Hunter Robinson, Cole Heer, Nestor Hernandez, Tucker Bone, Trey Pujats, Oscar Chacon, Luke Villamaria, Isaac Strever, Isaac Reinert, Kristin Cornett, Assistant coach Kevin Doyle (Bottom Row) Left to Right: Austin Dewing, Demetri Kostakis, Abinadi Samayoa, Klint Parker, Ben Kern, Joey Haug, Gus Jensen, Ryan Ward, Jaric Marton, Austin Guerrero, Luis Martinez, Eddy Diaz, Presten Montero Photo by Ted Wendt (taken at The Cadet Soccer Stadium)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Quick Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Media Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Head Coach Doug Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Assistant Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Player Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27 2014 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 2014 Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 WAC Information/Preseason Predictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 2014 WAC Results/College Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Year-By-Year Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Individual & Team Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Letterwinners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-35 Award Winners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Falcons In The Pros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 USAFA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 USAFA Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Director of Athletics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 USAFA Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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Mailing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Athletic Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2169 Field House Dr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . USAF Academy, CO 80840
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The 2015 Air Force men’s soccer information guide is a publication of the Air Force Athletic Media Relations Office. The guide was written and designed by assistant media relations director Nick Arseniak. Photography by DenMar Photographics and Ted Wendt.
Schedule/Media Information
Air Force men’s Soccer 2015 Schedule Day Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug.
15 19 22 29
Date Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat.
Opponent at New Mexico (EXB) DENVER (EXB) COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES (EXB) ARMY
Location Albuquerque, NM USAFA USAFA USAFA
Time 7 pm 4 pm 4 pm 6 pm
Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept.
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Evansville, IN Evansville, IN San Luis Obispo, CA Hamilton, NY Ithaca, NY Peoria, IL
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Fri. Sun. Sun. Fri. Sun. Fri. Sun. Fri.
at Utah Valley* at Seattle U* INCARNATE WORD* UTRGV* HOUSTON BAPTIST* BAKERSFIELD San Jose State GRAND CANYON*
Orem, UT Seattle, WA USAFA USAFA USAFA Bakersfield, CA San Jose, CA USAFA
7 1 1 7 1 7:30 1 4:30
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UNLV* UMKC* WAC Championship
USAFA Kansas City, MO Kansas City, MO
Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.
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Nov. 1 Sun. Nov. 7 Sat. Nov. 12-15 Thurs.-Sat.
Evansville Drake Cal Poly Colgate Cornell Bradley
1 pm 1 pm TBD
HOME GAMES are at the Cadet Soccer Stadium - USAFA, Colo. FREE ADMISSION for all Air Force soccer home matches. # Colorado Cup Match * Denotes Mountain West match All times are local to site/Dates and times subject to change.
Media Information Media Guide The 2015 Air Force men’s soccer information guide is a publication of the Air Force Athletic Media Relations Office. The guide was written and designed by assistant media relations director Nick Arseniak. Photography by DenMar Photographics and Ted Wendt. On The Cover Air Force senior class of 2015-16, taken by Ted Wendt. In-Season Interviews All Air Force players and coaches are available for interviews during the week with the following guidelines: All interviews must be made through Nick Arseniak in the media relations office. (719-333-9251). Requests must be made at least one day in advance so that the player and/or coach can be properly notified. All interviews must be done between 1 and 2:30 p.m. or 5-6:00 p.m. MST.
Post-Game Interviews Air Force head coach Doug Hill and players are available for interviews on the field following the 10-minute period in which the head coach meets with the team. A member of the media relations staff will be available to assist you in the interview process. Press Facilities The press box at the Cadet Soccer Stadium has seating for one visiting SID and one visiting media member plus a radio booth. Game notes, media guides and flip-cards are available prior to each game. Box scores and play-by-plays generated from StatCrew are available following the game. A phone line is also available for media use in the press box. Visiting Radio Upon receiving permission to broadcast the game, please contact the media relations office. The press box at the Cadet Soccer Stadium has one booth for visiting radio.
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Contact the media relations office for phone line information. Directions From Interstate 25 take exit 156 heading west (towards mountains) and enter through the North Gate of the Academy. Head straight for approximately 1.5 miles, up and over the overlook area and make your first left turn upon descending the hill, into the athletic fields. Take your first right and the Cadet Soccer Stadium will be on your right. Parking is first-come first-serve. Follow Air Force on the Web Soccer news releases, roster, statistics and other information is updated weekly on
goAirForceFalcons.com.
Game box scores and recaps will be available following each game. Livestats will also be available for all home games and selected road games.
2015 Roster
Air Force men’s Soccer 2015 Roster Number 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26
Player (Pronunciation) Rob Blair Jake Schenk Joey Haug Trey Pujats Ben Kern Oscar Chacon Gus Jensen Tucker Bone Colin McDermott Ryan Ward Abinadi Samayoa Luke Villamaria Cole Heer Danny Han Cameron Duley Tristan Conrad Zach Hill Nestor Hernandez A.J. Esparza Austin Guerrero Klint Parker Tucker Axhoj Hunter Robinson John Wendt Jaric Marton John Sims Gus DeMeulenaere Gannon Gardner Issac Strever Jack Cannata Austin Dewing Eddy Diaz Pierce Kassmeier Demetri Kostakis Luis Martinez Presten Montero Zane Moxley James Sims Jacob Yarnell
Head Coach: Assistant Coach: Assistant Coach:
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Yr. 6-2 6-3 5-6 5-11 5-10 5-10 5-9 5-11 6-1 5-9 5-10 5-9 6-0 5-10 6-1 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-0 5-9 5-10 5-9 5-11 6-4 5-7 6-2 6-3 6-0 5-10 5-11 5-8 5-6 5-11 5-11 5-10 5-5 6-2 5-8 6-4
Wt. 205 190 150 155 160 170 155 160 175 160 165 155 175 155 170 160 155 175 160 145 150 150 170 175 145 175 195 155 175 160 150 140 180 185 155 150 170 150 170
Pos. Sr. Jr. Sr. So. Sr. So. Sr. Fr. So. Jr. So. Sr. Jr. Fr. Jr. So. Sr. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. So. So. So. So. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr.
Doug Hill – 9th season (USAFA, 1983) Chris Foster – 10th season (USAFA, 1989) Kevin Doyle – 4th season (Bowling Green, 1996)
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Hometown/High School Huntington, WV/St. Joseph Central Cathlic Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central Rocklin, CA/Rocklin Keller, TX/Keller Charlotte, NC/Weddington Rancho Palos Verdes, CA/Palos Verdes Peninsula Norman, OK/Norman North Granite Bay, CA/Jesuit San Clemente, CA/San Clemente Frisco, TX/Wakeland Kaysville, UT/Davis Temple, TX/Belton San Jose, CA/Bellarmine College Prep Seattle, WA/Shorewood Roswell, GA/Roswell Shaumberg, IL/Conant Rollinsford, NH/Somersworth Colorado Springs, CO/Sand Creek Chandler, AZ/Perry San Antonio, TX/Antonian College Prep Charlotte, TX/Marvin Ridge Waxhaw, NC/Marvin Ridge Fort Collins, CO/Fossil Ridge Sylvania, OH/Northview Huntington Beach, FL/Marina Colorado Springs, CO/Air Academy Brookfield, WI/Marquette University HS Colorado Springs, CO/Air Academy Vancouver, WA/Mountain View Middlebury, CT/The Taft School Colorado Springs, CO/Air Academy Miami, FL/Columbus Centennial, CO/Cherry Creek Andover, MA/Andover Leander, TX/Leander El Paso, TX/Franklin Olathe, KS/Olathe Northwest Colorado Springs, CO/Air Academy Austin, TX/Liberal Arts & Science Academy
. Tucker Axhoj . Rob Blair . Tucker Bone . Jack Cannata . Oscar Chacon . Tristan Conrad . Gus DeMuelenaere . Austin Dewing . Eddy Diaz . Cameron Duley . A.J. Esparza . Gannon Gardner . Austin Guerrero . Danny Han . Joey Haug . Cole Heer . Nestor Hernandez . Zach Hill . Gus Jensen . Pierce Kassmeier
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. Ben Kern . Demetri Kostakis . Luis Martinez . Jaric Marton . Colin McDermott . Presten Montero . Zane Moxley . Klint Parker . Trey Pujats . Hunter Robinson . Abinadi Samayoa . Jake Schenk . James Sims . John Sims . Issac Strever . Luke Villamaria . Ryan Ward . John Wendt . Jacob Yarnell
Falcons By State (19 States) Arizona Chandler - Esparza
Georgia Roswell - Duley
California (5) Illinois Granite Bay - Bone Shaumberg - Conrad Rancho Palos Verdes Chacon Kansas Rocklin - Haug Olathe - Moxley San Clemente McDermott Massachusetts San Jose - Heer Andover - Kostakis Colorado (6) Colorado Springs Dewing, Gardner, Hernandez, Ja. Sims, Jo. Sims Fort Collins - Robinson Connecticut Middlebury - Cannata Florida (2) Huntington Beach Marton Miami - Diaz
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New Hampshire Rollinsford - Hill New Jersey Flemington - Schenk North Carolina (2) Charlotte - Kern Waxhaw - Axhoj Ohio Sylvania - Wendt Oklahoma Norman - Jensen
South Carolina Columbia - Dunbaker Texas (8) Austin - Yarnell Charlotte - Parker El Paso - Montero Frisco - Ward Keller - Pujats Leander - Martinez San Antonio - Guerrero Temple - Villamaria Utah Kaysville - Samayoa Washington Seattle - Han Vancouver - Strever West Virginia Huntingtown - Blair Wisconsin Brookfield - DeMeulenaere
Head Coach Doug Hill
Doug Hill Head Coach Ninth season at Air Force (57-78-19) USAFA 1983 Doug Hill enters his ninth season as head coach at Air Force in 2015. Hill, who spent 13 seasons as an assistant coach at Air Force before being promoted to head coach in June of 2007, took the Falcons to heights during the 2012 season the program had not seen in nearly 15 years.
captain both his junior and senior seasons. In all four years, Hill helped the Falcons win the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Soccer League championship. After graduation, he remained at the Academy as the assistant soccer coach and a physical education instructor for one year.
A 1983 graduate of the Academy, Hill guided his team to a spectacular run through the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships and AFA’s first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 1997. Air Force finished the season with a 10-9-4 record, including three straight wins at the MPSF Championships for the school’s first conference championship in program history. For his efforts, Hill was named the MPSF’s Coach of the Year for 2012.
Hill left the Academy in 1984 for Dyess AFB, Texas, where he was an instructor navigator in the C-130 aircraft. In addition, he assisted and filled in as the interim head soccer coach for the men’s and women’s soccer teams at Hardin-Simmons University (Texas) from 1986-1988. In 1988, he led the women’s team to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) championship game and finished second in the nation. He also played on the all-Air Force soccer team in 1985 and 1987 and coached the 1986 team.
The Falcons, who lost to the University of Washington 1-0 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, defeated nationallyranked New Mexico three times during the season (although a 5-3 shootout advantage in the MPSF championship game is technically considered a tie) and senior midfielder Kevin Durr was named the MVP of the MPSF Championships. Hill, who enters the 2014 campaign with a 50-71-14 career record, also guided the Class of 2013 to the most victories by a class (36) since the class of `04 (37). Last season, Hill guided the Falcons to a 7-74 record and a 3-6-1 mark in Western Athletic Conference play. In his eight seasons at the helm, Hill has coached 27 Falcons to all-conference honors. In 2013, Hill led the Falcons to a first-place tie in the Mountain Division of the Western Athletic Conference. Air Force finished 3-25 in league play and advanced to the semifinals of the conference tournament. In his seven seasons at the helm, Hill has coached 27 Falcons to all-conference honors, including two last season. Hill, who holds a United States Soccer Federation “A” license, was a four-year varsity letterman at Air Force and played for his predecessor, Lou Sagastume. He was team
After eight years away from the Academy, Hill returned as an assistant coach in 1992 and helped guide the Falcons to consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament in `92 and `93. In 1993, the Falcons advanced to the Final Eight after beating undefeated and No. 1-ranked Creighton, 2-1, in four overtimes on the road in the first round. The 1996 team advanced to the WAC championships after going 14-3-3 during the regular season, while the 1997 squad earned a trip to the NCAA Tourney. Hill moved on to McChord AFB, Wash., in 1997, holding positions of Director, Wing Weapons and Tactics for the 62nd Airlift Wing and Operations Officer for the 4th Airlift Squadron, a C-141 unit. He guided the all-Air Force soccer team as a player-coach in 1999 and 2000, winning the Armed Forces championship both years. He also coached the all-Armed Services team in 1999 and 2000. In 2001, Hill returned to the sidelines at his alma mater. He was an assistant coach from 2001-05 before earning a promotion to associate head coach for the 2006 campaign. During that tenure at AFA, the Falcons were ranked as high as 19th in the country during the 2001 campaign and he helped Marcus Sagastume earn MPSF Co-Player of the Year
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Hill File Hometown Education
Fleetwood, Pa. U.S. Air Force Academy B.S., Focus on Engineering, 1983 Univ. of Northern Colorado M.A., Sports Administration, 1994 Playing Experience U.S. Air Force Academy 1979-82 Four-year letterwinner Team Captain, 1981-82 All-RMISL, 1981-82 All-Air Force Team 1985, 1987, 1999, 2000 Coaching Experience Air Force, Head Coach 2007-present Air Force, Associate Head Coach 2006 Air Force, Assistant Coach 1983, 1992-97, 2001-2005 All-Armed Forces Team, Head Coach 1999-2000 All-Air Force Team, Player-Coach 1999-2000 Hardin-Simmons, Head Coach (M&W) 1988 Hardin-Simmons, Assistant Coach (M&W) 1986-87 USSF “A” License 1994 honors in `03. Hill, who has over 2,800 flying hours to his credit, holds a master’s degree in sports administration from the University of Northern Colorado and retired from the Air Force in April of 2006 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. A native of Fleetwood, Pa., Hill, 55, lives in Colorado Springs with his wife, Kathy, and their two sons, Luke (16) and Greg (14).
Assistant Coaches
Chris Foster
Kevin Doyle
Assistant Coach 10th Season
Assistant Coach Fourth Season
Chris Foster enters his 10th season as a member of the coaching staff and sixth as a full-time assistant coach in 2015. Foster, who recently retired from the Air Force, is a 1989 graduate of the Academy with a degree in engineering mechanics. He also earned an MBA and a master of military operational arts and science; was a distinguished graduate of both Squadron Officers School and the Air Command and Staff College; and is a graduate of Air War College. A four-year starter for Air Force, Foster is No. 2 on AFA’s career list for points (139) and goals (54) and the program’s career assist leader (31). He was a four-time all-conference selection, threetime all-region selection, earned All-America honors in 1988, and represented the West in the College Senior Bowl. At graduation, he was the first soccer player to receive the USAFA Male Athlete of the Year award. He was a member of the 1989 University Games Team, played on the U.S. National “B” Team (1988-90) and represented the United States on the Senior Division National Team. Following graduation, Foster was stationed at the Academy as an instructor and assistant soccer coach and played professionally for the Colorado Foxes in the APSL’s inaugural season. He attended undergraduate pilot training at Williams AFB, Ariz., where he was awarded the Daedalian Trophy for flying excellence, and was stationed at Holloman AFB, N.M., where he played for the New Mexico Chiles in the USISL. Foster has been stationed at Bitburg and Spangdahlem AB, Germany; Tyndall and Eglin AFB, Fla.; RAF Valley, Wales; Langley AFB, Va., and NAS Keflavik, Iceland. He is a command pilot with over 1,500 hours in the F-15C, including over 250 combat hours. Prior to his retirement, he was the 306 FTG Liaison to the Academy and an instructor pilot at the Academy airfield. Foster is the father of two children, Christopher (19) and Kylie (12).
Kevin Doyle enters his fourth season with the Falcons in 2015. Doyle joined the Academy staff after spending three years as an assistant coach at Virginia Tech. Prior to coaching at Virginia Tech, Doyle was the top assistant at Creighton University from 2001-2006, overseeing the recruiting process along with training goalkeepers and the team defense. The Creighton goalkeeping corps and defense ranked in the national top-25 in goals against average in two of his final three years with the program. During his stint with the Blue Jays, the team made the NCAA tournament each year, including three quarterfinals and a place in the 2002 College Cup. Before joining the Creighton staff, Doyle spent time at Penn State as a top assistant from 1999-2000. He helped guide the Nittany Lions to a 13-6-2 mark and a second-place finish in the Big Ten Tournament in 2000. That year, Penn State also advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals. He also was an assistant coach at William & Mary (1997-1998) and Mercer (1995-1996). Doyle received his NSCAA Advanced Diploma in June 1998 and also holds a USSF “A” license. He has been a part of the USSF Youth National Team Program and has coached at the state and regional level of the Olympic Development Program. As a college player at Creighton, Doyle started three years in net for the Blue Jays before his career was cut short by a knee injury. In 1992, he was named the Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year and also garnered first-team All-MVC and All-Midwest honors. He led the 1992 Blue Jays to a 16-2-1 mark and a No. 1 national ranking as a junior. He ranks among the school leaders in 12 categories. Originally from Katy, Texas, Doyle earned his bachelor’s degree in interpersonal communications from Bowling Green State University in 1996. Doyle and his wife, Katie, have two children, Lucy (6) and Liam (4).
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2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • Meet The Falcons
#0 Rob Blair 6-2, 205 • Senior • Goalkeeper Hometown: Huntington, W.V. High School: St. Joseph Central Catholic Major: Economics
2014 (Junior) Did not play in a varsity match. 2013 (Sophomore) Did not play in a varsity match. 2012 (Freshman) Did not play in a varsity match. Before Air Force ODP: Played on the West Virginia Olympic Development State Team for three years ... coached by Bob Gray. Club: Played for the West Virginia Soccer Club for four years ... helped team to the state championship each of the four years ... advanced to the Region I tournament all four years ... coached by Bob Gray.
Personal Member of cadet squadron 4 ... parents are Paul Blair and Jane Kurucz ... has three sisters ... his sister, Betsey, graduated from the Academy ... his sister, Suzanne, rows crew for the University of Portland ... completed the Expeditionary Skills and Evasion Training (ESET) this past summer ... also completed the jump program ... active in his squadron as the accountability clerk ... hobbies include working out and hanging out with friends ... favorite food is his mom’s healthy meals ... favorite book is Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close ... favorite movie is Weekend at Bernie’s ... reality TV show he would choose to be on is Fantasy Factory ... person in history he would most like to meet is King Leonidas ... credits his grandfather with the biggest influence on his sports career ... favorite professional soccer team is Chelsea ... favorite player is Tim Howard.
High School: Four-year letterwinner in soccer and once in swimming ... two-time first-team all-state selection ... second-team all-state as a sophomore ... high school soccer coaches were Jim and Chuck Karnes.
