2016 Northwestern State Track and Field Media Guide by Northwestern State Sports Information

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UNIVERSITY INFORMATION

School Northwestern State University Location Natchitoches, Louisiana Founded 1884 as Louisiana Normal Enrollment 9,179 Nickname Demons/Lady Demons President Dr. Jim Henderson Vice President/External Affairs Jerry Pierce Athletics Director Greg Burke Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Southland Colors Purple & White, Orange trim Facility Walter P. Ledet Track Complex

TEAM INFORMATION

Head Coach Mike Heimerman Assistant Coaches Wesley Miller Nathanial McReynolds Adam Pennington Administrative Asst Elizabeth Holloway Track & Field Phone (318) 357-5252 Athletic Trainer Kayla Johnson 2015 Indoor Results Men: T-5th Women: 5th 2015 Outdoor Results Men: 7th Women: 3rd Sports Information Director Doug Ireland Assistant SID Jason Pugh Email Ireland@nsula.edu SID Phone (318) 357-6467 Website www.nsudemons.com Twitter NSUDemons Facebook facebook.com/forkemdemons

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2016 NSU TRACK & FIELD

NSU Track Tradition Quick Facts-Table of Contents 2016 Preview

COACHING STAFF & ATHLETES

Head Coach Mike Heimerman Assistant Coach Nathanial McReynolds Assistant Coach Wesley Miller Assistant Coach Adam Pennington 2016 Demons Roster Demons Profiles 2016 Lady Demons Roster Lady Demons Profiles

UNIVERSITY & ATHLETIC PERSONNEL President Dr. Jim Henderson Vice President Jerry Pierce Director of Athletics Greg Burke Athletic Administration Sports Information-Media Info

HISTORY & RECORDS

Individual Conference Champions Conference Results NCAA Division I All-Americans NCAA Qualifiers Demon Top 5 Lady Demon Top 5 NSU Invitational Records Walter P. Ledet Complex Records NSU Program Records

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NORTHWESTERN STATE This is NSU 53 2016 NSU T&F MEDIA GUIDE CREDITS 54 Editor Jason Pugh Campus Life Layout and Design Jason Pugh and Matt Vines Academics 55 56 Editorial Assistance Doug Ireland CHAMPS/Life Skills and Ronnette Pellegrin Photography Gary Hardamon, NSU Photographic Services

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track & field Demons & Lady Demons have championship aspirations The 2016 outdoor season is brimming with potential for the Northwestern State track and field teams. Head coach Mike Heimerman provided his thoughts on what can unfold this spring, with focus on the Southland Conference Outdoor Championships, NCAA East regional competition, and the opportunity to send several entries to the NCAA Outdoors in Eugene.

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Field events “We have two phenomenal horizontal jumpers who are seniors, Por’sha Thomas and Breann Denson. They’ll finish their careers battling to win the conference championship. Por’sha can win her sixth straight triple jump title, an amazing feat, and Senior Breann Denson will challenge for conference jumps titles. Breann is one of her top challengers and finished conference championships, but that’s not uncommon and I second last spring outdoors. “Quanese Jones-Young is a high jumper who can score believe she will be motivated by that and respond very well for us at the conference championships. She finished tied for outdoors. Gerianna Lyons can get on the board for us. She fourth indoors and has some confidence that should serve had a good indoors season and placed in the shot and weight her well as we head toward the trip to Corpus Christi for the throw, and I believe she can bring us some scoring. Mariah Davis can score in the discus if she gets healthy and we’re Southland Conference meet. “We have a lot to be excited about in the throws, where hopeful about that. we have a couple more distinguished seniors. They are both “In the javelin, Kelsey Frank was fourth at last year’s contremendous leaders who have already made a great impact ference meet and was a regional qualifier as a freshman. She made very good progress and as she continues to develop, on our program. “In the javelin, Ashley Aldredge is looking to get back to has potential to become another in the line of javelin chamthe NCAA Outdoors and become an All-American to wrap pions and even All-Americans in our program.” up one of the most incredible and unique careers in our program’s history. Her comeback turned the corner last year with a conference title and getting to the national meet in the “We have a fairly young group of sprinters, and indoors javelin, and she is in good form heading into her last season. was a learning process for them with the 200 meter track vs. the 400 meter track outdoors. Now that we’re on the full size She could win a third conference championship. “Rechelle ‘Shelly’ Bessard is trying to three-peat in the track, I think the confidence level rises, which is good, bediscus, and place in the hammer and shot put again. She’s cause our conference is very strong on the track as well as in been the model of consistency and is a great competitor and field events. hard worker. There’s a lot of strong competition in the con- “De’Shalyn Jones had a very impressive freshman season ference but she is smart and will be tough to beat in the dis- and performed well at the conference championships in the 200 and 400. We expect her to pick up where she left off and cus. “We’ve got at least a couple young throwers who can be very good for us again. score. Destiney Myers had a freshman letdown at the indoor “Little Braneshia Payton in the 100 meter hurdles had a