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2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • Meet The Falcons
#2 Joey Haug 5-6, 150 • Senior • Midfielder Hometown: Rocklin, Calif. High School: Rocklin Major: Operations Research
2014 (Junior) Appeared in nine matches, all in reserve ... assisted on the game-winner in 1-0 win at Sacramento State ... attempted two shots, one on goal. 2013 (Sophomore) Appeared in nine games ... attempted one shot. 2012 (Freshman) Appeared in four games as a reserve midfielder ... did not attempt a shot. Before Air Force ODP: Played for the NorCal Olympic Development Program for two years ... coach was Adriano Allain. US Soccer Academy: Played two years for the California Development Academy ... coaches were Marcos Mercado and Paul O’Brien. Club: Played club soccer for six years ... played two years for the Pacific Soccer Academy and coach Franco Benevento ... also played two years for Jason Gantt and Pacer United ... won the NorCal State Cup in 2009 and state cup runner-up in 2010 with Placer United.
High School: Three-year letterwinner in soccer ... three-time team captain ... led team to sectional championship as a sophomore ... second-team all-league as a junior ... member of National Honor Society and Honor Guard ... high school soccer coach was Grant Depue. Personal Member of cadet squadron 11...parents are Peter and Elaine Haug ... nickname is “Joe Joe” ... has two sisters and one brother ... completed Operation Air Force at McChord AFB, Wash., this past summer ... also worked Basic Cadet Training ... recruited by Occidental College ... member of dean’s and athletic list each of last two years ... active in his squadron as an element leader ... hobbies include golf and bicycling ... favorite food is fettucini alfredo ... favorite book is Tuesday’s With Morrie ... favorite movie is A Few Good Men ... reality TV show he would choose to be on is American Ninja Warrior ... person in history he would most like to meet is Robin Williams ... credits his father with the biggest influence on his sports career ... started playing soccer at age four ... favorite professional soccer team is Liverpool ... favorite player is Steven Gerrard.
HAUG’S CAREER STATS YR 2012 (Fr.) 2013 (So.) 2014 (Jr.) Career
GP-GS 9-0 9-0 4-0 22-0
G 0 0 0 0
A 1 0 0 1
PTS 1 0 0 1
SH 2 1 0 3
SOG 1 0 0 1
GW 0 0 0 0
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#16 Zach Hill 6-0, 155 • Senior • Forward Hometown: Rollinsford, NH High School: Somersworth Major: Foreign Area Studies
- Copa De Causeway All-Tournament (Sept. 21, 2014) 2014 (Junior) Appeared in 18 matches, starting once ... tied for the teamlead with four goals ... second on the team with eight points ... attempted 14 shots, seven on goal ... scored game-winning goals against #24 CSUN and Sacramento State ... also scored goals in wins over UMKC and CSU Bakersfield. 2013 (Sophomore) Appeared in five games ... attempted one shot. 2012 (Freshman) Did not appear in a varsity match. Before Air Force ODP: Played for the New Hampshire Olympic Development Program for four years ... coach was Tom Johnson. Club: Played for Seacoast United Soccer Club for four years ... coach was Dave DeCew.
High School: Four-year letterwinner in soccer ... also played basketball and ran track ... first-team all-state selection for soccer as a senior ... team MVP as a sophomore and senior ... team captain for soccer and track ... second-team all-state as a junior ... member of National Technical Honors Society and NHIAA scholar athlete ... high school soccer coach was Matthew Carrington. Personal Member of cadet squadron 37 ... parents are Michael and Cynthia Hill ... has one sister and one brother ... his father is a 1980 graduate and played soccer at USAFA ... nephew of USAFA head coach Doug Hill ... traveled to Spain this summer as part of the language immersion program and also worked on the BCT athletic staff…completed Operation Air Force at Shepard AFB, Texas last summer ... active in his squadron as academics officer and public affairs officer ... also worked the Expeditionary Skills and Evasion Training (ESET) ... is considering becoming an intelligence officer ... also recruited by University of Vermont and St. Lawrence ... hobbies include snowboarding, hiking and kayaking ... favorite food is beef florentine ... plays “Liquified “ by Gramatik on his I-pod prior to games ... favorite movie is Transformers ... reality TV show he would choose to be on is Get Out Alive ... person in history he would most like to meet is Bear Grylls ... greatest moment in sports was scoring the game-winning goal in the State Cup finals ... credits his father with the biggest influence on his sports career ... favorite professional soccer team is Chelsea ... favorite player is Christiano Ronaldo.
HILL’S CAREER STATS YR 2013 (So.) 2014 (Jr.) Career
GP-GS 5-0 18-1 23-1
G 0 4 4
A 0 0 0
PTS 0 8 8
SH 1 14 15
SOG 0 7 7
GW 0 0 0
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#4 Ben Kern 5-10, 160 • Senior • Defender Hometown: Charlotte, N.C. High School: Weddington Major: Management
- Copa De Causeway All-Tournament (Sept. 21, 2014) - 2014 Team Most Inspirational
High School: Four-year letterwinner in soccer ... first-team all-state as a senior ... two-time first-team all-conference and all-region selection ... member of Beta Club ... high school soccer coach was Powell Williams.
2015 (Senior) Team co-captain 2014 (Junior) Appeared in 17 matches, making three starts ... fifth on the team with two goals and four points ... attempted 21 shots, eight on goal ... scored first-career goal against San Jose State ... netted game-winning goal in 4-2 win over CSU Bakersfield ... Copa De Causeway All-Tournament Team ... selected Most Inspirational at season-ending team banquet. 2013 (Sophomore) Appeared in all 20 games, started 13 ... finished sixth on the team with 1355 minutes played ... attempted six shots with five on goal. 2012 (Freshman) Appeared in three games as a reserve defender ... did not attempt a shot.
Personal Member of cadet squadron 21 ... parents are Matt and Jenny Kern ... has two brothers, Will and Tucker, and one sister, Claire ... his sister is a gymnast at the University of Denver ... would like to attend pilot training following his time at the Academy ... completed Operation Air Force at McConnell AFB, Kan., this past summer ... also worked Basic Cadet Training ... recruited by Navy, High Point, William & Mary and Elon ... hobbies include golfing and fishing ... favorite food is buffalo wings ... favorite book is Radical ... plays country music on his I-pod prior to games ... favorite movie is Remember the Titans ... reality TV show he would choose to be on is Who Wants to be a Millionaire ... person in history he would most like to meet is Jesus ... greatest moment in sports was winning the regional championship in overtime ... credits his parents with the biggest influence on his sports career ... favorite professional soccer team is Manchester United ... favorite player is Paul Scholes.
Before Air Force ODP: Played for the North Carolina Olympic Development Program for three years ... coached by Dustin Fonder ... played on Region III team for two years ... traveled to Guadalajara, Mexico with region team ... coach was Trevor Adair. US Soccer Academy: Played for the Charlotte Soccer Academy for three years ... team captain ... team had highest winning percentage in the country entering playoffs in 2010-11. Club: Played for South Charlotte Soccer Association for five years ... team captain ... three-time state champions ... twotime region III champions ... two national championship appearances.
KERN’S CAREER STATS YR 2012 (Fr.) 2013 (So.) 2014 (Jr.) Career
GP-GS 3-0 20-13 17-3 40-16
G 0 0 2 2
A 0 0 0 0
PTS 0 3 0 3
SH 0 6 21 27
SOG 0 5 8 13
GW 0 0 1 1
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#6 Gus Jensen 5-9, 155 • Senior • Midfielder Hometown: Norman, Okla. High School: Norman North Major: Operations Research
2014 (Junior) Appeared in 18 matches, all in reserve ... led Air Force in scoring with nine points and three assists ... tied for third on team with three goals ... attempted eight shots, six on goal ... scored match-tying goal in season-opener against Navy ... also scored against New Hampshire and CSU Bakersfield ... assisted on game-winner over #24 CSUN ... also had assists UC Davis and CSU Bakersfield. 2013 (Sophomore) Appeared in 11 games ... scored two goals, both gamewinners in consecutive games ... notched the GWG in a 2-1 victory over Bakersfield, then two days later scored with less than four minutes remaining in regulation for a 3-2 victory over Grand Canyon ... those were his only two shots on goal during the season ... attempted five total shots. 2012 (Freshman) Did not appear in a varsity match.
High School: Four-year letterwinner in soccer ... high school soccer coach was Geo Claros. Personal Member of cadet squadron 1 ... parents are Steve and Dana Jensen ... has one sister ... given name is Augustus ... his great-grandfather and father graduated from the Naval Academy ... would like to attend pilot training following his time at the Academy ... worked the Expeditionary Skills and Evasion Training (ESET) this past summer ... also completed Operation Air Force at Minot AFB, N.D. ... active in his squadron as an element leader ... member of dean’s and athletic’s lists ... hobbies include snowboarding and playing ping pong ... favorite food is his mom’s greek burgers ... favorite movie is The Book Thief ... person in history he would most like to meet is Abraham Lincoln ... greatest moment in sports was winning three CIF championships ... started playing soccer at age eight ... favorite professional soccer team is Barcelona ... favorite player is Lionel Messi.
Before Air Force Club: Played for the Celtic Soccer Club for 10 seasons ... head coach was Anthony Yousey.
JENSEN’S CAREER STATS YR 2013 (So.) 2014 (Jr.) Career
GP-GS 11-0 18-0 29-0
G 2 3 5
A 0 3 3
PTS 4 9 13
SH 5 8 13
SOG 2 6 8
GW 2 0 2
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#11 Luke Villamaria 5-9, 155 • Senior • Defender Hometown: Temple, Texas High School: Belton Major: Biology/Pre Med.
2015 Academic All-WAC 2013 CoSIDA Academic All-District VII, First Team
High School: Three-year letterwinner in soccer ... three-time team captain ... led team to sectional championship as a sophomore ... second-team all-league as a junior ... member of National Honor Society and Honor Guard ... high school soccer coach was Grant Depue.
2015 (Senior) Team co-captain 2014 (Junior) Started all 17 matches ... attempted three shots, one on goal ... Academic All-WAC. 2013 (Sophomore) Appeared in 17 games, started 10 … posted the first point of his career with an assist against UMKC … attempted one shot … played 861 minutes ... first-team Academic All-District. 2012 (Freshman) Did not play a varsity match. Before Air Force US Soccer Academy: Played for the Lonestar Developmental Academy from 2009-11 … coaches were Bruce Talbot and Sean Babb.
Personal Member of cadet squadron 11 ... parents are Frank and Maureen Villamaria ... has three sisters and one brother ... would like to attend medical school following his time at the Academy ... worked the Expeditionary Skills and Evasion Training (ESET) and completed Operation Air Force at Travis AFB, Calif., this past summer … active in his squadron as an athletic NCO (non-commissioned officer) … member of superintendent’s, dean’s and athletic’s list twice … hobbies include hanging out with friends and playing sports … favorite food is sushi … favorite book is Steve Jobs … reality TV show he would choose to be on is Survivor … favorite movie is Braveheart … person in history he would most like to meet is George Washington … credits his family with the biggest influence on his sports career … favorite professional soccer team is Liverpool … favorite player is Steven Gerrard.
Club: Played for Lonestar Soccer Club (2007-12) and Centex Storm Soccer Club (2004-07) … helped team to state championship in ’08 … also won Disney Cup in 2010 ... coaches were Bruce Talbot, Sean Babb and Monty Clark. High School: Three-year letterwinner in soccer ... district and team MVP as a senior … first-team all-region and all-area selection as a senior … played in the Texas All-Star game … two-time first-team all-district pick … three-time academic all-district … member of National Honor Society … high school soccer coach was Tarcisio Mosnia.
VILLAMARIA’S CAREER STATS YR 2013 (So.) 2014 (Jr.) Career
GP-GS 17-10 17-17 34-27
G 0 0 0
A 1 0 1
PTS 1 0 1
SH 1 3 4
SOG 0 1 1
GW 0 0 0
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2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • Meet The Falcons
#21 Tucker Axhoj
#14 Cameron Duley
5-9, 152 • Junior Midfielder Hometown: Waxhaw, NC High School: Marvin Ridge Major: Systems Engineering Computer Science
6-1, 185 • Junior Defender Hometown: Roswell, Ga. High School: Roswell Major: Managment Minor: Spanish
- 2015 CoSIDA Academic All-District VII, First Team - 2015 Academic All-WAC 2014 (Sophomore) Appeared in 18 matches, starting six ... tied for third on the team with two assists ... attempted 11 shots, five on goal ... recorded assists vs. Navy and New Hampshire ... First-Team Academic AllDistrict VII ... Academic All-WAC. 2013 (Freshman) Appeared in six games ... assisted on game-winning goal in 3-2 victory over Houston Baptist for his only point of the season ... attempted his only shot on goal in the final game of the season against Seattle in the WAC semifinals. Before Air Force ODP: Member of state team from 2006-09 ... attended Region III Camp in 2006-07 and ‘09 ... was invited but did not participate in 2008. U.S. Soccer Academy: Member of the Charlotte Soccer Academy for four years ... U-16 team was ranked #1 seed in country before playoffs under current Stanford head coach Jeremy Gunn in 2011 ... U-16 Atlantic Division Champs & playoff qualifiers in 2012 ... U-18 playoff qualifiers under coach Richard Butler in 2012 ... Top Drawer Soccer 4-Star Player and ranked #17 in the South Atlantic Region Class of 2013. Club: Played club soccer since the age of seven ... North Carolina state soccer champs under coaches Kyle Johnson and Michele Stutts in 2005 ... US Club Soccer national champs under coach Raymond Fraser in 2007 and regional champs in 2008 ... USYS NC State Cup semifinalists under coach Phillip Poole in 2007 and ‘08 ... Region III Premier League in 2009 and ‘10. High School: Three-year letterwinner in soccer ... also lettered one year in football ... led team to three conference championships and a state title as a freshman ... No. 5 in the nation for assists as a junior ... all-state, all-region and all-conference selection as a junior ... high school coach was Ray Fumo. Personal Member of cadet squadron 30 ... parents are Kris and Rhonda Axhoj ... has one brother and one sister ... ranked No. 12 academically in his high school graduating class of 351 students ... would like attend pilot training following his time at the Academy ... completed the Expeditionary Skills and Evasion Training (ESET) this past summer ... also completed the jump program ... active in his squadron as a support clerk ... member of the superintendent’s list as a freshman ... hobbies include hanging out with friends and playing ping pong ... also recruited by Cornell, Duke and Davidson ... favorite food is steak ... favorite book is Eragon ... favorite movie is Gangster Squad ... reality TV show he would choose to be on is The Tonight Show ... person in history he would most like to meet is Jesus ... greatest moment in sports was winning the U.S. Club national championship ... credits his parents with the biggest influence on his sports career ... member of English National Honor Society and the Beta Club ... started playing soccer at age five ... favorite professional soccer team is Barcelona ... favorite player is Lionel Messi.
AXHOJ’S CAREER STATS YR GP-GS G 2013 (Fr.) 6-0 0 2014 (So.) 18-6 0 Career 24-6 0
A 1 2 3
PTS 1 2 3
SH 1 11 12
SOG 1 5 6
GW 0 0 0
2014 (Sophomore) Appeared in all 18 matches, starting 17 ... seventh on team with three points ... notched an assist in 2-1 win over #24 CSUN and scored game-winning goal in 1-0 match vs. Oakland ... attempted 25 shots, 11 on goal. 2013 (Freshman) Appeared in all 20 games, started eight ... tied for fifth on the team with four points ... scored his only goal of the season and first of his career in a 3-2 victory over Grand Canyon at Cadet Soccer Stadium ... also recorded two assists, including one on the game-winner in the game vs. Grand Canyon ... also assisted on AFA’s only goal in a 1-1 draw at Houston Baptist ... finished fifth among freshmen with 929 minutes played ... attempted 11 shots with three on goal. Before Air Force U.S. Soccer Academy: Member of the Concorde Fire for one season ... helped team to the playoffs under coach Gregg Blasingame. Redbull National League: Played club soccer for three years with the Concorde Fire ... helped team to two U.S. National League titles ... played for coaches Steve Mucillo and Ibrahim Abousaud. Club: Helped the Concorde Fire to one national championship and two state championships ... also captured two league and one regional titles ... played for coaches Steve Mucillo and Ibrahim Abousaud. High School: Four-year letterwinner in soccer ... also lettered one year in cross country ... all-state as a senior ... MVP of Georgia High School All-Star match ... first-team all-region selection for soccer ... team MVP as a sophomore and senior ... won the NSCAA Senior Excellence Award ... high school soccer coach was Billy Viger. Personal Member of cadet squadron 31 ... parents are Bob and Paula Duley ... has one sister and one brother ... major is management with a minor in Spanish ... earned the NSCAA Senior Excellence Award ... would like attend pilot training following his time at the Academy ... completed Operations Air Force at Offut AFB, Neb. and was an Expeditionary Skills and Evasion Training (ESET) Cadre (cadet instructor) this past summer ... active in his squadron as an element leader ... member of athletic list last year ... hobby is fishing ... also recruited by Virginia Tech ... favorite food is sushi ... favorite book is Eragon ... favorite movie is The Shawshank Redemption ... greatest moment in sports was winning the national championship with his club team ... credits his brother with the biggest influence on his sports career ... started playing soccer at age three ... favorite professional soccer team is Manchester United ... favorite player is Toni Kroos.
DULEY’S CAREER STATS YR GP-GS G 2013 (Fr.) 20-8 1 2014 (So.) 18-17 1 Career 38-25 2
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A 2 1 3
PTS 4 3 7
SH 11 25 36
SOG 3 11 14
GW 0 1 1
2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • Meet The Falcons
#18 A.J. EsparzA
#12 Cole Heer
6-0, 160 • Junior Defender Hometown: Chandler, Ariz. High School: Perry Major: Biochemistry
6-0, 175 • Junior Defender Hometown: San Jose, Calif. High School: Bellarmine College Prep) Major: Managament Minor: Spanish
- Air Force Athletics co-Athlete of the Week (Sept. 15) - 2015 Academic All-WAC 2014 (Sophomore) Appeared and started all 18 matches on the back line ... recorded a goal in 2-0 win over UMKC ... Academic All-WAC ... Air Force Athletics Athlete of the Week (Sept. 15). 2013 (Freshman) Appeared in 13 games, started 12 on the back line ... finished third among freshmen on the team with 1167 minutes played ... attempted one shot. Before Air Force ODP: Played for Arizona State team from 2008-10 ... also member of region team those same years ... team captain ... coach was Nathan Fairchild. U.S. Soccer Academy: Member of Real Salt Lake Academy team from 2011-13 ... helped team to second-place finish in Southwest Division both seasons. Club: Led Real Salt Lake Elite team to North Huntington Beach Tournament title in 2012 ... helped Sereno South team finish third in the state in 2011 and San Tan Legacy team to a thirdplace state finish in 2010 ... team captain on San Tan team. High School: Two-year letterwinner in soccer ... helped team to state semifinals in 2011 and quarterfinals in 2010 ... secondteam all-region selection in 2011, only sophomore on the allregion team ... named team’s most improved player as a sophomore ... high school soccer coach was Jim Vanney. Personal Member of cadet squadron 37 ... parents are Anthony and Delia Esparza ... given name is Anthony ... has one sister and one brother ... his sister, Yolanda, played softball at St. Mary’s College (Calif.) ... member of National Honor Society and was an AP Scholar ... interested going to medical school following his time at the Academy ... completed Operation Air Force at Lackland AFB this past summer ... active in his squadron as the element leader ... member of dean’s list and commandant’s list ... hobbies include playing video games, swimming and basketball ... also recruited by Occidental College ... favorite food is entomotadas ... favorite book is The Crossing ... reality TV show he would choose to be on is The Price is Right ... person in history he would most like to meet is Leonardo da Vinci ... greatest moment in sports was winning his first playoff game in high school ... credits his mother with the biggest influence on his sports career ... started playing soccer at age five ... favorite favorite professional soccer team is Manchester United ... favorite player is Christiano Ronaldo.