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Field events “We have a big and talented group of jumpers. You start with the twins, Aaron and Emmanuel Williams. You can’t say enough about them. Both have done phenomenal jobs with their careers. They’re All-Americans. They’re multiple time conference champions. They’re Southland athletes of the year. They both want to go out this spring with their best seasons and they encourage and push each other and our entire De’Shalyn Jones (left) and Jermeka McBride are accomplished sprinters jump crew. I believe they’re primed for their best marks. for the Lady Demons. “We’ve added to the mix. Jacorious Jeter good debut and placed at the conference indoor meet, so she is a talented freshman who showed indoors he has immense is aiming to do even better outdoors. “We got a couple runners back healthy right at the end of potential and got on the podium at the Southland Indoors the indoor season, and Taprica Lewis and Madison Morton with a third-place finish. He can hit a big jump at any time and win. Zhaquan Porter is a junior outdoors who also can are two who will make us better. “Jermeka McBride showed signs indoors that she can hit a big one in the triple at any moment. Odi Agbi is a junior stack up with the very good sprinters in our conference, and college transfer who is another Demon who can break 50 in the triple. we’re hoping she has a breakout spring season. “In the longer races, we have some young runners who “Two more young ones, David Moritz and Elliot Lanare developing nicely and working hard. Last year we were caster, are capable of scoring in the long jump. Our goals are right on the edge of scoring. In the 1500, we have Erin to score five in the long jump and triple jump. We think that’s Wrozek, who has had some good training and looks in good realistic. “In the high jump, we have two seniors, Quinton Heform to get into the final at the conference meet. “In the steeple, Jacqueline Rushford has shown she’s ca- laire and Lawrence “L.J.” Wallace, who both have scored in pable and now has a year of collegiate experience, so we’re optimistic about her sophomore outdoor season. The Sitarz sisters (Emily, Erin) had tough freshman years, with injury and illness, and had a long road to get back into form. They’re training hard and making progress. “We’re looking to build. We were third outdoors last year and we hope to be at least in the top five, but maybe back in the top three again when we travel down to Corpus Christi for the conference meet.”

Cedric Paul won the SLC shot put title as a freshman.

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track & field America honor in his career as a 4x100 relay man. He could pick up another this year if we develop as we can in that event. “George Flaviano was one of the best junior college 400 meter hurdlers in the country. He will probably also run some open 400s, but he was NJCAA 400 hurdles champion as a freshman. He will be on both the 4x100 and 4x400 relays, and we’re close to being very good in both those Senior Quinton Helaire aims to podium in the high jump. races, definitely in the 4x100. that event at conference championships, and both are hop“Kaymin Carter has been a great asset for ing to be on the podium at the Southland Outdoors. They our team as a leader, and he’ll be in his final season in the are healthy and hitting their stride, and we’re hoping to score 110 hurdles hoping to get us in the scoring column at the well in that event. outdoor championships. “In the throws, Cedric Paul is a sophomore who won the “In the middle distances, we were close to scoring in the shot put indoors as a freshman and is shooting for another 800 last year with Hunter Wamack, and in the 1500 with podium finish at the Southland Outdoors. He’s developing in Joshua Wilkins. He also can score in the longer events. Last the discus, where there’s a big transition from high school to year was a great learning experience for those young guys college, and in the hammer. and I believe those lessons will make us a lot better. “We have a converted hurdler who we are changing to a “We have a couple good multi-event competitors. We’re hammer thrower. Marquise Foster has really improved this hoping Tanner Owens, who had a good debut last year, can year and will contend to score at the conference meet. make it back from a knee injury. Deylon Key has great po “We have a couple of javelin throwers. Ty Shilling was tential and could also score in a handful of individual events, redshirted last year and has a chance to make the podium at a very talented young man. He has an opportunity to get on the conference meet and qualify for regionals. He’s capable the championship podium in our conference, go to the naof throwing far enough to do that. Training has gone well for tional meet one day, maybe break the school record that’s Jeff Soliz and De’John Garrison, and it’s possible either of stood forever. Jarrot Remo is a local kid who continues to those young guys could get a point or two with a good day at improve, and if we can give those guys a couple of opportuniconference.” ties to compete before conference, we could really benefit at the Southland Outdoors. “We should be in the mix down there in Corpus Christi “We have two outstanding sprinters and a good sprint on the men’s side. We’ve got our sights set on a podium fincrew. Amir James is the double Southland indoor champ in ish, which is no easy task considering the track and field talthe 60 and 200, and he has a good chance to win the 100 and ent in this conference.” 200 outdoors. He’s one of the better sprinters in the country and is the reigning 200 champ outdoors. Micah Larkins will challenge Amir in the 100 after redshirting last year. He is re- “With our male horizontal jumpers, and the sprinters, we ally improving each week and really kicks into gear about 70 have an opportunity to have several national meet qualifiers meters into the race. They are the cornerstones for our 4x100 who could score. It could be very exciting for Northwestern relay that could run a sub-40 time. State out in Oregon.” “Gabe White has improved and already has one All-

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Mike Heimerman

(NSU, 1998)

Head Coach • 2nd as head coach • 20th overall How do you replace a living legend? There was no doubt at Northwestern State when Leon Johnson informed director of athletics Greg Burke about his retirement plans in May of 2013. Promoting the No. 2 man in the program was the convenient hire, sure. In six years as the Lady Demons’ head coach, he had guided the NSU women to their finest hours – the best finish in Southland Conference history, and an NCAA Champion in 2011 discus winner Trecey Rew. In 16 years on the coaching staff, Heimerman earned a welldeserved reputation as one of the nation’s more accomplished and respected throws coaches. But Burke, whose exacting process has often produced gold-medal results in naming new coaches, didn’t take the easy road and simply promote Heimerman. “As a student-athlete, graduate assistant, assistant coach, and head women’s coach, Mike has 18 years of experience with our department and specifically with the track and field program. I had a high degree of confidence in him based on what I’ve seen during a period that parallels my tenure as athletics director,” said Burke. “Still, when Coach Johnson stepped down, we went through a search process, the first head coaching search for the track and field program in 31 years. “After vetting several candidates and then sitting down with Mike, I know he is best equipped to take over. He has a good handle on the many good things going on within the program, and at the same time, is determined to continue to elevate the program’s status on all fronts – competitive, citizenship, academic.” Heading into his third outdoor season as head coach of both the men’s and women’s programs, Heimerman has proven the wisdom of Burke’s decision. The transition has been accomplished without any dropoff. A big 2014 recruiting haul stocked NSU’s teams with talented newcomers and the 2015 Southland Indoor and Out-

door results showed the program will remain among the league’s elite. Another outstanding recruiting class in 2015 further solidifies the base of the program. Heimerman has personally coached 11 of NSU’s last 19 All-American athletes. Under his leadership, the Lady Demon program set new highs for academic achievement, highlighted by Rew, an Academic All-American and the USA Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association 2011 Field Events Women’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Some of the other highly-accomplished competitors Heimerman has helped develop at NSU include four-time All-American javelin thrower Cody Fillinich, 1999 USA Juniors javelin champion Latrell Frederick, a three-time All-American, and two other USA Juniors javelin champs, Dawn Comeaux and Randy Fauntleroy. “Mike was a tremendous athlete and has carried his competitive spirit into coaching. He’s been at my side for the past 16 years and has done a super job as an assistant coach, and a head coach,” said Johnson. “Mike took over the women’s program and it’s never been in better shape. He deserves this and he will be very, very good at it.” He has been. And the best is yet to come.

Heimerman poses with the 2011 Lady Demon squad that placed second at the SLC Outdoor Championships.

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track & field Heimerman capped his competitive career with an eighth-place finish at the 1998 USA Championships in the shot put. He won the shot at the 1996 Southland Conference Outdoors. Seeing his athletes rise to the occasion in conference, regional and national meets has been a hallmark of his coaching career. It happened again in 2013 when senior Janae Allen reached her potential during the season and a month after graduating, finished 10th in the discus at the NCAA Outdoors to earn All-America accolades. The 2012 season saw yet another Heimermancoached thrower rise near the top of the collegiate ranks as javelin thrower Ashley Aldredge lofted an NCAA 14th-best, and NSU second-best, mark of 166-0 and captured the Southland Conference Championship. An injury denied her a likely All-America award. The 2011 season was spectacular for the Lady Demon track and field program, with Trecey Rew’s NCAA discus championship and the team’s best-ever finish, a runner-up showing, at the Southland Conference Outdoor Championships. It was no surprise that Heimerman was voted women’s Coach of the Year on the All-Louisiana Team in 2011, sharing the honor with LSU’s Dennis Shaver. Even before taking the helm of the program, he was a key factor in helping the Demons and Lady Demons make the most consistently high finishes at Southland Conference championships of any Louisiana team. Since Heimerman wrapped up his own outstanding competitive career and joined the coaching staff, NSU has consistently produced nationally competitive throwers. He’s coached 21 athletes who have reached the NCAA Outdoor Championships. In the last nine years, 12 javelin throwers (three in 2007, two in 2011) surpassed the NCAA qualifying standard. When Cody Fillinich won his fourth All-America award at the 2009 NCAA meet it was also the ninth time in 11 years that Northwestern had either a male or a female javelin thrower reach the NCAA Outdoors. All of the athletes have been Louisiana prep products and four previously — Regina Roe, Latrell Frederick, Samantha Ford and Fillinich— won All-America honors by virtue of their performances at the national meet. Ford reached the 12-woman USA Olympic Trials Finals