ESPARZA’S CAREER STATS YR GP-GS G 2013 (Fr.) 13-12 0 2014 (So.) 18-18 1 Career 31-30 1
A 0 0 0
PTS 0 2 2
SH 1 2 3
SOG 0 2 2
GW 0 1 1
2014 (Sophomore) Appeared in seven games, all in reserve ... did not attempt a shot. 2013 (Freshman) Appeared in two games ... did not attempt a shot. Before Air Force U.S. Soccer Academy: Member of De Anza Force team ... advanced to playoffs each season ... coached by Eric Yamamoto. Club: Played for De Anza Force ‘94 team ... captain of team for five seasons ... helped team to Surf Cup finals and State Cup finals in 2012 ... coached by Rusty Johnson. Personal Member of cadet squadron 39 ... parents are Jeff and Jackie Heer ... has one brother, Taylor, who played soccer at UC Davis, and one sister, Lauren, who played soccer at Cal Poly SLO ... both of his parents graduated from West Point; his father is a bronze star recipient as a helicopter pilot in Desert Storm and his mother was an All-American swimmer at Army ... member of National Honor Society ... interested in attending pilot training following his time at the Academy ... completed a language immersion program in Spain and served in Operations Air Force at Nellis AFB, Nevada this past summer ... active in his squadron as the A-3 NCO (non-commissioned officer) ... member of the superintendent’s list, the dean’s list and athletic’s list ... hobbies include spending time with family and friends and playing basketball ... also recruited by Occidental and Claremont McKenna ... favorite food is sushi ... favorite book is Ender’s Game ... favorite movie is Miracle ... person in history he would most like to meet is Pele ... credits his father with the biggest influence on his sports career ... started playing soccer at age four ... favorite professional soccer team is Manchester United ... favorite player is Robin Van Persie.
HEER’S CAREER STATS YR GP-GS 2013 (Fr.) 2-0 2014 (So.) 7-0 Career 9-0
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G 0 0 0
A 0 0 0
PTS 0 0 0
SH 0 0 0
SOG 0 0 0
GW 0 0 0
2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • Meet The Falcons
#22 Hunter Robinson
#1 Jake Schenk
5-11, 170 • Junior Defender Hometown: Fort Collins, Colo. High School: Fossil Ridge Major: Legal Studies
6-3, 190 • Junior Goalkeeper Hometown: Flemington, N.J. High School: Hunterdon Central Major: Management
2014 (Sophomore) Appeared in four matches ... did not attempt a shot.
- 2014 Air Force Men’s Soccer MVP - WAC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 15, 2014) - College Madness WAC Player of the Week (Sept. 16, 2014) - Copa De Causeway All-Tournament (Sept. 21, 2014) - WAC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 22, 2014)
2013 (Freshman) Did not play a varsity match. Before Air Force ODP: Played for Mike Freitag and the Colorado State Team in 2010-11 ... named tournament captain. Club: Played for Arsenal Colorado and the Fort Collins Soccer Club for eight years ... helped team to titles at the Albuquerque Cup, Real Cup, Rocky Mountain Club Tournament ... named Arsenal Colorado player of the year in the spring of 2013 ... helped team to State Cup quarterfinals ... coached by Dave Schaffer. High School: Three-year letterwinner in soccer ... Front Range Conference player of the year as a senior ... two-time first-team all-state and all-conference selection ... top scoring junior in the conference in 2011 ... two-time academic all-state ... team most valuable forward as a sophomore ... high school soccer coach was Shannon Clark. Personal Member of cadet squadron 11 ... parents are David and Gina Robinson ... has two sisters and one brother ... father played ice hockey at Miami of Ohio ... class president and member of National Honor Society ... completed Operation Air Force at Tinker AFB, Okla. this past summer ... active in his squadron as the Athletic NCO (non-comissioned officer) ... on the dean’s list and athletics list ... hobbies include producing music, playing the piano and reading ... also recruited by the University of Tampa ... favorite food is watermelon ... favorite book is The Firm ... favorite movie is The Untouchables ... reality TV show he would choose to be on is Survivor ... person in history he would most like to meet is Jesus Christ ... credits his father with the biggest influence on his sports career ... started playing soccer at age six ... favorite professional soccer team is the Tottenham Hotspurs ... favorite player is Harry Kane.
ROBINSON’S CAREER STATS YR GP-GS G 2014 (So.) 4-0 0
A 0
PTS 0
SH 0
SOG 0
GW 0
2014 (Sophomore) Appeared in 17 matches, making 16 starts ... posted 0.93 goalsagainst average in 1549 minutes ... 0.93 GAA is the second-lowest single-season total in Academy history ... ranked in the WAC Top 5 in GAA (2nd), saves (3rd with 82) and shutouts (4th - 6) and led the conference in save percentage (.837) ... posted 7-5-4 record ... allowed one-or-fewer goals in 12 contests ... earned team MVP honors at season-ending banquet ... WAC Defensive Player of the Week twice ... College Madness WAC Player of the Week ... Copa De Causeway All-Tournament. 2013 (Freshman) Appeared in and started 16 games ... posted a 1.52 GAA in 1477 minutes ... allowed 25 goals and made 93 saves for a .788 saves percentage ... posted shutout nine saves in a 0-0 draw against UNLV ... recorded career-high 12 saves in 2-1 victory over Houston Baptist in WAC quarterfinal match ... most saves in a match since Matt Underwood had 13 vs. Bakersfield on Oct. 28, 2012 ... had a 1.19 GAA in his eight league games with a 2-1-4 record. Before Air Force ODP: Goalkeeper for the New Jersey state and regional teams from 2007-09 ... member of national team pool in 2010 and `11. US Soccer Academy: Played for Players Development Academy from 2004-11 ... then played for Match Fit Academy in 2012-13 ... also a member of the Philadelphia Union Academy team from 2010-12. Futsal (5 v. 5): Led team to national championship in 2010 and New Jersey state championship from 2009-13. High School: Four-year letterwinner in soccer ... helped team to state championship game as a sophomore ... third-team all-state and firstteam all-conference selection ... played in the New Jersey Senior AllStar game ... high school soccer coach was Anson Smith. Personal Member of cadet squadron 12 ... Parents are Ray and Linda Schenk ... has one sister ... honor roll student in high school ... completed the Expeditionary Skills and Evasion Training (ESET) this past summer ... also took a chemistry class ... active in his squadron as an element NCO (non-commissioned officer) ... hobbies include hiking, fishing and snowboarding ... also recruited by James Madison, George Mason and Loyola College ... favorite food is pizza ... favorite book is Harry Potter ... favorite movie is Gladiator ... reality TV show he would choose to be on is Jersey Shore ... person in history he would most like to meet is Alexander the Great ... greatest moment in sports was winning the Futson national championship ... credits his father with the biggest influence on his sports career ... started playing soccer at age four ... favorite professional soccer team is Manchester United ... favorite player is Tim Howard.
SCHENK’S CAREER STATS YR GP-GS Min 2014 (Fr.) 16-16 1477.26 2014 (So.) 17-16 1549.02 Career 33-32 3026.28
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GA 25 16 41
GAA SV W-L-T 1.52 93 3-8-4 0.93 82 7-5-4 1.22 175 10-13-8
SH 1 6 7
2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • Meet The Falcons
#9 Ryan Ward
#5 Oscar chacon
5-9, 160 • Junior Midfielder Hometown: Frisco, Texas High School: Wakeland Major: Management
5-10, 170 • Sophomore Midfielder Hometown: Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. High School: Palos Verdes Peninsula Major: Economics
2014 (Sophomore) Appeared in 18 matches, starting 14 ... scored goal in 1-1 tie at UC Davis ... attempted 19 shots, seven on goal. 2013 (Freshman) Appeared in 19 games, started 11 ... led team with four goals and tied for lead with eight points ... scored first two collegiate goals 3:07 apart in a 2-2 draw against UMKC ... also scored in 1-1 draw with Houston Baptist during regular season and 2-1 victory over HBU in WAC quarterfinal match ... fifth on team with 19 shots attempted and fourth with 11 on goal ... led team in shot on goal percentage at .532 (19/11) ... fourth among freshmen with 1126 minutes played. Before Air Force USAFA Prep School: Played for Marcus Corbett at the USAFA Prep School. US Soccer Academy: Played for FC Dallas in 2009-10 and the Dallas Texans Academy from 1010-12 ... helped team to regional championship and the national title game in 2011. Club: Played for FC Dallas and Dallas Texans teams. High School: Three-year letterwinner in soccer ... helped team to class 4A state championship game in 2010 ... twotime first-team all-district selection ... second-team all-state and team captain as a senior ... high school soccer coach was Rusty Ogelsby. Personal Member of cadet squadron 23 ... parents are Fred and Stephanie Ward ... has two sisters ... his father is a 1985 graduate of the Academy ... completed the Expeditionary Skills and Evasion Training (ESET) this past summer ... also participated in the jump program and took an economics class ... active in his squadron as an athletic clerk ... member of athletic’s list last year ... hobbies include writing and playing soccer ... favorite food is Hawaiian pizza ... favorite book is The Bourne Identity ... favorite movie is The Dark Knight ... person in history he would most like to meet is George Patton ... greatest moment in sports was playing in front of 5,000 people in a playoff game ... credits his father with the biggest influence on his sports career ... started playing soccer at age four ... favorite professional soccer team is Chelsea ... favorite player is Frank Lampard. WARD’S CAREER STATS YR GP-GS 2013 (Fr.) 19-11 2014 (So.) 18-14 Career 37-25
G 4 1 5
A 0 0 0
PTS 8 2 10
SH 19 19 38
SOG 11 7 18
2014 (Freshman) Did not appear in any games. Before Air Force ODP: Played on regional team for two years … member of ’95 regional team and captain of ’96 regional team … selected for the ODP NCAA Inter-Regional All-Star team in 2013. Club: Played club soccer since the age of eight … most recently played for the Palos Verdes Exiles, coached by former AFA goalkeeper and assistant coach Matt Mennell. High School: Four-year letterwinner in soccer … also lettered in track and field … named first-team all-league as a senior in soccer … second-team all-league pick as a junior … league champion in the 800m as a sophomore ... member of National and Spanish Honor Society … AP scholar with distinction for two years … high school soccer coach was Steven Meriwether. Personal Member of cadet squadron 5 ... parents are Mark and Linda Bougeois ... has one brother ... interested in majoring in biology ... hobbies include running and spending time with his family ... favorite food is steak tacos ... favorite book is The Great Gatsby … favorite movie is The Great Debaters ... person in history he would most like to meet is Abraham Lincoln … credits his mother with the biggest influence on his sports career ... started playing soccer at age six … favorite professional soccer team is Chelsea … favorite player is Raphael Varane.
GW 0 0 0
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2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • Meet The Falcons
#15 Tristan Conrad
Gus Demeulenaere
6-2, 162 • Sophomore Defender Hometown: Shaumberg, Ill. High School: Conant Major: Business Management
6-3, 195 • Sophomore Midfielder Hometown: Brookfield, Wisc. High School: Marquette University Major: Business Management/Pre-Med Minor: Spanish
2014 (Freshman) Appeared in one match, playing in reserve against San Jose State. Before Air Force ODP: Played on the Illinois State and Region II team for two years ... member of 2009 national pool. U.S. Soccer Academy: Member of Sockers FC Academy team from 2011-14 ... team advanced to 2013 Academy playoffs in Dallas, Texas. Club: Played for the Sockers club team from 2007-14 ... helped team to NPL national championship in 2012. High School: Two-year letterwinner in soccer ... honorable mention all-conference pick as a freshman ... high school soccer coach was Jason Franco. Personal Member of cadet squdron 35 ... parents are Steve and Susan Conrad ... has two brothers ... interested in attending pilot training following his time at the Academy ... hobbies include playing the drums and frisbee golf ... favorite food is sushi ... favorite book is The Mysterious Benedict Society ... favorite movie is Good Will Hunting ... person in history he would most like to meet is musician Tom DeLonge ... credits his best friend Chris Mueller with the biggest influence on his sports career ... started playing soccer at age five ... favorite professional soccer team is Real Madrid ... favorite player is Christiano Ronaldo.
CONRAD’S CAREER STATS YR GP-GS G 2014 (Fr.) 1-0 0
A 0
PTS 0
SH 0
SOG 0
2014 (Freshman) Did not appear in any games. Before Air Force Club: Played for the Bavarians Soccer Club … helped team to U-18 state championship and U-17 state finals … also played for Elm Grove Soccer Club. High School: Four-year letterwinner in soccer … first-team all-state selection as a senior … two-time first-team all-conference performer … named a WIAA scholar athlete … team was ranked sixth in the country as a sophomore and ninth as a junior … earned high honors every semester … high school soccer coach was Steve Lawrence. Personal Member of cadet squadron 16 ... parents are Chris and Ann DeMeulenaere ... has one sister and one brother ... would like to become an orthopedic surgeon in the future … hobbies include hiking, fishing and cooking ... favorite food is shrimp ... favorite book is The Great Gatsby … favorite movie is Finding Nemo ... reality show he would choose to be on is The Bachelor … person in history he would most like to meet is Jesus … credits soccer coach Bob Spielman with the biggest influence on his sports career ... started playing soccer at age three … favorite professional soccer team is Chelsea … favorite player is Willian.
GW 0
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2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • Meet The Falcons
Gannon Gardner
#17 Nestor Hernandez
6-0, 155 • Sophomore Forward Hometown: Colorado Springs, Colo. High School: Air Academy Major: Undecided
6-0, 175 • Sophomore Midfielder Hometown: Colorado Springs, Colo. High School: Sand Creek Major: Undecided Minor: Spanish/Portuguese
2014 (Freshman) Did not appear in any games.
2014 (Freshman): Did not appear in any games.
Before Air Force ODP: Played for Colorado State team for three years.
Before Air Force USAFA Prep School: Played for former Falcon Zane Dydasco at the USAFA Prep School last season.
U.S. Soccer Academy: Member of Real Colorado Academy team for three seasons.
U.S. Soccer Academy: Member of Colorado Rush team in 2011-12 ... team was ranked fifth in the nation for U-15/16.
Club: Played for the Pride Soccer Club. High School: Two-year letterwinner in soccer … helped team to the state championship as a freshman … first-team allleague and team’s offensive MVP as a sophomore … member of National Honor Society … high school soccer coach was Espen Hosien. Personal Member of cadet squadron 10 ... parents are Gentry and Gayleen Gardner ... has two brothers ... hobbies include rock climbing, snowboarding and backpacking ... favorite food is steak ... favorite books are the Lord of the Rings trilogy … favorite movie is Kingdom of Heaven … reality TV show he would choose to be on is Ninja Warrior … person in history he would most like to meet is John Garrison … credits his brother, Garrett, with the biggest influence on his sports career … started playing soccer at age four … favorite professional soccer team is Barcelona … favorite player is Lionel Messi.
Club: Played for Rush Pikes Peak ... helped team to 2013 Colorado State Cup championship ... named MVP of the championship game. High School: Four-year letterwinner in soccer ... also lettered three years in football and two in basketball ... three-time first-team all-conference selection for soccer ... won sixth man award for basketball ... member of National Honor Society and student government ... high school soccer coach was Jeremy Tafoya. Personal Member of cadet squadon 23 ... parents are Eduardo and Maria Hernandez ... has two brothers and one sister ... completed the Expeditionary Skills and Evasion Training (ESET) this past summer ... also completed jump training ... on the dean’s list ... hobbies include listening to music, water tubing and hiking ... favorite food is Italian ... favorite book is Holes ... favorite movie is Transformers 2 ... if he could be on any reality TV show, it would be Full House ... favorite sport other than soccer is basketball ... started playing soccer at age three ... favorite professional soccer team is Barcelona ... favorite player is Iniesta.
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2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • Meet The Falcons
#24 Jaric Marton
#8 Colin McDermott
5-7, 145 • Sophomore Midfielder Hometown: Huntington Beach, Calif. High School: Marina Major: Undecided
6-1, 175 • Sophomore Defender Hometown: San Clemente, Calif. High School: San Clemente Major: Business
2014 (Freshman) Appeared in four matches, making one start ... attempted two shots, both on goal. Before Air Force USAFA Prep School: Played for former Falcon Zane Dydasco at the USAFA Prep School last season. U.S. Soccer Academy: Member of Pateadores team for three seasons ... team was ranked fifth in the nation in 2012. Club: Played for Pateadores team ... helped team to the Coast League Cup final ... played in the Dallas Cup ... also played for Slammers SE and NHB club teams ... served as captain of both teams. High School: Two-year letterwinner in soccer ... two-time first-team all-league selection ... selected to play on a Southern California High School All-Star team ... high school coach was Jeff Schofield.
2014 (Freshman) Appeared in four matches ... attempted one shot on goal. Before Air Force USAFA Prep School: Played for former Falcon Zane Dydasco at the USAFA Prep School last season. U.S. Soccer Academy: Member of Pateadores team for one season … team was ranked fifth in the nation. Club: Played for Pateadores team for nine seasons … helped team to third place at 2010 Manchester Cup … team captain of that team … also helped team to CSL Premier League final. High School: Lettered one year in soccer … helped team to CIF Southern Section and South Coast League championship … team was ranked No. 3 in the nation as a senior … selected to play on a Southern California High School All-Star team ... high school coach was Mike Pronier.
Personal Member of cadet squadron 24 ... parents are Eric and Tracy Marton ... has one brother ... interested in attending pilot training following his time at the Academy ... hobbies include snowboarding and surfing ... favorite food is filet mignon ... favorite book is Divergent ... favorite movie is Shaolin Soccer ... reality TV show he would choose to be on is The Real Husbands of Hollywood ... person in history he would most like to meet is Lionel Messi ... credits his father and youth coach, Ignacio Cid, with the biggest influence on his sports career ... started playing soccer at age three ... favorite soccer player is Lionel Messi.
Personal Member of cadet squadron 21 ... parents are Jeff McDermott and Cara Black ... has one sister ... member of a Dual Immersion Program for 12 years … would like to attend pilot training following his time at the Academy … interested in majoring in business management … hobbies include volleyball and bodysurfing ... favorite food is steak ... favorite book is Unbroken … favorite movie is Gladiator ... reality TV show he would choose to be on is Wipeout … person in history he would most like to meet is Teddy Roosevelt … credits his father with the biggest influence on his sports career … started playing soccer at age four … favorite professional soccer team is Liverpool … favorite player is Steven Gerrard.
MARTON’S CAREER STATS YR GP-GS G 2014 (Fr.) 4-1 0
McDERMOTT’S CAREER STATS YR GP-GS G A 2014 (Fr.) 4-0 0 0
A 0
PTS 0
SH 2
SOG 2
GW 0
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PTS 0
SH 1
SOG 1
GW 0
2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • Meet The Falcons
#3 Trey Pujats
#10 Abinadi Samayoa
5-11, 155 • Sophomore Midfielder Hometown: Keller, Texas High School: Keller Major: Operations Research
5-10, 165 • Sophomore Midfielder Hometown: Kaysville, Utah High School: Davis Major: Management
- 2015 Academic All-WAC - 2014 Air Force Rookie of the Year
Notable: Returns to USAFA for 2015 season after spending two years on Mormon mission to Chile.
2014 (Freshman) Appeared in 18 matches, making 16 starts ... had one assist in 2-0 win over New Hampshire ... attempted 25 shots, four on goal ... Academic All-WAC ... earned Rookie of the Year honors at season-ending banquet. Before Air Force ODP: Member of the North Texas State team.
Before Air Force USAFA Prep School: Played for Marcus Corbett at the Prep School.
U.S. Soccer Academy: Played for the Andromeda USSF team from 2011-14 ... named MVP of U-18 team by coaches and teammates ... started all but four games in the three seasons. Club: Played for Texans Soccer Club (2009-10) and Solar Soccer Club (2006-09) ... helped team to Dallas Cup semifinals in 2010. High School: Lettered one year in soccer ... played as a freshman before switching to USSDA ... high school coach was Jason Bates. Personal Member of cadet squadron 34 ... parents are Jim and Becki Pujats ... has one brother, Kyle, who plays soccer at St. Edward’s University ... major is operations research ... completed the Expeditionary Skills and Evasion Training (ESET) this past summer ... also participated in the jump program ... active in his squadron as an element leader ... on the dean’s and athletics list ... hobbies include golf and reading ... favorite food is steak ... favorite book is Game of Thrones ... if he could be on any reality TV show, it would be Jersey Shore ... favorite movie is Ted2 ... credits Ron Jackson with the biggest influence on his sports career ... greatest personal moment in soccer is winning the U-6 Keller Cup ... started playing soccer at age three ... favorite professional soccer team is Bayern Munchen ... favorite player is Phillip Lahm.
PUJATS’S CAREER STATS YR GP-GS G 2014 (Fr.) 18-16 0
A 1
PTS 1
SH 25
2012 (Freshman) Appeared in 23 matches, leading all freshmen with five starts ... scored two goals ... scored goals against Drexel and Penn ... attempted 11 shots, three on goal.
SOG 5
GW 0
ODP: Played for the Utah State Olympic Development Program from 2006-09 ... also played on the Region IV travel team from 2009-11. Club: Played for the La Roca Futbol Club. High School: Four-year letterwinner in soccer ... team captain as a senior ... helped team to the 5A Region Championship in 2010 ... high school soccer coach was Souli Phonghongsavath. Personal Member of cadet squadron 37 ... parents are Nery and Hilda Samayoa ... has four sisters ... would like to attend pilot training following his time at the Academy ... hobbies include golfing and hanging out with friends ... favorite foods are Chinese or Italian ... favorite book is the Harry Potter series ... reality TV show he would choose to be on is The Bachelor ... favorite movie is Space Jam ... person in history he would most like to meet is Derek Redmond ... favorite professional soccer team is Barcelona ... favorite player is Didier Drogba.
SAMAYOA’S CAREER STATS YR GP-GS G 2012 (Fr.) 23-5 2
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A 0
PTS 4
SH 11
SOG 3
GW 0
2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • Meet The Falcons
#26 John Sims
IsAac Strever
6-2, 175 • Sophomore Forward Hometown: Colorado Springs, Colo. High School: Air Academy Major: Management
5-10, 170 • Sophomore Midfielder Hometown: Vancouver, WA High School: Mountain View Major: Management
2014 (Freshman) Appeared in two matches ... did not attempt a shot.
2014 (Freshman) Did not appear in any matches.
Before Air Force Club: Played for Pride Soccer Club ... helped team to 2013 and 2014 State Cup titles and regional tournaments ... team won 2012 Mountain Division title and advanced to State Cup semifinals.
Before Air Force ODP: Played for the Oregon State Team for three seasons ... named tournament captain.
High School: Four-year letterwinner in soccer ... also lettered three years in basketball ... named 4A State Player of the Year as a senior ... MVP of Pikes Peak Athletic Conference ... named Colorado Springs-area Player of the Year by The Gazette ... helped team to state championship as a freshman and state runner-up as a senior ... NSCAA all-region selection ... two-time team MVP and first-team all-conference selection ... team MVP on basketball team as a junior ... helped BB team to Sweet 16 at state playoffs ... member of National Honor Society and a Merit Scholar ... high school soccer coach was Espen Hosien. Personal Member of cadet squadron 17 ... parents are Tim and Cheri Sims ... has two brothers and two sisters ... bother, James, and cousin, Austin Dewing, are freshmen teammates on the men’s soccer team ... has another cousin on the USAFA men’s hoops team ... his grandfather and two uncles attended the Air Force Academy ... one of his uncles, Marty Louthan, was a quarterback at AFA ... favorite food is blond brownies ... favorite movie is Edge of Tomorrow ... credits his parents with the biggest influence on his sports career ... started playing soccer at age six ... favorite professional soccer team is Bayern Munich ... favorite player is Lionel Messi.
SIMS’ CAREER STATS YR GP-GS 2014 (Fr.) 2-0
G 0
A 0
PTS 0
SH 0
SOG 0
U.S. Soccer Academy: Played for the Portland Timbers for U-16 and U-18. Club: Played for the Portland Timbers for three seasons … helped team Oregon State Cup title all three seasons and U-15 national championship in 2011. High School: Three-year letterwinner in soccer … league Player of the Year and all-state second-team as a senior … helped team to state semifinals as a sophomore … threetime scholar-athlete … high school soccer coach was Jeff Brooks. Personal Parents are Michael and Soon-Ja Strever... has one sister … interested in becoming a radiologist in the future ... hobbies include weightlifting, running and hiking ... favorite food is street tacos ... favorite book is I am Zlatan … favorite movie is Nacho Libre ... reality TV show he would choose to be on is Survivor … person in history he would most like to meet is Pele … credits his father with the biggest influence on his sports career … started playing soccer at age nine … favorite professional soccer team is the Portland Timbers … favorite player is Lionel Messi.
GW 0
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2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • Meet The Falcons
#23 John Wendt
#7 Tucker Bone
6-4, 175 • Sophomore Goalkeeper Hometown: Sylvania, Ohio High School: Northview Major: Military & American History
5-11, 160 • Freshman Midfielder Hometown: Granite Bay, Calif. High School: Jesuit
2014 (Freshman) Appeared in three matches, making one start ... first-career start was against San Jose State ... recorded five saves in 150 minutes. Before Air Force ODP: Member of Region II Holdover Pool from 2009-12 ... helped team to Inter-Regional title in 2011. Club: Member of Pacesetter Soccer Club from 2011-14 ... led team to 2014 State Cup title ... won the 2012 Blue Chip Classic ... helped team to semifinals of Region II Tournament in 2013 ... also member of Toledo Football Academy from 2005-11.
Before Air Force USAFA Prep: Attended the USAFA Prep school in 2014-15, playing on the soccer team. Club: Played club soccer for Sacramento United U17 & U18... also played for Placer United U9-U16. High School: Lettered three years in soccer and lacrosse... high school coach was Paul Rose. PERSONAL: Son of Wallace and Rebecca Bone...has three siblings...hobby is skateboarding.
High School: Four-year letterwinner in soccer ... also lettered three years in basketball ... First-team All-Ohio ... league Player of the Year in soccer as a senior ... set school record for most shutouts (12) in one season ... tied school record for least goals allowed (8) in both junior and senior season ... three-time all-district selection ... member of National Honor Society ... high school soccer coach was Jon Haynes. Personal Member of cadet squadron 30 ... parents are Ted and Mary Wendt ... majoring in military and American history ... completed the Expeditionary Skills and Evasion Training (ESET) this past summer ... also participated in the jump program and earned his jump wings ... on the Commandant’s list ... active in the cadet wing as a PEER (Personal Ethics and Education Representative) ... hobby is playing basketball ... favorite food is penne pasta ... favorite book is Genghis Khan ... favorite movie is Gladiator ... reality TV show he would choose to be on is Ice Road Truckers ... person in history he would most like to meet is George Patton ... credits soccer coach Paul Holdgate with the biggest influence on his sports career ... started playing soccer at age four ... favorite professional soccer team is Everton ... favorite player is Nick Hagglund.
WENDT’S CAREER STATS YR GP-GS Min 2014 (Fr.) 3-1 150:14
GA 26
GAA 3.59
SV 5
W-L-T SH 0-2-0 0
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2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • Meet The Falcons
Jack CANNATA
Austin Dewing
5-11, 160 • Freshman Midfielder Hometown: Middlebury, Conn. High School: The Taft School
5-8, 150 • Freshman Forward Hometown: Colorado Springs, Colo. High School: Air Academy
Before Air Force ODP: Played for state team for five years...regional team in 2012...state team captain and starter for three-consecutive seasons.
Before Air Force Club: Played for Pride Soccer Club...State Champions in 2013 and state tournament MVP in 2013...club coach was Joe Schulman.
Club:Team captain for national champion team CFC United 97/98...was part of club program for 11 years...coached by Eric DaCosta and Brito Graziano.
High School: Lettered four years in soccer and three in baseball...Soccer All-American...Colorado Class 4A, PPAC, Colorado Springs Gazette Soccer Player of the Year as a senior... two-time all-state and three-time all-conference...scored 34 goals and posted 22 assists as a senior...led Air Academy to a 20-0 record and Colorado 4A title as a senior...high school soccer coach was Espen Hoshan.
High School: Lettered three years in soccer and two in baseball...All-Founders League in both baseball and soccer... on the academic honor roll...high school soccer coach was Ozzie Parente. PERSONAL: Son of Thomas and Beth Cannata...has a younger brother...first name is John but goes by Jack...hobbies are baseball, basketball and all sports in general...favorite food is steak...favorite class subject is government...favorite book and movie is Lone Survivor...if he could be on any reality show, it would be Amazing Race...something not many people know about him is that he’s originally from Miami... greatest moment in sports is winning club national championship...credits his dad as having the biggest influence on his sports career...started playing soccer at age four... aspires to a career in law upon graduation.
PERSONAL: Son of Ted and Annie Dewing...has three siblings...cousins, freshman James Sims and sophomore John Sims, were teammates at Air Academy and current teammates on the USAFA soccer team...another cousin and Air Academy teammate, David Louthan, is a freshman with the USAFA men’s basketball team...has three family members that are USAFA graduates...favorite food is ice cream...favorite class subject is history...favorite books are the Bible and Unbroken...if he could be on any reality show it would be Wipeout...favorite movie is Fools Gold...credits his parents as having the biggest influence on his sports career...began playing soccer at age three.
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2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • Meet The Falcons
EdDY Diaz
#19 Austin Guerrero
5-6, 140 • Freshman Forward Hometown: Miami, Fla. High School: Columbus
5-9, 145 • Freshman Midfielder Hometown: San Antonio, Texas High School: Antonian College Prep
Before Air Force Club: Played for Real Madrid Miami and Coral Gables Toras. High School: Lettered four years in soccer...Miami Herald AllDade 5A-4A First Team as a junior...Second Team All-Dade County as a senior...led Columbus to GMAC title and state runner-up as a senior and school’s first state title as a junior...high school soccer coach was Michael Stewart. PERSONAL: Son of Ramond and Martha Diaz...has three siblings...full name is Eduardo...hobbies are wakeboarding and water sports...favorite food is ham, cheese and mayo sandwich...most noteworthy thing about his hometown is the amazing weather...credits his high school coach as having the biggest influence on his sports career...began playing soccer at age 10.
Before Air Force Club: Played for Lonestars 97B Red SAN...led team to Surf Cup Zone Championship. High School: Lettered four years in soccer...second-team allstate...first-team all-district as a senior and second-team alldistrict as a junior. PERSONAL: Son of Eddie and Rose Guerrero...has two siblings...hobbies are soccer and beatboxing...favorite food is pizza...favorite movie is 21 Jump Street...favorite sport other than soccer is basketball...credits his brother as having the biggest influence on his soccer career...began playing soccer at age three.
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2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • Meet The Falcons
#13 Danny Han
Pierce Kassmeier
5-10, 155 • Freshman Midfielder Hometown: Seattle, Wash. High School: Shorewood
5-11, 180 • Freshman Goalkeeper Hometown: Centennial, Colo. High School: Cherry Creek
Before Air Force 2014-15: Attended the USAFA Prep School and played on the soccer team. Club: Played for Crossfire Premier U17 and U16. High School: Lettered two years in soccer...Team MVP and first-team all-conference as a junior...second-team all-league as a sophomore...National Honor Society member...high school coach was Bill Wilkins. PERSONAL: Son of Jaekoo and Minkyung Han...has one sibling...full name is Daniel...hobbies are playing instruments and tae kwon do...favorite food is Korean BBQ...favorite class subject is P.E. ...favorite book is The Road...if he could be on any show it woul be American Ninja Warrior...favorite movie is Finding Nemo...person in history he’d most like to meet is Lance Sijan...favorite sport other than soccer is basketball... credits Lionel Messi and his father as having the biggest influence on his sports career...began playing soccer at age 12.
Before Air Force ODP: 96 Boys ODP Region IV Camp 2009, 2010, 2011 Club: Played club soccer for Real Colorado of U.S. Soccer Development Academy from 2013-15...also played for Colorado Storm 96 and 97...head coach for Real Colorado was Lorne Donaldson and goalkeeping coach was Clint Baumstark. High School: Lettered two years in soccer as a freshman and sophomore and three in track and field...played for MaxPreps top ranked team nationally in 2011...named outstanding freshman and sophomore on soccer team...named outstanding freshman, sophomore and junior on track team... state runner-up in the 3200 meter relay...high school soccer coach was Chelo Curi. PERSONAL: Son of Ray and Lori Kassmeier...has an older sister...nickname is Kass...hobby is skiing...favorite food is banana bread...favorite class subject is history...favorite book is Full Black...enjoys listening to Radical Something...favorite move is Lone Survivor...greatest moment in sports was winning U.S. youth soccer nationals...credits his father as having the biggest influence on his sports career...began playing soccer at age three.
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2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • Meet The Falcons
Demetri Kostakis
Luis Martinez
5-11, 180 • Freshman Midfielder Hometown: Andover, Mass. High School: Andover
5-10, 155 • Freshman Midfielder Hometown: Leander, Texas High School: Leander
Before Air Force ODP: State ODP U14 and U15..Regional ODP U14 team captain...Regional team U15.
Before Air Force 2014-15: Attended the USAFA Prep School and played on the soccer team.
Club: Played club soccer for Stars of Mass U17-U18, winning state cup on U18 team...coached by Marc Connolly...also played club for NEFL U13-U16...three-time state cup champions...Region I league champions...coached by Ed Kelly and Christian Battaglia.
Club: Played club soccer for Lonestar Soccer Academy in U.S. Soccer Development Academy for four seasons...2011 and 2012 selection to attend U.S. National Soccer ID Camp...club coach was Vick Pace.
High School: Lettered four years in soccer and five in track...EMass All-Star, all-state, all-conference and team MVP as a senior...all-conference as a junior. PERSONAL: Son of Mike and Helen Kostakis...had three older siblings...father played for the New York Greek Americans 30 years ago, winning the American Cup...brother, Panayioti, attended the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy...nickname is “D”...hobbies are mechanics, computer science, 3D modeling and landscaping...favorite class subject is physics...favorite book is The Giver...enjoys listening to Red Nation... favorite movie is Interstallar...person in history he’d most like to meet is Nikola Tesla...something not many people know about him is that he’s a great cook...greatest moment in sports was winning Region I championship in PK’s...most noteworthy thing about his hometown is that Jay Leno’s from there...favorite sport other than soccer is basketball...credits his dad as having the biggest influence on his sports career...aspires to become the chief scientist of the Air Force... began playing soccer at age 12.
High School: Lettered two years in soccer as a freshman and sophomore...First Team Central Texas All-District 16-5A as a freshman and sophomore...National Honor Society member. PERSONAL: Son of Luis and Gloria Martinez...had two older sisters...nickname is Lui...hobby is soccer...also recruited by Houston Baptist, Incarnate Word and St. Mary’s...favorite food is anything...favorite class subject is math...person in history he’d most like to meet is Dr. Martin Luther King... credits his dad as having the biggest influence on his soccer career...began playing soccer at age four...favorite professional soccer team is Barcelona.
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2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • Meet The Falcons
Presten Montero
Zane Moxley
5-5, 150 • Freshman Midfielder Hometown: El Paso, Texas High School: Franklin
6-2, 170 • Freshman Defender Hometown: Olathe, Kan. High School: Olathe Northwest
Before Air Force Before Air Force ODP: New Mexico state team...Regional Camp...Regional US Soccer Academy: Played for Sporting Kansas City U15/16 championships. and U17/18 Academy teams...2015 Kevin Gray Award winner for Sporting KC Academy player of the year...also played Club: Played club soccer for New Mexico Rush Galaxy... for Blue Valley Sporting Club NPL as a sophomore. coached by Mike Griego. High School: Lettered two years in soccer...First-Team CenHigh School: Lettered four years in soccer and football... tral Region...Second-Team Sunflower League...high school first-team all-district as a senior...Fox Southwest High School coach was Chris Graham...National and Spanish Honor SociSpotlight as a senior. ety member...graduated in top 10 percent of his class. PERSONAL: Son of Victor and Stephanie Montero...has two younger brothers...hobbies are playing soccer, hanging out with friends, playing other sports, learning and reading...favorite class subject is history...if he could be on any reality TV show, it would be American Ninja Warrior...enjoys listening to Drake...favorite movie is Nacho Libre...person in history he’d most like to meet is Lionel Messi...something not many people know about him is that he doesn’t give up and loves to have fun...greatest sports moment was scoring a goal in the district playoffs...favorite sport other than soccer is basketball...credits his father and Messi as having the biggest influence on his sports career...began playing soccer at age four.