in 2008 and 2012. The 2011 season provided the most unlikely member of the NSU javelin All-America contingent. Jessica Talley walked on in November, having never thrown over 130 feet in high school. She added almost 30 feet to her throw under Heimerman’s guidance, recording a mark of 158-6, and finishing 11th at the NCAA Championships to earn All-America honors. Aldredge’s 2015 NCAA Outdoors appearance and honorable mention All-America honor were a testament to her grit, talent and persistence, and Heimerman’s faith in her and tutledge. Her comeback from surgery, along with marriage and becoming a mother, required a special level of commitment from athlete and coach, whose partnership was rewarded with a 2015 Southland crown and the NCAA appearance. Heimerman helped Rew develop into a legendary competitor in school and Southland Conference history. She first achieved national prominence in 2007 as a freshman when she qualified for the USA Junior Nationals in two events and made the USATFCCA (coaches’ association) All-Academic Team. She capped her career in 2011 with All-America honors in the shot and discus, eight Southland titles, being named Academic All-America, USATFCCA National Field Events Scholar-Athlete of the Year and claiming the NCAA discus crown. It is not just technical knowledge that makes Heimerman a great coach, but also his competitive zeal and his ability to instill the same fire in his athletes. A junior college All-American at Hutchinson (Kan.) CC, Heimerman is a proud Wichita, Kan. native. His wife, NSU alumna Farrah Reyna, is a TV news anchor and reporter in New Orleans and is a former first runner-up in the Miss Louisiana pageant.

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Nathanial McReynolds Assistant Coach • Distance • 2nd Season

(NSU, 2012)

Nathanial McReynolds more runners to the men’s and women’s teams. knows more about Northwest- In his first season, cross country runners improved ern State distance running their times 1-4 minutes while distance runners have than most despite being one of bettered their marks by at least 20 seconds in their rethe youngest NCAA Division spective events. I head coaches in any sport. “It’s a four-year program for distance, and you want McReynolds, 26, is in his second track season as an to let your runners improve structurally and emotionalassistant coach over distance and head cross country ly before they’re relied upon to compete at the top level,” season coach after running at NSU for five years and McReynolds said. “Back in the (1970s), we had amazing being a graduate assistant for another year-and-a-half. runners like Frank Trammel that came here to run. The coach, who thought his future would be as a “One of our main priorities is to develop the want professional trumpet player after he obtained a bach- to come here for distance and establish regional domielor’s and master’s in music education, moved into his nance. All but one of our six freshmen are from Louisicurrent position in January of 2015 after serving as an ana, and we want to keep our homegrown guys here. We interim coach the previous fall. have an open-door policy for distance running in that if McReynolds is attempting to build depth on his you want to run, you can come and run, but you have to men’s squad behind sophomore Joshua Wilkins, the work when you get here.” Demons top runner in 2015. “Coach Nat” nearly doubled the men’s cross country roster to 15 runners (from eight in 2014) as he is building other top runners to join Wilkins and create “the minute gap” between NSU’s scoring runners. On the women’s side, NSU welcomes back five second-year runners who cut their teeth under McReynolds as freshmen. Erin Wrozek and Jacqueline Rushford are battling for the top spot there. As a runner, McReynolds broke NSU’s program record in the indoor 3K, only to have Wilkins snatch it away in the spring of 2015. McReynolds’ event specialty was the steeplechase, an event littered with obstacles and water pits. He left NSU as a top-three performer in the event in program history. Though he might face similar obstacles in trying to rebuild NSU’s cross country/distance program, he’s focusing on steady improvement along with adding Facebook: Northwestern State • Twitter: @NSUDemons • #ForkEmDemons • Website: nsudemons.com 8

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Wesley Miller

(UTSA, 2011)