PERSONAL: Son of Justin and Tiffany Moxley...has a younger sister...hobby is being outdoors...also recruited by Marquette...favorite food is barbeque...favorite book is Lord of the Rings...enjoys listening to the song Danger Zone...favorite sport other than soccer is beach volleyball...began playing soccer at age four...favorite professional soccer team is Sporting KC.
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2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • Meet The Falcons
#20 Klint Parker
James Sims
5-11, 160 • Freshman Midfielder/Defender Hometown: Charlotte, Texas High School: Marvin Ridge
5-8, 150 • Freshman Defender Hometown: Colorado Springs, Colo. High School: Air Academy
Before Air Force US Soccer Academy: Played for Charlotte Soccer Academy the past four years...named “Best 11” player at Academy playoffs as a junior. High School: Lettered four years in soccer and wrestling... McDonald’s High School All-American...All-State...Conference player of the year. PERSONAL: Son of Brett and Kimi Parker...has an older brother and two younger sisters...brother, Kyle, plays soccer at UNC Charlotte...full name is Klinton...also recruited by UNCC, UNC Wilmington, Radford, Appalachian State and Virginia Tech...hobby is staring off into the distance...favorite food is spaghetti...favorite class subject is P.E. ...favorite sport other than soccer is wrestling.
Before Air Force Club: Played for Pride Soccer Club, coached by Josephy Shulman...state champions in 2011 and 2014...WIDA national qualifier. High School: Lettered four years in soccer and two in basketball...first-team all-state and defensive MVP as a senior... led Air Academy to a 20-0 record and Colorado 4A title as a senior...first-team all-conference, defensive MVP and allstate honorable mention as a junior...National Honor Society member and graduated Magna Cum Laude...high school soccer coach was Espen Hoshan. PERSONAL: Son of Jim and Cheri Sims...has four siblings... brother, John, is a sophomore and teammate on the USAFA soccer team...cousin, Austin Dewing, was a teammate at Air Academy and current freshman teammate on the USAFA soccer team...another cousin and Air Academy teammate, David Louthan, is a freshman with the USAFA men’s basketball team...has three family members that are USAFA graduates... hobbies are sports, fishing and skiing...favorite food is hot dogs...favorite class subject is math...if he could be on any reality TV show, it would be Duck Dynasty...person in history he’d most like to meet is George Washington...something not many people know about him is that he broke his nose at age two...greatest moment in sports was scoring a goal in the state finals...favorite sport other than soccer is basketball and volleyball...began playing soccer at age five.
Jacob Yarnell 6-4, 170 • Freshman Defender Hometown: Austin, Texas High School: Liberal Arts & Science Academy
Before Air Force US Soccer Academy: Played for USSDA U18 in 2014-15. Club Soccer: Played for Lonestar SC Academy U16 from 2013-14. High School: Lettered two years in soccer...District 26-4A Defensive Player of the Year in 2013...helped team to District 26-4A Championship. PERSONAL: Son of William and Christina Yarnell...has three younger brothers...mother played soccer at Texas A&M... nickname is Jake...hobbies are amateur radio, playing the guitar, singing and writing...aspires to design radios upon graduating from Academy.
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2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • 2014 REcap
2014 Falcons
2014 Recap Overall Record: 7-7-4 Western Athletic Conference Record: 3-6-1/8th of 10 Team MVP: Jake Schenk Most Improved:Austin Britt Rookie of the Year: Trey Pujats Most Inspirational: Ben Kern 2014 Season Recap Air Force men’s soccer went 7-7-4 overall in 2014, compiling a 3-6-1 mark in Western Athletic Conference play, finishing eighth. The Falcons started hot out the gate, going unbeaten in its first seven games (4-0-3). The Falcons allowed just three goals over that seven-match stretch. Air Force struggled on the back end of the season, winning just one of its last seven matches. Team MVP Sophomore goalkeekeeper Jake Schenk earned team MVP honors. Shenk posted a 7-5-4 record in goal for the Falcons. His 0.93 GAA in 1549 minutes is the second-lowest total in school history. Schenk also had 82 saves. Falcon Leaders Junior Gus Jensen led the Falcons in scoring with nine points (3 goals, 3 assists). Senior Scott McGillivray and junior Zach Hill scored four goals to lead the Falcons. Jake Schenk led the team in goal with a 0.93 GAA in 1549 minutes and 82 saves.
Schenk With Historic Season In Goal Sophomore Jake Schenk had one of the best seasons in Air Force goalkeeping history. His 0.93 goals per game average is the second lowest season mark in program history. Schenk had six shutouts on the season to go with 82 saves. 2014 Honors Tucker Axhoj/D - First-team Academic All-District VII - Academic All-WAC Blake Elder/D - College Sports Madness All-WAC, second team A.J. Esparza/D - Academic All-WAC - Air Force Athletics AOW (Sept. 15) Zach Hill/F - Copa De Causeway All-Tournament (Sept. 21) Ben Kern/D - Copa De Causeway All-Tournament (Sept. 21) Jake Schenk/GK - College Sports Madness All-WAC, first team - WAC Defensive POW (Sept. 22) - Copa De Causeway All-Tournament (Sept. 21) - WAC Defensive POW (Sept. 15) - College Madness WAC POW (Sept. 16) Luke Villamaria/M - Academic All-WAC Luke Welch/M - Academic All-WAC - Copa De Causeway All-Tournament (Sept. 21)
Schenk
Britt
Pujats
Kern
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2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • 2014 Statistics/Results
2014 Results & Statistics Date Opponent Aug 29 NAVY Aug 31 #24 CSUN
W/L T O2 W
Score 1-1 2-1
Overall MWC Attend. 0-0-1 -806 1-0-1 -412
Sept 7 at Army Sept 12 NEW HAMPSHIRE
T O2 W
0-0 2-0
1-0-2 2-0-2
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983 258
Sept 14 Sept 19 Sept 21 Sept 27 Oct 4
W T O2 W L W
1-0 1-1 1-0 0-1 2-0
3-0-2 3-0-3 4-0-3 4-1-3 5-1-3
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207 627 295 813 345
Oct. 10 SAN JOSÉ STATE* Oct. 12 CSU BAKERSFIELD*
L W
1-5 4-2
6-2-3 6-2-3
1-1-0 145 2-1-0 105
Oct. 17 Oct. 19 Oct. 24 Oct. 26 Nov. 1 Nov. 7
at UNLV* at Grand Canyon* UTAH VALLEY* SEATTLE U* at UMKC* at Incarnate Word*
L T O2 L L L W
0-2 0-0 1-2 0-1 1-3 2-1
6-3-3 6-3-4 6-4-4 6-5-4 6-6-4 7-6-4
2-2-0 2-2-1 2-3-1 2-4-1 2-5-1 3-5-1
Nov. 9
at Houston Baptist*
L
1-2
7-7-4
3-6-2 438
OAKLAND at UC Davis at Sacramento St. at Missouri State UMKC*
AF Goals (Assist) Jensen (Axhoj) Modly (Duley) Hill (Jensen) -McGillivray (Modly) Jensen (Pujats, Axhoj) Duley (Meyer) Ward (Jensen) Hill (Haug) -Esparza (Elder) Hill (Frazier) Kern Hill (Frazier) Jensen (Frazier) Kern (Jensen) McGillivray (Elder) --McGillivray (Modly) -Elder Modly McGillivray (Britt) Modly (PK)
903 176 379 474 301 318
* WAC match CAPS denotes home match
# 8 15 16 10 4 6 14 5 9 18 21 3 2 13 22 11 19 17 26 20 28 27
# 99 1 23
Overall A Pts 3 9 0 8 0 8 2 8 0 4 2 4 1 3 3 3 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 57 19 63
Name Jensen, Gus McGillivray, Scott Hill, Zach Modly, Zachary Kern, Ben Elder, Blake Duley, Cameron Frazier, Alex Ward, Ryan Esparza, A.J. Axhoj, Tucker Pujats, Trey Meyer, Kevin Haug, Joey Britt, Austin Villamaria, Luke Marton, Jaric Welch, Luke McDermott, Colin Dunbaker, Connor Conrad, Tristan Sims, John Total Opponents
GP-GS 18-0 18-18 18-1 18-15 17-3 18-18 18-17 17-1 18-14 18-18 18-6 18-16 14-1 9-0 17-17 17-17 4-1 18-17 4-0 3-0 1-0 2-0 18 18
G 3 4 4 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 22
Name Fernandez, John Schenk, Jake Wendt, John Total Opponents
GP-GS 1-1 17-16 3-1 18 18
Overall Min GA 0:44 0 1549:02 16 150:14 6 1700:00 22 1700:00 20
Sh 8 34 14 37 21 49 25 10 19 2 11 25 3 2 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 269 267
GAA 0.00 0.93 3.59 1.16 1.06
Shot% SOG .375 6 .118 13 .286 7 .081 22 .095 8 .020 21 .040 11 .000 4 .053 7 .500 2 .000 5 .000 5 .000 1 .000 1 .000 0 .000 1 .000 2 .000 0 .000 1 .000 0 .000 0 .000 0 .074 117 .082 116
Sv 1 82 5 94 97
W-L-T 0-0-0 7-5-4 0-2-0 7-7-4 7-7-4
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Team Statistics AF Goals-Shot Attempts 20-269 Goals/Game 1.11 Shot Percentage .074 Shots on goal-Attempts 117-269 SOG Pct. .435 Shots/Game 14.9 Assists 17 Corner Kicks 87 Fouls 223 Penalty Kicks 1-1 Yellow Cards 18 Red Cards 0 Attendance Totals 3,131 Dates/Avg Per Date 9/348
OPP 22-267 1.22 .082 116-267 .434 14.8 19 85 189 0-0 20 2 4,854 9/539
Goals By Period Air Force Opponents
1 5 13
2 15 9
OT 0 0
OT2 0 0
Total 20 22
Shots By Period Air Force Opponents
1 116 121
2 141 130
OT 6 3
OT2 6 13
Total 269 267
Corners By Period Air Force Opponents
1 33 36
2 48 45
OT 2 0
OT2 6 4
Total 94 97
Fouls By Period Air Force Opponents
1 96 87
2 114 92
OT 8 6
OT2 5 4
Total 223 189
PK 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
GP-GS 10-0 10-10 10-1 10-8 9-2 10-10 10-9 9-1 10-9 10-10 10-2 10-9 9-1 5-0 9-9 9-9 4-1 10-9 1-0 1-0 2-0 10 10
Sho 0 6 0 6 5
GP-GS 1-1 9-8 3-1 10 10
G 1 3 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Conference Pts Sh Shot% 3 4 .250 6 26 .115 4 9 .222 5 22 .091 4 8 .250 4 29 .034 0 9 .000 3 6 .000 0 9 .000 2 2 .500 0 6 .000 0 14 .000 0 3 .000 0 1 .000 1 0 .000 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000
0 0 12 18
0 0 8 15
0 0 32 51
Conference Min GA GAA 0:44 0 0.00 769:02 12 1.40 150:14 6 3.59 920:00 18 1.76 920:00 12 1.17
0 .000 0 .000 153 .078 140 .129
Sv 1 36 5 45 63
SOG PK 3 0 10 0 5 0 14 1 4 0 14 0 7 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 63
W-L-T 0-0-0 3-4-1 0-2-0 3-6-1 6-3-1
0 0 1 0
Sho 0 2 0 2 3
2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • The WAC After spending 14 years playing in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, the Falcons rejoined the Western Athletic Conference prior to the 2013 season. Air Force was a member of the WAC from 1996-98 before breaking off with seven other schools to form the Mountain West Conference. The MWC did not offer men’s soccer, however, so the Falcons moved to the MPSF. The Falcons left the MPSF with a bang, winning their first-ever conference tournament title in 2012, defeating nationally-ranked New Mexico in a titlegame shootout to earn the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The WAC is the sixth oldest among the nation’s 11 Division I-A conferences. Its history traces back to July 27, 1962, when the original six-team league of Arizona, Arizona State, Brigham Young, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming began competition. The first championship was held in November 1962, when Arizona won the men’s cross country title and New Mexico followed with the first WAC football title. Arizona finished second in the NCAA College World Series and, less than three years later, Arizona State claimed the league’s first NCAA title when the Sun Devils won the College World Series trophy. Fresno State was the last WAC school to earn an NCAA team title when it won the College World Series in 2008. Since 1962, several changes have occurred. UTEP and Colorado State became members in September 1967, while Arizona and Arizona State withdrew on June 30, 1978. The WAC then added San Diego State (1978), Hawai‘i (1979) and Air Force (1980). Before 1990, the WAC sponsored championships only in men’s sports. However, a merger with the High Country Athletic Conference formed a single conference under one administrative structure, and the 1990-91 athletic year was the first in which both men and women competed under the WAC name. Fresno State was added in
1992, and then in 1996, the women’s programs from Air Force and Hawai‘i along with six new schools (UNLV, Rice, San Jose State, SMU, TCU and Tulsa) came into the WAC. Air Force, Brigham Young, Colorado State, UNLV, New Mexico, San Diego State, Utah and Wyoming withdrew on June 30, 1999. Nevada (2000), Boise State (2001) and Louisiana Tech (2001) were added while TCU withdrew following the 2000-01 season. In 2005, Idaho, New Mexico State and Utah State joined the WAC after Rice, SMU, UTEP and Tulsa withdrew. Boise State withdrew prior to the 201112 season. In 2012, the WAC added Denver, Seattle U, UT Arlington, UTSA and Texas State. In 2013, the WAC added Bakersfield, Chicago State, Grand Canyon, Missouri-Kansas City, Texas-Pan American and Utah Valley to join Idaho, New Mexico State and Seattle U. The new institutions replaced withdrawing members, Denver, Louisiana Tech, San Jose State, Utah State, UT Arlington, UTSA and Texas State. The WAC’s current membership includes eight institutions upon Idaho’s withdrawal prior to the 2014-15 season. The WAC office has been located in the Denver area since the conference’s inception with the exception of a two-year stay in Phoenix from 1964-66. Presently, the WAC crowns team and individual champions in 19 sports – nine men’s and 10 women’s. For the men, there are championships in baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor track and field and outdoor track and field. Championships for women are held in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field and volleyball.
2015 WAC PRESEASON POLL
2015 A LL -WAC P RESEASON T EAM
(voted by the league’s head coaches) Rank
Team
Points (1st Place)
1.
Seattle U
92 (5)
2.
UNLV
86 (5)
3.
CSU Bakersfield
80 (1)
4.
Utah Valley
71
5.
San José State
66
T6.
Incarnate Word
48
T6.
UMKC
48
8.
Grand Canyon
46
9.
Air Force
36
10.
Houston Baptist
19
11.
UTRGV
13
Player, Yr., Pos., School Julian Zamora, So., F, CSU Bakersfield Hamza Haddadi, Sr., F, Seattle U Rory Knibbs, Jr., F, San José State Danny Musovski, So., F, UNLV Christian Duarte, Sr., MF, CSU Bakersfield Rodrigo Fuentes, Sr., MF, UNLV Jonathan Colunga, So., MF, San José State Kyle Bjornethun, Jr., D, Seattle U Alex Neff, Jr., D, Utah Valley Jason Khamvongsa, Sr., D, UNLV Shane Haworth, Sr., GK, Seattle U Preseason Offensive Player of the Year Danny Musovski, So., F, UNLV Preseason Defensive Player of the Year Kyle Bjornethun, Jr., D, Seattle U
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2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • 2014 WAC Results/College Cup
WAC
2015 WAC TOURNAMENT
2014 Standings School UNLV Seattle U Incarnate Word Utah Valley UMKC San José State CSU Bakersfield Air Force Grand Canyon Houston Baptist
WAC 7-2-1 6-2-2 6-3-1 5-3-2 5-4-1 4-4-2 3-5-2 3-6-1 2-6-2 2-8-0
Overall 14-5-3 11-5-3 7-11-1 9-7-2 8-10-2 6-11-2 10-7-5 7-7-4 5-12-3 3-11-2
NOV. 12-13, 15 KANSAS CITY, MO.
Pts 22 20 19 17 16 14 11 10 8 6
(ALL TIMES TBA)
Thursday, Nov. 12 Game 1: No. 4 seed vs. No. 5 seed Game 2: No. 3 seed vs. No. 6 seed Friday, Nov. 13 Game 3: No. 1 seed vs. Game 1 winner Game 4: No. 2 seed vs. Game 2 winner
WAC Tournament Results: Played at Seattle U Thursday, Nov. 13 First Round #4 UMKC 3, #5 San José State 0 #6 CSU Bakersfield 1, #3 Utah Valley 0
Sunday, Nov. 15 Championship: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner
Friday, Nov. 14 Semifinals #1 UNLV 3, #4 UMKC 0 #6 CSU Bakersfield 1, #2 Seattle U 1 Bakersfield advances 4-3 on PKs
2015 NCAA TOURNAMENT
Sunday, Nov. 16 Championship #1 UNLV 1, #6 CSU Bakersfield 1 UNLV advances 4-2 on PKs
First Round: Nov. 19 – Campus Sites Second Round: Nov. 22 – Campus Sites Third Round: Nov. 29 – Campus Sites Quarterfinals: Dec. 4-6 – Campus Sites
First Team All-WAC F-Julian Zamora, Fr., Bakersfield F-Salvador Bernal, Sr., UNLV F-Hamza Haddadi, Jr., Seattle U MF-Christian Duarte, Jr., Bakersfield MF-Alex de la Garza, Incarnate Word MF-Julian Portugal, Sr., UNLV MF-Ian Hines-Ike, Jr., Seattle U D-Kyle Mellies, Sr., UNLV D-Kyle Bjornethun, So., Seattle U D-Alex Neff, So., Utah Valley GK-Ryan Harding, Sr., UNLV
2015 COLLEGE CUP DEC. 11 & 13 SPORTING PARK KANSAS CITY, MO.
Second Team All-WAC F-Dylan Kelly, Jr., Incarnate Word F-Rory Knibbs, So., San Jose State F-Alberto Sanchez-Garcia, Jr., Grand Canyon F-Rodrigo Fuentes, Jr., UNLV MF-Joe Masumiya, Sr., Bakersfield MF-Gustavo Alvarado, Sr., Houston Baptist MF-Tayna Chiaparro, Sr., UMKC MF-Jonathan Colunga, So., San Jose State D-Jonathan Camarena, Jr., Incarnate Word D-Guerrero Pino, Jr., UMKC D-Joe Brown, So., Incarnate Word GK-Shane Haworth, Jr., Seattle U Offensive Player of the Year Salvador Bernal, Sr., F, UNLV Defensive Player of the Year Kyle Mellies, Sr., D, UNLV Freshman of the Year Julian Zamora, F, Bakersfield Coach of the Year Rich Ryerson, UNLV
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2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • Season-By-Season YEAR
RMISL 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 MPSF 1992 1993 Liller 1994 1995 WAC 1996 1997 1998 MPSF 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 WAC 2013 2014
OVERALL
CONF.
HEAD COACH
ASSISTANT COACH(ES)
CAPTAIN(S)
5-1-3 8-0-2 7-2-1 6-2-0 4-4-2 6-1-2 7-3-0 4-6-1 7-2-1 6-5-0 4-5-1 5-6-0 10-3-0 11-3-1 9-6-0 9-8-0 7-4-1 8-2-2 4-5-2 9-5-0 8-5-0 8-4-2 7-8-1 7-5-3 15-5-0 8-10-1 9-9-1 13-4-2 10-5-4 14-3-2 12-5-2 12-3-2 13-5-2 6-10-1 11-6-2 9-4-2
4-1-1 6-0-2 6-1-1 5-1-0 3-1-2 4-0-2 4-1-0 4-1-1 2-0-0 5-0-0 4-1-1 1-2-0 4-0-0 6-0-0 5-1-0 5-1-0 4-0-1 6-0-1 4-2-0 4-1-0 4-0-0 6-0-0 4-2-0 4-1-1 8-0-0 4-0-1 N/A 6-0-0 5-2-0 N/A 6-0-0 6-0-1 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Lt. Anthony Biernacki Arne Arnesen Arne Arnesen Arne Arnesen Arne Arnesen Arne Arnesen Capt. Robert Strickland Capt. Robert Strickland Capt. Carmen Anillo Capt. Carmen Anillo Capt. Carmen Anillo Capt. John Loewenberg Capt. Hank Eichin Capt. Hank Eichin Capt. Hank Eichin Capt. Hank Eichin Capt. Hank Eichin Capt. Hank Eichin Capt. Jim Thames Capt. Jim Thames Capt. Rob Judas Capt. Rob Judas Capt. Dan Ulmer Lou Sagastume Lou Sagastume Lou Sagastume Lou Sagastume Lou Sagastume Lou Sagastume Lou Sagastume Lou Sagastume Lou Sagastume Lou Sagastume Lou Sagastume Lou Sagastume Lou Sagastume
Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Capt. Robert Strickland Capt. Robert Strickland Not Available Not Available Donald Giglio Maj. Tony Cillo Capt. Hank Eichin Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Capt. Dan Harris, Capt. Rob Black Capt. Rob Black, Capt. Jim Thames Capt. Rob Black, Capt. Jim Thames Capt. Rob Judas Capt. Rob Judas, Capt. Gerald Boesche Capt. Dan Ulmer, Capt. Gerald Boesche Capt. Dan Ulmer, Capt. Steve Salfeety Not Available Capt. Charles Straw Capt. Charles Straw Capt. Charles Straw Maj. Charles Straw 2nd Lt. Doug Hill Capt. Karl Olsen Capt. Karl Olsen Marty Buckley, Capt. Dennis Quinn Marty Buckley Marty Buckley Marty Buckley, Capt. Mike Lynch Marty Buckley, Capt. Mike Lynch Marty Buckley, Capt. Mike Lynch
Tom Anderson, James Connally James Connally James Connally Dale Thompson Roger Woodbury Dave Roe Dave Guild Don Heide, James Renschen Not Available John McBroome, David Mossbrook Steve Bruman, William Kozma Dick Coe Gary Davis, James Loberg Ray Barleben Gene Kraay Hugh Parker Dave Muckley John Brockman Len Salvemini Dwight Landman Bob Soucy Greg Schulze Mike Baltimore Mike Hill Greg Walsh Doug Hill Doug Hill Mike Lynch Larry Friend, Jeff Jacobs, Dale Bennett Dennis Ryan, Sean Wright Pat McKenna, Dave Hansen, Derrick Toney Derrick Toney, Dave Hansen Chris Foster, Glen Melia, Andy Rama Ed Hebron Willie Baumhofer Jake Buss, Dave Lambert
13-6-0 15-5-1
5-2-0 5-2-0
Lou Sagastume Lou Sagastume
Capt. Doug Hill, Capt. Ken Sullivan Capt. Doug Hill, Capt. Ken Sullivan
Gabe Macias, Dave Walick Brian Bergeron, Chris Cullen, John
8-8-1 7-8-1
2-4-1 2-5-0
Lou Sagastume Lou Sagastume
Capt. Doug Hill, Capt. Ken Sullivan Maj. Doug Hill, Capt. Dave Hansen
Rob Behm, Scott McDonald John Stratton, Matt Mennell
14-3-3 13-5-0 9-7-3
6-1-1 5-3-0 4-3-2
Lou Sagastume Lou Sagastume Lou Sagastume
Maj. Doug Hill, Capt. Dave Hansen Maj. Doug Hill, Capt. Dave Hansen Maj. Paul Nowotny, Capt. Dave Hansen
John Stratton, Matt Anderson Drew Dougherty, Ryan Schaeffer, Nate Lambert Ryan Schaeffer
9-8-2 5-9-1 11-5-1 8-10-1 10-9-1 8-10-1 8-9-2 5-12-1 5-12-1 5-13-0 7-8-2 7-12-0 12-6-2 10-9-4
2-3-2 2-6-0 4-2-1 2-4-0 2-4-0 4-8-0 6-3-1 4-6-0 3-7-0 3-7-0 2-5-0 5-5-0 5-3-2 5-3-2
Lou Sagastume Lou Sagastume Lou Sagastume Lou Sagastume Lou Sagastume Lou Sagastume Lou Sagastume Lou Sagastume Doug Hill Doug Hill Doug Hill Doug Hill Doug Hill Doug Hill
Maj. Paul Nowotny, Capt. Dave Hansen Maj. Paul Nowotny, Capt. Matt Mennell Lt. Col. Doug Hill, Capt. Matt Mennell Lt. Col. Doug Hill, Capt. Leonel Gonzalez Lt. Col. Doug Hill, Capt. Leonel Gonzalez Lt. Col. Doug Hill, Capt. Leonel Gonzalez Lt. Col. Doug Hill, Capt. Rich Cullen Doug Hill (Assoc. HC), Capt. Rich Cullen Anthony Latronica, Capt. Billy Minor Anthony Latronica, Capt. Billy Minor Anthony Latronica, Matthew Okoh Matthew Okoh, Chris Foster Chris Foster Chris Foster, Kevin Doyle
Rich Cullen, Keith McDaniel Ryan Sagastume, Donavon Kneuer Terrence Welliver, Mike Brophy Tom Clark, Noah Merica-Jones, Mike Taylor Casey Chronister, Daniel Bolin Marcus Sagastume, Daniel Bolin Clay McGillivray, Todd Myers Brendan Greenaway, Brian Guyette Brian Guyette, Andy Nigro Jason Dall, Kevin Rosser Kevin Rosser, Josh Rhynard, Aaron Eshkenazi Kyle Moses, Eric Wilson Eric Wilson, John Melcher Kevin Durr, Eric Tise
4-11-5 7-7-4
3-2-5 3-6-1
Doug Hill Doug Hill
Chris Foster, Kevin Doyle Chris Foster, Kevin Doyle
Caleb Downey, Brian Klazura Scott McGillivray, Luke Welch
COACHING HISTORY Head Coach Doug Hill Lou Sagastume Capt. Dan Ulmer Capt. Rob Judas Capt. Jim Thames Capt. Hank Eichin Capt. John Loewenberg Capt. Carmen Anillo Capt. Robert Strickland Arne Arnesen Lt. Anthony Biernacki Totals
Years 20071979-2006 1978 1976-77 1974-75 1968-73 1967 1964-66 1962-63 1957-61 1956
Overall (Pct.) 57-78-18 (.431) 282-188-43 (.592) 7-8-1 (.469) 16-9-2 (.630) 13-10-2 (.560) 54-26-4 (.667) 5-6-0 (.455) 17-12-2 (.581) 11-9-1 (.548) 31-9-7 (.734) 5-1-3 (.722)
Conference (Pct.) 29-38-10 (.442) 94-59-11 (.607) 4-2-0 (.667) 10-0-0 (1.000) 8-3-0 (.727) 30-2-2 (.912) 1-2-0 (.333) 11-1-1 (.885) 8-2-1 (.773) 24-3-5 (.828) 4-1-1 (.750)
472-330-79 (.581)
211-100-29 (.663)
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Sagastume
Ulmer
Judas
Thames
Eichin
Annillo
Strickland
Arnesen
2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • Records
INDIVIDUAL Most Points - Career
RECORDS
G Len Salvemini (1971-74) 65 Chris Foster (1985-88) 54 Glen Melia (1985-88) 40 Ryan Schaeffer (1995-98) 41 Keith Beam (1977-80) 36 Dan Narzinski (1967-70) 31 Drew Dougherty (1994-97) 34 Marcus Sagastume (2001-04) 28 9. Mike Hill (1976-79) 35 10. Rob Behm (1991-93) 31 Jim Thames (1962-65)* 32 12. Dave Walick (1989-92) 27 13. Al Gagliardi (1956-58)* 30 14. John Mantei (1956-58)* 30 15. Greg Walsh (1977-80) 27 16. Dan Ulmer (1968-70) 28 17. Dennis Ryan (1982-85)* 20 18. Jeff Jacobs (1981-84)* 24 19. John Jost (1987-90) 22 20. Larry Friend (1980-84)* 15 21. Ken Sullivan (1982-85)* 23 Keith McDaniel (1996-99) 21 23. Colin Eames (2002-05) 17 24. Kevin Durr (2009-12) 18 25. Derrick Toney (1984-87)* 16 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Len Salvemini Jim Thames Dave Walick Chris Foster Glen Melia Dan Narzinski 7. Chris Foster 8. Len Salvemini Rob Behm 10. Dan Ulmer
Pts 149 139 98 96 92 86 86 86 85 74 74 72 69 67 66 65 64 61 60 59 57 57 56 55 54
Most Assists - Career 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Chris Foster (1985-88) Marcus Sagastume (2001-04) Larry Friend (1980-84) Chris Cullen (1990-93) Dennis Ryan (1982-85) Dan Narzinski (1967-70) 7. Colin Eames (2002-05) Derrick Toney (1984-87) 9. Keith Beam (1977-80) 10. Kevin Durr (2009-12) Len Salvemini (1971-74)
Year 1973 1965 1992 1986 1988 1969 1987 1972 1992 1969
G 23 20 17 17 18 17 18 17 16 16
A Pts 6 52 10 50 11 45 10 44 7 43 9 43 6 42 4 38 6 38 6 38
1. Len Salvemini (1971-74) 2. Chris Foster (1985-88) 3. Ryan Schaeffer (1995-98) 4. Glen Melia (1985-88) 5. Keith Beam (1977-80) 6. Mike Hill (1977-79) 7. Drew Dougherty (1994-97) 8. Jim Thames (1962-65) 9. Rob Behm (1991-93) 10. Dan Narzinski (1967-70)
G 65 54 41 40 36 35 34 32 31 31
Most Assists - Season
Year 2003 1993 1985 1992 1989 1980
1. Marcus Sagastume Chris Cullen 3. Dennis Ryan 4. Dave Walick Willie Baumhofer Larry Friend
1. Len Salvemini 2. Jim Thames 3. Chris Foster Glen Melia Jeff Jacobs
Year 1973 1965 1987 1988 1984
G 23 20 18 18 18
1. 1957 2. 1956, ‘61
15 14
0 1
Best Winning Pct. - Season 1. 1957 2. 1985
A 13 13 12 11 11 11
.900 (8-0-2) .789 (14-3-2)
1. Rich Cullen 2. Matt Underwood 2. Matt Mennell
Most Wins - Season 1. Ralph Cyr 2. Rich Cullen
Most Saves - Career 1. Greg Schulze 2. Rich Cullen
1. Gene Kraay 2. Ralph Cyr
1980 1997
15 13
Most Shutouts - Season
348 248
1969 1980
145 117
Best GAA - Career 1. Greg Schulze 2. Rich Cullen
Best GAA - Season 1. Matt Mennell 2. Jake Schenk
1. 1998 2. 1980 & 1985
0.6 0.7
10 9
Fewest Goals Allowed - Season 7 8
Longest Unbeaten Streak
1. 20 (15-0-5), 10-21-56 to 11-1-58 2. 17 (15-0-2), 9-27-87 to 9-23-88
30 vs. Benedictine
1. Ralph Cyr Rich Cullen
1. 1985 2. 1957
1. 1957 2. 1962
Longest Winning Streak
10/3/65
1. Rich Cullen 2. Greg Schulze
Most Goals Allowed - Game
Lowest GAA - Season
30 vs. No. Carolina
Most Shutouts - Career
1. 17 vs. Regis, 10-1-77 2. 16 vs. Rockmount, 10-13-82
38 29 24
Most Saves - Game 1. Hans Mueh 10/1/65
Most Goals Scored - Game
1996-99 2009-12 1993-95
1974-77 1996-99
75 70
1. 9 vs. Portland, 9-28-01 2. 8 at Fresno State, 11-5-00 vs. Michigan St., 10-12-68
RECORDS
Most Shutouts - Season Most Goals - Season
Fewest Losses - Season
1. 1980 2. 1969
Most Saves - Season Most Goals - Career
1. 1980, ‘93 2. 1985, 1996
A 31 30 29 27 24* 24 22 22* 20 19 19
Most Goals Scored - Season
GOALTENDER Most Wins - Career
Most Points - Season 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
A 19 31 18 14 20 24 18 30 15 12 10 18 9 7 12 9 24 13 16 29 12 15 22 19 22
TEAM RECORDS Most Wins - Season
1. 9, 9-13-75 to 10-24-75 10-2-83 to 11-2-83 1996-99 1974-77
22 18
Scoring Margin - Season 1. 1980 2. 1969
1980 1998
9 9
1974-77 1996-99
1.12 1.18
1993 2014
0.85 0.93
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+49 (75-26) +48 (70-22)
* Records for the following seasons (1957, 1962-67, 1983, 1986) are either missing or incomplete.
2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • Letterwinners
A Alfaro, Mike (2002) 1999-01 Allard, Gary S. (1974) 1972-73 Anderson, Matt P. (1997) 1994-96 Anderson, Thomas (1959) 1956 Angarole, Michael L. (1980) 1978-79 Archino, David T. (1959) 1958 Armstrong, Rex S. (1976) 1974-75 Arnold, Reginald (1991) 1988 Auston, David (2003) 2000-02 Axhoj, Tucker (2017) 2014
B Ballard, Michael P. (1972) 1969 Baltimore, Michael D. (1979) 1977-78 Barleben, Raymond J. (1970) 1967-69 Bartolone, Robert J. (1977) 1973-76 Baum, Kurt L. (1981) 1978-80 Baumhofer, Willie (1991) 1987-90 Beam, Keith W. (1981) 1977-80 Behm, Rob (1995) 1991-94 Belvill, Jason (2008) 2004-07 Bendjebar, Ralph H. (1969) 1966 Bennett, Jim E. Jr. (1989) 1987-88 Bennett, Ralph D. (1985) 1981-82 Bergeron, Brian (1994) 1990-93 Besson, Paul M. (1979) 1976 Biancur, Andrew (1960) 1957-59 Bieging, Ivan T. (1965) 1962-64 Bieler, Josh D. (2001) 1997-99 Bierschmitt, James (1991) 1987-90 Biglow, Alex (2012) 2008 Bingaman, Kirk (2010) 2009 Blaha, John E. (1965) 1962-64 Blassie, Michael J. (1970) 1967-69 Bolin, Daniel (2005) 2001, 03-04 Bourque, Valmore W. (1959) 1956 Bottomly, Roc (1969) 1966 Brill, Michael Jon (1979) 1976, 1978 Brinlee, Zach (2012) 2008-09 Britt, Austin (2015) 2014 Brletich, Lee (2003) 2000 Brockington, Lex (1986) 1984-85 Brockman, John C. (1974) 1970-73 Brophy, Michael (2002) 1998-01 Brown, Ben (2001) 1998-99 Bryant, Hugh L. (1965) 1962-63 Burgener, James (1999) 1995-98 Burman, Steven W. (1967) 1965-66 Burnet, David M. (1973) 1971-72 Buss, Brent (1992) 1988-91 Buss, Hans A. (1981) 1977-79
Clements, Roger F. (1976) 1975 Cobb, George N. (1967) 1965 Coe, Richard E. (1968) 1965-67 Cole, James L. (1964) 1963 Collier, Lance (1993) 1989, 1991 Compton, Patrick (2013) 2010-12 Connally, James (1959) 1956-58 Cressy, Kyle (2012) 2008, 2010-11 Cruice, Edward J. III (1973) 1971-72 Cullen, Chris (1994) 1990-93 Cullen, Richard P. (2000) 1996-99 Cunningham, Curtis A. (1992) 1990 Currier, William R. (1960) 1957-59 Cyr, Ralph A. (1984) 1980-83
D Dall, Jason (2009) 2005-08 Danforth, Lawrence A. (1974) 1973 Darling, Matt (1998) 1994-96 Davis, Carlos (1991) 1987-88 Davis, Gary K. (1969) 1966-68 Dean, Paul A. (1961) 1959-60 Delony, Billy G. (1960) 1957 Derrickson, Thomas (1959) 1957 Diaz, Tino (2005) 2001-04 Diesel, Thomas A. (1972) 1970 Dignazio, Timothy L. (1979) 1976-78 Dominguez, Mike (1996) 1992-95 Donnelly, Colin (1997) 1994 Dougal, Brian (2006) 2003 Dougherty, Drew (1998) 1994-97 Downey, Caleb (2014) 2010-13 Doyle, Robert J. (1978) 1975-77 Driscoll, Joseph E. (1964) 1962-63 Dronkers, Anthony A. (1977) 1974-76 Duffy, Timothy (1983) 1980-82 Duley, Cameron (2017) 2013-14 Dunbaker, Conner (2016) 2013 Dunn, Michael G. (1983) 1980 Durr, Kevin (2013) 2009-12 Dutchyshyn, Harry V. Jr. (1976) 1975 Dwyer, Robert J. (1959) 1956 Dydasco, Zane (2013) 2009-12
E Eames, Colin (2006) 2002-05 Elder, Blake (2017) 2013-14 Elliott, Dale S. (1966) 1965 Elsbernd, Paul (2007) 2005-06 Eshkenazi, Aaron (2010) 2007-09 Esparza, AJ (2017) 2013-14 Eszenyi, Steven A. (1965) 1964
C Campbell, John S. Jr. (1976) 1974 Carns, Michael P. (1959) 1956-58 Carpenter, Adelbert (1967) 1965-66 Carpenter, James T. (1959) 1957-58 Carroll, John (1984) 1981 Cavuoti, Frank M. (1985) 1981-82 Charles, Marc (2011) 2007-08 Chavers, Jacob (2014) 2010 Chavez, Ben (2012) 2008-11 Cho, Sung (1986) 1982-85 Chock, Kelii H. (2001) 1997-98 Chronister, Casey (2004) 2000-03 Chung, Albert (1992) 1988-89 Clark, Jay (1993) 1990-92 Clark, Thomas (2003) 1999-02 Clarkston, Skyler (2006) 2002 Clayton, Daniel (1997) 1994-96 Clayton, Roy M. III (1981) 1978-80
Brian Klazura (2010-13)
F Fairlamb, Richard C. (1961) 1959-60 Felipe, Cody (2013) 2009 Ferraioli, Richard A. (1972) 1970-71 Finan, George K. III (1966) 1964-65 Fischer, Brian (1999) 1995-96 Fischer, Dan (1997) 1993-96 Fisher, Chris (1984) 1980-82 Fleming, Brent (2005) 2001 Flores, Matthew (2003) 2000 Fortuna, Jerry (1995) 1992-94 Foster, Chris (1989) 1985-88 Fournier, Cody (2005) 2002-04 Frazier, Alex (2015) 2011-14 Freeman, Bruce M. (1967) 1966 Friend, Lawrence W. (1985) 1980-84 Frobose, Trevor (2002) 1998-99 Fry, Matt (2005) 2001, 03
G Gaiser, Reid (2009) 2005-08 Gagliardi, Albert (1959) 1956-58 Gagliardi, Paul (2003) 2001-02 Gallo, Frank H. (1977) 1977 Gbelia, Peter (1993) 1989-92 George, William F. II (1968) 1966-67 Gesuale, Brian (1994) 1991-93 Getschow, Garrett (2013) 2008-12 Giesse, Lawrence J. (1973) 1970 Gilchrist, Michael H. (1968) 1966-67 Gingsumrong, Aphichart (2009) 2006-07 Gismondi, Mike (1998) 1994-95 Gismondi, Nick (1994) 1991-93 Goaziou, Brian (1991) 1987-90 Golz, Andrew (2012) 2008 Gomez, Jared (2010) 2006-07, 2009 Gonzalez, Leonel (1994) 1991 Gould, Patrick (2012) 2008-10 Graham, Randall J. (1972) 1970-71 Graves, Ronald E. (1985) 1981-84 Greenaway, Brendan (2007) 2004-06 Griffis, William E. II (1961) 1958-60 Gritsavage, John R. (1965) 1962-64 Guild, Richard E. (1963) 1960-62 Gullo, James (2010) 2007-09 Gustafson, Joe (2005) 2001-04 Guyette, Brian (2008) 2004-07
H Hakeman, Thomas G. (1969) 1966-68 Hansel, Steven E. (1973) 1971-72 Hansen, David (1989) 1986-87 Hansen, Rich (1987) 1985-86 Harder, Jeffrey (1990) 1988-89 Hardie, Noah (1994) 1990-91 Hardison, Jasper (1960) 1959 Harrison, Booker (1972) 1970 Harrison, Brendan (2000) 1998-99 Hauck, Ian (2008) 2004-07 Haug, Joey (2016) 2013-14 Haycock, Parker (2010) 2006 Heaton, Robert K. (1965) 1963-64 Hebron, Edmund (1990) 1986, 1988-89 Heer, Cole (2017) 2014 Heide, Donald R. (1964) 1962-63 Henry, Conor (2013) 2010-12 Hickman, Kyle D. (1984) 1980 Higgins, David K. (1970) 1968-69 Hill, Douglas E. (1983) 1979-82 Hill, Michael L. (1980) 1976-79 Hill, Zach (2016) 2013-14
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Himelberger, Roderick (1963) 1961-62 Hoilman, Charles Jr. (1963) 1962-63 Holder, Ronald C. (1969) 1967 Hollingshead, Kristopher (2001) 1997 Holloway, Nathan (2007) 2003-06 Holoviak, Daniel R. (1965) 1962-64 Hornung, Matthew S. (1980) 1977 Hoxie, Austin (2007) 2003 Hoxie, Brian (2016) 2013 Huber, Henry M. (1970) 1968-69
I-J Iudicello, Alphonse (1965) 1963-64 Jacobs, Jeff S. (1984) 1981-82 Jacobs, Jeffrey L. (1974) 1972 Janssen, Frank A. (1972) 1969-71 Jaszai, Steve (1986) 1983-85 Jeffords, Paul C. (1999) 1996-98 Jensen, Gus (2016) 2013-14 Johnson, Christopher (1975) 1973-74 Johnson, Christopher (1969) 1967-68 Jonak, Steven J. (1977) 1976 Jones, Brandon (2002) 1998-01 Jones, Jake (2013) 2010-12 Jost, John (1991) 1987-90
K Keeler, William H. (1972) 1971 Kelly, Sean M. (1976) 1974-75 Keohane, J. Sean (1977) 1974 Kern, Ben (2016) 2012-14 Kiefer, Kip (1996) 1992-95 Kim, Mitch (2014) 2011-13 Kirschman, Jeremiah (2004) 2000-03 Klazura, Brian (2014) 2010-13 Kline, Douglas R. (1971) 1968 Klopping, Chris B. (1997) 1994-96 Kneuer, Donavon (2001) 1997-00 Kochanski, Don J. (1985) 1981 Kolkmier, Thomas J. (1984) 1982 Korpak, Ken (1986) 1982-85 Kozma, William J. (1967) 1965-66 Kraay, Eugene S. (1971) 1968-70 Krail, Kelvin W. (1971) 1969-70 Kreis, Andrew (1991) 1989-90 Krott, Andrew D. (1977) 1975-76 Kuchlewski, Robert J. (1962) 1959-61
L Ladd, John R. (1971) 1968-70 Lakin, Terrence D. (1973) 1971-72 Lambert, Dave (1992) 1988-91 Lambert, Nate A. (1999) 1995-97 Lamont, Warren C. (1968) 1966-67 Lancaster, James W. Jr. (1968) 1965-66 Landers, John S. (1967) 1965-66 Landmann, Dwight D. (1976) 1974-75 Lanni, Joseph A. (1980) 1976-79 Lapinsky, Joe (2009) 2006 LaPorte, Jacob (2016) 2012-13 Lawhead, Peter (1988) 1985-87 Lawhead, Thomas J. (1983) 1980-82 Laye, Marty (2001) 1997-99 Lecraw, Christopher B. (1981) 1978-80 Leonard, Mark (1992) 1988-91 Leonard, Matt (1990) 1988-89 Leung, Casey (2008) 2005 Levin, Daniel E. (1982) 1978-80 Liller, John (1994) 1990-93 Littlefield, Wells (2001) 1999 Loberg, James C. (1969) 1967, 1969
2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • Letterwinners
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O
Macias, Gabe (1993) 1990-92 Mansfield, Ryan (2003) 2000 Mantei, John (1959) 1956-58 Maqueda, Carlos (2006) 2002 Mariaca-Fell, Luis (1979) 1977-79 Marien, Chad (1991) 1987-90 Marple, Robert K. IV (1973) 1971-72 Marshall, Lyman W. (1962) 1960-61 Marton, Jaric (2018) 2014 Mathews, Chris (2008) 2005-07 Matocha, Matt (1998) 1994 Mauro, Michael (2013) 2009 Maynard, Michael (2006) 2003-05 McAtee, Thomas P. (1962) 1959, 1961 McBride, Phil H. (1978) 1974-76 McBroome, John J. (1966) 1963-65 McComsey, James T. (1964) 1962-63 McDaniel, Keith L. (2000) 1996-99 McDermott, Colin (2018) 2014 McDonald, Shannon (1995) 1991-94 McGillivray, Clay (2006) 2002-05 McGillivray, Scott (2015) 2012-14 McKenna, Pat (1987) 1984-86 McNabb, Duncan (2007) 2003-06 Melcher, John (2012) 2009-11 Melia, Glenn (1989) 1985-88 Mennell, Matt (1996) 1992-95 Merica-Jones, Noah (2003) 1999-02 Merz, Melvin J. (1959) 1957-58 Meyer, Kevin (2015) 2013-14 Miller, Britton (2002) 1999-01 Miller, Charles L. (1966) 1964 Miller, Richard B. Jr. (1967) 1966 Miller, Ronald E. (1961) 1959-60 Mills, Scott E. (1973) 1971-72 Milodragovich, David (2005) 2001-02 Modly, Zachary (2014) 2011, 13-14 Monroe, Earle S. (1965) 1964 Moore, Brian (1989) 1987 Moore, Franklin H. (1967) 1965 Morgan, Matt (1990) 1989 Moser, Robert W. (1972) 1969 Moses, Kyle (2011) 2007-10 Mossbrook, David W. (1966) 1963-65 Mrosla, Duane F. (1968) 1965-67 Muckley, David E. (1973) 1970-72 Mueh, Hans J. (1966) 1964-65 Muir, Scott (2006) 2003-05 Murphy, Tim (1997) 1994-96 Myers, Todd (2006) 2003-05
O’Briene, Thomas S. (1968) 1966 Olson, Karl R. (1978) 1975-77 Olson, James E. (1963) 1961 Olson, Norris O. (1959) 1956-58 Ostrom, Bill (1992) 1989-91
N Nalepa, Tom (1989) 1986 Nannen, Josh (2010) 2006 Narzinski, Daniel P. (1972) 1968-71 Narzinski, Paul J. (1975) 1972-74 Neal, Thomas A. (1980) 1978-79 Neeley, Jaime (2009) 2005 Nesbitt, Patrick M. (1967) 1965-66 Newcomb, Sidney H. (1960) 1957-59 Nielsen, Chris A. (2000) 1997 Nielson, Steve W. (1962) 1959-61 Niezen, Alejandro J. (1979) 1975-77 Nigro, Andy (2008) 2004-07 Noller, Steven (2010) 2006, 2008-09 Norton, Daniel (2009) 2007 Nowotny, Paul (1986) 1982-85 Nutter, Mike (1987) 1985-86
P Pacheco, Travis (1995) 1993-94 Page, Stephen S. (1970) 1968 Parker, Hugh A. (1972) 1969-71 Parker, Scott D. (1973) 1970-72 Patriquin, Allen C. (1976) 1973-75 Patriquin, Louis (1989) 1986-87 Payne, Matt (2014) 2011-13 Peacock, Phillip (2003) 2000 Pederson, David J. (1962) 1959-61 Pena, Juan (1988) 1985 Perry, James M. (1965) 1962-64 Phan, Wayne (1990) 1987, 1989 Pickens, Brian (1986) 1983-85 Pompa, Byron R. (1999) 1995-98 Potter, Michael JW (1979) 1976 Powers, Victor C. (1973) 1971-72 Pratzner, Phil (1987) 1984-86 Preuss, Anthony X. (1974) 1970 Pueffenbarger, John E. (1978) 1975-77 Pujats, Trey (2018) 2014 Pulley, Jeff (1996) 1993-95
R Rabe, Matt (2002) 1999-01 Raber, Peter J. (2000) 1996-97 Rabinowitch, Peter (1990) 1988 Rama, Andy (1989) 1985-88 Ramos, Clint (2014) 2010-11 Rana, A.J. (2014) 2010 Rayburn, Bentley B. (1975) 1973 Reaves, Michael E. (1968) 1966-67 Reinhart, Daniel L. (1980) 1977-79 Rendon, Anthony (2005) 2002 Renschen, James H. (1964) 1961-63 Reyes, Mitchell (2007) 2003 Rhynard, Josh (2010) 2006-09 Richert, Martin E. (1960) 1958 Rickards, Cyrus J. (1963) 1960-62 Riggins, Archie S. III (1978) 1976-78 Riley, T.W. (1971) 1970 Robinson, Bart (2001) 1998 Robinson, Ryan (2011) 2007-09 Roby, Randy (1987) 1986 Rodman, Harry E. Jr. (1965) 1962-64 Roe, David (1962) 1960-61 Rosenberger, Brett (1995) 1992-93 Ross, Alexander M (1964) 1961-63 Rosser, Kevin (2010) 2006-09 Rossillon, Kevin (2013) 2010-12 Rowan, Clay (1984) 1981, 1983 Rowan, Richard A. (1967) 1965-66 Ruiz, A.J. (2002) 1999-01 Ruth, Richard G. (1975) 1973-74 Ryan, Dennis (1986) 1982-85
S Sabella, Jeff (1993) 1990-92 Sadlowski, Donald G. (1980) 1978-79 Sagastume, Marcus (2005) 2001-04 Sagastume, Ryan A. (2001) 1997-00 Salvemini, Len A. (1975) 1971-74 Samayoa, Abinadi (2016) 2012 Sanders, Josh (2007) 2003-04
Sands, Marc (1994) 1992-93 Savage, Paul W. (1978) 1976-77 Schaefer, Scott A. (1989) 1985-88 Schaeffer, Ryan D. (1999) 1995-98 Schafer, Kyle (2011) 2007-08, 2010 Schaller, Robert (1962) 1959-61 Schaller, Robert N. (1969) 1967-68 Schattle, Walter P. (1982) 1979-81 Schenk, Jacob (2017) 2013-14 Schill, David (2006) 2003-05 Schiller, Gregory J. (1985) 1982 Schneider, Paul G. (1973) 1969 Schultz, James H. (1968) 1964-67 Schulze, Greg A. (1978) 1974-77 Selzer, Brett (2009) 2005-06 Seiffert, William C. (1977) 1976 Setterquist, Francis L. (1966) 1965 Shamess, James M. (1974) 1972-73 Shewmaker, Larry A. (1961) 1959 Shiembob, Edward (1981) 1978-80 Shine, John J. III (1975) 1971-74 Silvester, Terry (1970) 1967-68 Singer, Donald (1960) 1958-59 Singer, Robert D. (1981) 1977-80 Smith, Allan (2002) 1999-00 Smith, Richard B. (1970) 1968-69 Sonnenberg, Scott B. (1969) 1966-68 Soucy, Robert R. II (1977) 1973-76 Spear, John (2010) 2006 Speshock, Joseph (2016) 2013 Staples, Jon R. (1962) 1960-62 Stephens, Tracy G. (1974) 1971-73 Stratton, John (1997) 1993-96 Streetor, Xavier (1981) 1980 Suito-Acuna, Fernando (2011) 2010 Sullivan, Cody (2014) 2011 Sullivan, Ken (1986) 1983-85 Sullivan, Nico (2013) 2009 Svanoe, Kennerd E. (1967) 1967 Swaim, Allan L. Jr. (1970) 1967-69 Sweeney, Allan R. (1965) 1964 Sweigart, David L. (1960) 1959 Szostak, Paul (1990) 1987-88
T Talbot, Timothy R. (1982) 1979 Tamkun, John E. (1975) 1973-74 Taylor, John C. (1961) 1958-60 Taylor, Mike (2003) 1999-02 Thames, James D. (1966) 1963-65 Thompson, Dale Jr. (1960) 1957-59 Thrasher, Michael (2014) 2012-13 Tilton, John (2011) 2007-10 Tise, Eric (2013) 2009-12 Toney, Derrick (1988) 1984-87 Toth, Brian (1994) 1992-93 Tracey, Richard E. (1959) 1956-58 Twohig, Thomas F. (1978) 1976-77 Tyger, Jeremy C. (1995) 1991-93
W Wade, Trevor (2013) 2010-12 Walick, David (1993) 1989-92 Walker, Jamil (2003) 1999 Walker, Shaka (1996) 1994-95 Walsh, Dan (2004) 2000-03 Walsh, Gregory C. (1981) 1977-80 Ward, Ryan (2017) 2013-14 Warner, Daniel J. (1995) 1991-92 Warren, Michael W. (1981) 1978-79 Warren, Wayne W. (1969) 1966-68 Wasson, Daniel (2006) 2002-03 Webb, Thomas P. Jr. (1972) 1969-71 Weeks, Joseph D. (1970) 1967-68 Weight, Robert H. (1962) 1959-60 Weiland, Michael J.P. (1979) 1976-78 Weintraub, Dave (1986) 1983-85 Welch, Luke (2015) 2011-14 Welliver, Terrence (2002) 1999-01 Wendt, John (2018) 2014 Whalen, Eugene R. (1969) 1966-68 White, James B. (1964) 1963 Wildermuth, Roger L. (1971) 1970 Wilkinson, William F. (1968) 1965 Williams, Horace L. (1984) 1980 Williams, Timothy J. (1985) 1981-82 Williams, Wesley A. (2000) 1996-99 Wilson, Eric (2012) 2008-11 Wilson, James F. (1963) 1962 Wilson, Scott (1973) 1972 Wong, Damon (2007) 2003-06 Woodbury, Roger C. (1961) 1958-60 Woodhouse, Todd A. (1984) 1980-82 Wright, Sean (1986) 1982-85 Wynn, Mark S. (1978) 1976-77
Y-Z Yasuhara, Thomas T. (1974) 1973 Zapata, Robert D. (1980) 1977-79 Zimmerman, John E. (1963) 1960-62 Zimmerman, John A. (1974) 1972-73 Zindel, Garrett C. (1999) 1995-98
Graduation Year in Parenthesis Members of 2013 Roster in Bold
U Ulmer, Daniel C. (1971) 1968-70 Underwood, Matt (2013) 2010-12 Uransel, Alec (2013) 2009
V Van Balen, Eric (1991) 1988-90 Verfuss, Gary R. (1963) 1960-61 Villalobos, Anthony (1977) 1975-76 Villamaria, Luke (2016) 2013-14 Villella, Matt (1994) 1991-93
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Matt Underwood (2010-12)
2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • Award Winners Academy Awards
Most Valuable Male Athlete Chris Foster, 1989 Rich Cullen, 2000
Athletic Leadership Award Jim Thames, 1966
Athletic Excellence Award Greg Schulze, 1978 Kevin Durr, 2013
Outstanding Athletic Achievement Award Brandon Jones, 2002
Scholar-Athlete Award Daniel Bolin, 2005
All-Americans
Ray Barleben, 1969 Gene Kraay, 1969 Len Salvemini, 1972 Greg Schulze, 1977 Chris Foster, 1988 Dave Walick, 1992 John Stratton, 1996
All-Region
All-Far West Region Gene Kraay, 1969-70 Dan Ulmer, 1970 Tom Webb, 1970 Frank Janssen, 1971 John Brockman, 1972-73 Len Salvemini, 1971-74 Jack Shine, 1974 Greg Schulze, 1975, ‘77 Bob Soucy, 1976 Alejandro Niezen, 1977 Ed Shiembob, 1979 Mike Hill, 1979 Bob Singer, 1979 Mike Lynch, 1982 Dave Walick, 1992 Rob Behm, 1992 Chris Cullen, 1992 Ryan Schaeffer, 1996, ‘98 John Stratton, 1996 Nate Lambert, 1997 Marcus Sagastume, 2003, ‘04 Daniel Wasson, 2003 Colin Eames, 2005 Kevin Durr, 2011-12 All-Midwest Region Greg Walsh, 1980 Bob Singer, 1980 Larry Friend, 1983 Mike Lynch, 1983 Ken Sullivan, 1985 Sean Wright, 1985 Sung Cho, 1985 Chris Foster, 1986-88 Dave Hansen, 1987 Glen Melia, 1988 John Jost, 1990 Brandon Jones, 2001 Marcus Sagastume, 2002
All-Conference
MPSF Co-Player of the Year Marcus Sagastume, 2003 All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Rob Behm, 1992, ‘93 (1st) Dave Walick, 1992 (1st) Chris Cullen, 1992 (2nd), ‘93 (1st) Jeremy Tyger, 1993 (2nd) Brian Gesuale, 1993 (2nd) Matt Mennell, ‘93 (HM) ‘94 (1st) ‘95 (HM) Drew Dougherty, 1994 (2nd) Scott McDonald, 1994 (2nd) John Stratton, 1995 (1st) Matt Anderson, 1995 (1st) Rich Cullen, 1999 (1st) Trevor Frobose, 1999 (2nd) Britton Miller, 2000 (2nd) Tom Clark, 2000 (HM), ‘01 (1st), ‘02 (1st) Daniel Bolin, 2001 (2nd), ‘04 (2nd) Mike Brophy, 2001 (2nd) Brandon Jones, 2001 (2nd) Marcus Sagastume, ‘01 (HM), ‘02, ‘03, ‘04 (1st) Noah Merica-Jones, 2002 (2nd) Daniel Wasson, 2002 (2nd), ‘03 (1st) Colin Eames, 2002 (HM), ‘05 (1st) Todd Myers, 2004, ‘05 (HM) Scott Muir, 2005 (1st) Brian Guyette, 2005 (2nd), ‘06 (2nd), ‘07 (1st) Duncan McNabb, 2005 (2nd) David Schill, 2005 (2nd) Clay McGillivray, 2005 (HM) Ian Hauck, 2006 (1st) Andy Nigro, 2006 (1st), ‘07 (2nd) Brendan Greenaway, 2006 (2nd) Josh Rhynard, 2006 (3rd) Brett Selzer, 2006 (3rd) Jason Belvill, 2007 (HM) Steven Noller, 2008 (2nd), ‘09 (2nd) Kevin Rosser, 2008 (2nd), ‘09 (1st) Aaron Eshkenazi, 2008 (HM), ‘09 (HM) Eric Wilson, 2008 (HM), ‘10 (2nd) Kevin Durr, 2010 (1st), ‘11 (1st), ‘12 (1st) Matt Underwood, 2010 (HM), ‘11 (HM), ‘12 (2nd) Zane Dydasco, 2010 (HM), ‘12 (2nd) John Tilton, 2010 (HM) Caleb Downey, 2011 (2nd), ‘12 (HM) Garrett Getschow, 2011 (2nd) Eric Tise, 2011 (HM) Jake Jones, 2012 (HM) All-Western Athletic Conference Matt Anderson, 1996 (2nd) John Stratton, 1996 (2nd) Ryan Schaeffer, 1996, ‘97, ‘98 (1st) Drew Dougherty, 1997 (2nd) Rich Cullen, 1997 (2nd), 1998 (1st) Jamie Burgener, 1998 (2nd) Garrett Zindel, 1998 (2nd) Caleb Downey, 2013 (1st) Brian Klazura, 2013 (2nd) All-Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Soccer League Jim Thames, 1964-65 John McBroome, 1965 Hans Mueh, 1965 Gary Davis, 1966-68 Bill Kozma, 1966 Dick Coe, 1966-67 Ray Barleben, 1967-69 Bob Schaller, 1968 Gene Kraay, 1969 Dan Ulmer, 1969-70 Dan Narzinski, 1969 John Ladd, 1970 Len Salvemini, 1971-74
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Frank Janssen, 1971 Dave Muckley, 1972 John Brockman, 1972-73 Scott Mills, 1972 Paul Narzinski, 1973 Tracy Stevens, 1973 Jack Shine, 1973-74 Greg Schulze, 1974-77 Bob Soucy, 1975-76 Dwight Landmann, 1975 Phil McBride, 1975-76 Alex Niezen, 1976-77 Karl Olsen, 1977 Tom Twohig, 1977 Mike Weiland, 1978 Mike Hill, 1978-79 Bob Singer, 1979-80 Ed Shiembob, 1979 Greg Walsh, 1980 Mike Lynch, 1980-81, ‘83 Doug Hill, 1981-82 Larry Friend, 1981, ‘84 Dale Bennett, 1983-84 Ron Graves, 1983-84 Chris Fisher, 1983 Jeff Jacobs, 1983-’84 Steve Jaszai, 1983-84 Clay Rowan, 1983 Dennis Ryan, 1983-85 Greg Schiller, 1984 Sung Cho, 1985 Paul Nowotny, 1985 Ken Sullivan, 1984-85 Sean Wright, 1984-85 Glen Melia, 1985-88 Andrew Rama, 1985-87 Chris Foster, 1985-88 Derrick Toney, 1985-87 Scott Schaeffer, 1986 Mike Nutter, 1986 Dave Hansen, 1986-87 Shea Long, 1987
Team MVPs
Gary Davis, 1968 Ray Barleben, 1969 John Ladd, 1970 Frank Janssen, 1971 Dave Muckley, 1972 Len Salvemini, 1973-74 Dwight Landman, 1975 Steve Jonak, 1976 Greg Schulze, 1977 Mike Weiland, 1978 Mike Hill, 1979 Bob Singer, 1980 Mike Lynch, 1981, ‘83 Dale Bennett, 1982 Ron Graves, 1984 Sean Wright, 1985 Chris Foster, 1986-88 Willie Baumhofer, 1989-90 Jake Buss, 1991 Dave Walick, 1992 Chris Cullen, 1993 Scott McDonald, 1994 John Stratton, 1995-96 Ryan Schaeffer, 1997 Jamie Burgener, 1998 Rich Cullen, 1999 Donavon Kneuer, 2000 Brandon Jones, 2001 Marcus Sagastume, 2002 Daniel Bolin, 2003-04 Scott Muir, 2005 Ian Hauck, 2006 Brian Guyette, 2007 Steven Noller, 2008 Kevin Rosser, 2009 Kevin Durr, 2010-12 Caleb Downey, 2013 Jake Schenk, 2014
2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • Falcons In The Pros
Len Salvemini (‘75) San Francisco Fog Kansas City Comets Memphis Americans
Glenn Melia (‘89) Colorado Foxes
Chris Foster (‘89) Colorado Foxes
Chris Cullen (‘94) Colorado Foxes
John Stratton (‘97) Colorado Foxes
Rich Cullen (‘00) Colorado Rapids
Kevin Durr (‘13) Seattle Sounders Colorado Springs Sidewinders
Marcus Sagastume (‘05) Colorado Rapids
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2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • The Air Force Academy The United States Air Force Academy offers a four-year program of instruction and experience designed to educate, train and inspire men and women to become officers of character, motivated to lead the United States Air Force in service to our nation. Each cadet graduates with a bachelor of science degree and a commission as a second lieutenant in the Air Force.
Course of Study Cadets are exposed to a balanced curriculum that provides the knowledge, skills and responsibilities essential to a career Air Force officer. The entire USAFA experience is integrated and mapped to achieve a set of desired outcomes in every graduate. The core academic curriculum includes courses in basic sciences, engineering, social sciences and humanities. Cadets take additional elective courses to complete requirements for one of 32 major areas of study. About 50 percent of the cadets complete majors in science and engineering; the remainder graduate in the social sciences and humanities. Some of the most popular majors include management, aeronautical engineering, foreign area studies, history, behavioral science, civil engineering, astronautical engineering, electrical engineering and engineering mechanics.
Faculty Composition The majority of the Academy’s faculty members, more than 500 total, are Air Force officers. They are selected primarily from career-officer volunteers who have established outstanding records of performance and dedication. Each has at least a master’s degree and more than 55 percent have doctorates or other terminal degrees in their field of study. About 30 percent of the faculty are civilians who bring great depth of disciplinary and educational expertise and provide academic stability and continuity. Faculty members are intensely focused on cadet learning as an integral part of their officer development. The Air Force Academy has been ranked No. 1 in the nation for the most accessible and involved faculty. To provide greater contributions by a diverse faculty, the Academy has several distinguished visiting professors and endowed professors who serve one or more years. Officers from other services, as well as officers from allied countries are also members of the faculty. Distinguished civilian and military lecturers also share their expertise with the cadets during the academic year.
Athletic Program
Military Education and Training An air, space and cyberspace-oriented military education, training and leadership program begins with basic cadet training and continues throughout the four years. Seniors are responsible for the organizational leadership of the cadet wing, while juniors and sophomores seek to develop team and interpersonal leadership and instructional skills. Cadets are projected into as many active leadership roles as possible to prepare them to be effective Air Force officers. Fundamental concepts of military organization -- drill, ethics, honor, Air Force heritage and physical training -- are emphasized the first summer during basic cadet training. Freshmen then study the military role in United States society as well as the mission and organization of the Air Force. Sophomores receive instruction in communication skills and juniors study the combat and operational aspects of the Air Force. The Academy offers courses in flying, navigation, soaring and parachuting, building from basic skills to instructor duties. Some cadets may fly light aircraft with the Cadet Flying Team. Summer training for cadets is divided into three, three-week training periods. There are a variety of programs available and each cadet is required to complete two training periods each summer with leave during the other period. All new cadets take six weeks of basic cadet training in their first summer. Combat survival training is a required threeweek program during cadets’ second summer. For other second-summer training periods, cadets have options such as working with Airmen in an operational unit at an Air Force installation, airborne parachute training, soaring or basic free-fall parachute training. During their last two summers, all cadets are offered leadership training as supervisors or instructors in the summer programs listed above. Extracurricular activities also are an integral part of the education program. The cadet ski club, drum and bugle corps, cadet chorale and forensics are a few of the programs available.
Nominations Nominations to the Academy may be obtained through a congressional sponsor or by meeting eligibility criteria in other categories of competition established by law. For information on admission procedures, write to HQ USAFA/RRS; 2304 Cadet Drive, Suite 200; USAF Academy, CO 80840-5025 or go to:
www.usafa.edu
The Academy’s athletic program is designed to improve physical fitness, teach athletic skills and develop leadership qualities. To achieve its goals, the Academy offers some of the most extensive physical education, intramural sports and intercollegiate athletic programs in the nation. Cadets take at least three different physical education courses each year.
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History of The Academy In 1948, a board of leading civilian and military educators was appointed to plan the curriculum for an academy that would meet the needs of the newly established Air Force. The board determined that Air Force requirements could not be met by expanding the other service academies and recommended an Air Force Academy be established without delay. In 1949, then Secretary of the Air Force W. Stuart Symington appointed a commission to assist in selecting a site and on April 1, 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized creation of the United States Air Force Academy. After considering 580 sites in 45 states, the commission narrowed the choice to three locations. The summer of 1954, Secretary of the Air Force Harold Talbott selected a site near Colorado Springs, Colo. Colorado contributed $1 million toward purchase of the property. In July 1955, the first Academy class entered interim facilities at Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, while construction began. It was sufficiently completed for occupancy by the cadet wing in late August 1958. Initial construction cost was $142 million. Women entered the Academy on June 28, 1976, as members of the class of 1980.
2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • Academy Leadership Lt. Gen. Michelle D. Johnson is Superintendent, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. She directs a four-year academic, military training, athletic and character development program leading to a bachelor’s degree and commission as an Air Force officer. The general is a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Class of 1981. After graduating from the Academy, she completed graduate studies as a Rhodes Scholar before earning her pilot wings in 1984. Johnson has held numerous command positions at the group,
Vice Superintendent Colonel Doug Lamberth
Commandant of Cadets Brig. General Stephen C. Williams
wing and numbered Air Force level, and came to the Academy after serving as the Deputy, Chief of Staff, Operation and Intelligence, Supreme Headquarters Allies Powers Europe, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Casteau, Belgium. She has served in various assignments in air mobility, airlift and tanker flying operations and training, academic instruction and personnel. A command pilot, the general has more than 3,600 flying hours in the C-141, T-41, KC-10, C-17, C-5 and the KC-14 aircraft. The general’s military awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Aerial Achievement Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal, Combat Readiness Medal with oak leaf cluster, National Defense Service Medal with bronze star, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal with bronze star and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.
Dean of Faculty Brig. General Andrew Armacost
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Commander, 10th Air Base Wing Col. Troy Dunn
Command Chief CMSgt Max Grindstaff
2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • Director of Athletics Jim Knowlton joined the Air Force Academy as the director of athletics on March 22, 2015. In this capacity he oversees 27 intercollegiate varsity sports, physical education, intramurals and all physical testing and evaluation at the Academy. Prior to the Air Force Academy, Knowlton served as the director of athletics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and was responsible for overseeing the Institute’s 12 men’s and 11 women’s NCAA intercollegiate varsity teams and three junior varsity squads, involving more than 600 student-athletes, as well as intramurals. In his time in Troy, Knowlton helped develop the strategic vision for the athletic department, implemented a new athletics branding initiative, increased two-way communication with the student-athletes, created and filled many key positions, and facilitated renovations to the Houston Field House as well as the construction of the $102M first phase of Rensselaer’s East Campus Athletic Village. Prior to joining Rensselaer, Knowlton served as the director of the Center for Enhanced Performance at the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. In that position, he led a staff of 50 professionals who deliver training for peak performance in athletics, academics, and military endeavors to cadets, soldiers, and athletes both on and off the West Point campus. From 2003 to 2006 Knowlton served as both deputy and interim director for the athletics department at West Point, where he led a staff of more than 200 people and supervised 25 intercollegiate athletic programs with more than 1,000 student-athletes. During his tenure, West Point set the stage to earn its first NCAA national championship in more than 50 years.
Jim Knowlton addresses crowd at AFA Hall of Fame Banquet
Jim Knowlton at press conference introducing head women’s basketball Chris Gobrecht Army, Knowlton received a master’s in civil engineering from Cornell University. He returned to West Point in 1992 to teach in the civil and mechanical engineering department. He was selected to lead and manage larger and more complex organizations within the Army, ultimately leading a battalion of 750 men and women while stationed at Ft. Carson, Colo., before deploying to Iraq. Knowlton is a registered professional engineer in the state of Virginia. His awards and decorations include the Ranger Tab, the Air Assault Badge, and the Senior Parachutist Badge. Knowlton and his wife, Corey, have five sons: Jimmy, Patrick, Christopher, Mark and Shawn.
Knowlton received a bachelor’s degree in engineering in 1982 from West Point, where he was a four-year letterwinner and captain of the varsity hockey team. After 10 years of organizational leadership positions of increasing responsibility in the U.S.
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Jim Knowlton helping celebrate award winners at the Air Force fencing team banquet
2015 Air Force men’s Soccer • Athletics Few schools in the country have an athletic program as extensive as the Air Force Academy’s.
Col. Brian A. Hill
Vice Director of Athletics
The goals of the athletic program are to enhance the physical conditioning of all cadets, to develop the physical skills necessary for officership, to teach leadership in a competitive environment and to build character. There are three divisions of the athletic program: intercollegiate athletics, intramurals and physical education.
Col. Brian A. Hill is the vice athletic director at the Air Force Academy. A 1991 Academy graduate, he began his current assignment in June, 2015.
The intercollegiate program has 17 men’s and 10 women’s NCAA-sanctioned teams, facing some of the top competition in the nation. Men’s teams are football, baseball, basketball, ice hockey, cross-country, fencing, golf, gymnastics, indoor and outdoor track, lacrosse, rifle, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, water polo and wrestling. The Academy fields women’s teams in basketball, cross-country, fencing, gymnastics, rifle, indoor and outdoor track, swimming and diving, soccer, tennis and volleyball. In addition, the Academy sponsors two non-NCAA programs; boxing and cheerleading.
Hill was the Vice Commander, 92nd Air Refueling Wing, Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., from July 2013-June 2015. The 92nd ARW provides KC-135 aircraft and aircrews to support world-wide aerial refueling and airlift missions in support of the Department of Defense. Prior to this assignment, he was a student at the Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. Colonel Hill also served as Commander, 96th Air Refueling Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Prior to his command assignment, Colonel Hill was the Deputy Executive Assistant to the Commander, Headquarters United States Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii.
The majority of the Academy’s men’s and women’s programs compete at the NCAA Division I level in the Mountain West Conference. The Falcons compete in this conference against teams from Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawai’i (football only), Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV, Utah State and Wyoming. All sports also compete against non-conference opponents, including many nationally ranked teams.
A veteran of Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, Southern Watch, Joint Forge and Joint Endeavor, Hill earned his commission from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1991. He is a command pilot with more than 3,100 hours in the T-1, T-3, T-37, T-38, C-130E/H and the KC-135R/T aircraft. Hill earned his master’s degree in physical education from the University of Northern Colorado in 1995 and a master’s in strategic studies from Air War College at Maxwell AFB, Ala.
The football team competes annually for the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy, which is emblematic of service academy football supremacy. The Falcons have won the trophy 19 times, which is more than any other academy.
A three-year letterman on the Air Force football team, Hill was a team captain and second-team all-conference selection at inside linebacker in 1990. He was the Air Force Academy male MVP for the 1990-91 academic year.
The USAFA Cadet Field House is one of the most impressive athletic facilities in the country. It’s a modern, versatile structure with seemingly endless uses. The $5.6 million building is five stories high and 396 feet by 426 feet, the size of three football fields laid side by side. The structure is divided into three areas-basketball arena, ice hockey arena and multipurpose area. The three sections have a combined seating capacity of more than 9,000.
Hill and his wife, Suzette, has one son, Brayden, who is a junior at the Academy.
Clune Arena seats 5,858. The Cadet Ice Rink has a seating capacity of 2,470, while the multipurpose area seats 1,000 fans for track and field competitions. The $4.1-million renovation to the Cadet Track Stadium, the outdoor home of the Air Force track and field team, was completed in the fall of 2011 and is one of the premier track and field facilities in the nation. The Holaday Athletic Center, a $15.5 million completely donor funded indoor training facility, was completed in July 2011. The Cadet Fitness Center is a $9.5 million, Military Construction project, home of the Air Force Academy’s fencing practice facility and aerobics/weight lifting facility that contains a nearly 33-foot climbing wall, opened in May 2012.
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