Assistant Coach • Jumps, Multis • 5th Season Wesley Miller is in his fifth season with the Northwestern State track and field coaching staff. The San Antonio native joined the NSU staff in the 2011-12 season as a graduate assistant in charge of jumps before becoming an assistant coach the next season, adding the combined events to his duties. In his short time with NSU, Miller helped mold the Demon and Lady Demon jumpers into a formidable force in the Southland Conference. He’s guided two NCAA All-Americans, 11 Southland Conference champions, seven SLC runner-ups, 10 third-place finishers and 28 All-SLC performers. The Southland Conference titles ended a six-year drought in jumping event titles. During the past three seasons, no program has had more combined male and female jumps titles or total points in the league. He produced NSU’s first Indoor All-American (in jumps or overall) in a decade with a fourth-place finish in the men’s long jump (Emmanuel Williams) at the 2014 NCAA Championships, before adding another Indoor All-American in 2015 in the triple jump (Aaron Williams). He’s also coached 12 NCAA East Regional qualifiers, including eight in the triple jump and four in the long jump. Triple jumpers under Miller’s guidance have improved an average of 3 feet, 5.5 inches during their time with his program and an average of 1 foot, 6.5 inches in the long jump. These improvements helped NSU lead the country in 2013 in the men’s triple jump as the only Division 1 program in the country with three male triple jumpers over the 50-foot barrier. This development also resulted in 59 individual top-10 finishes in SLC Championships, including 31 in the triple jump, in his three seasons. Miller is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist through the NSCA, and has obtained USATF Level 1 Certification. He also holds his USTFCCCA

Jumps Specialist and Combined Events Specialist Certifications. Miller was invited to attend the USATF Emerging Elite Coaches Camp at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA, led by USATF jumps coach Jeremy Fischer. The 2015 season proved to be dominant for NSU’s jumpers, both in national and conference standings. Indoors, Aaron Williams captured the SLC long & triple titles posting season bests of 24’ 7.5” and 52’ 4.5” respectively, while teammate ZhaQuan Porter finished third in the triple jump (49’ 1”). Williams earned the honor of 2015 SLC Men’s Indoor Field Events Athlete of the Year along with a trip to Indoor Nationals in the triple jump, where he finished 14th in the country as an All-American. Lawrence Wallace also performed big producing a third-place finish in the men’s high jump. The Lady Demons also jumped well indoors, finishing first (Porsha Thomas) & third (Breann Denson) in the triple jump at the SLC Indoor Championships. In the 2015 outdoor season, with Aaron Williams and Porter redshirting, teammate Emmanuel Williams (who redshirted ‘14 Outdoor & ‘15 Indoor) picked up where his brother left off, winning the 2015 Southland Conference Men’s Outdoor Outstanding Field Events Performer of the Year. Emmanuel won the long and triple jumps, posting season bests of 25’ 6.75’ and 50’ 11”. Thomas also won her fourth-straight triple jump title, posting a season best mark of 42’6.25” (ranked second all-time at NSU), while Denson finished second with a mark of 40’ 11.5” (ranked fifth all-time at NSU). Miller is married to Kyle Zambrana of San Antonio. She is a physical education teacher at Lakeview High School. They are expecting their first child this December.

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Adam Pennington

(LSU-Alexandria, 2012)

Assistant Coach • Sprints, Hurdles • 1st Season

Adam Pennington enters his first season with the Northwestern State track and field coaching staff as an assistant after stints at McNeese State and his alma mater Marksville High School. Pennington is a former Northwestern State competitor who has quickly developed into a well-regarded coach and recruiter on the college level. He’s a USATF Level 1 certified and USTFCCCA Strength and Conditioning certified coach and will lead the men’s and women’s sprints, relays, hurdles, and pole vault for the NSU program. “Adam is a very hard worker, loves to recruit and thrives on the long hours. He is very knowledgeable,” said NSU head coach Mike Heimerman. “He is constantly trying to educate himself in our sport and be at the forefront of teaching and coaching technique. He brings all the characteristics I was looking for when searching for a coach.” Pennington, a Marksville High School graduate, coached at his high school alma mater from 2009-13 and had significant impact as an assistant coach at McNeese State as an assistant coach in 2014-15. He was selected after the 2015 season to attend an Emerging Elite Coaches Camp in Chula Vista, Calif., at the USA Olympic training center. He also had success as a personal coach for high school athletes in Louisiana and Texas. In that capacity, athletes he coached included 61 state qualifiers, 13 state champions, 35 medalists, one state class record holder, and a USA Track and Field Junior national champion. Coaching at Marksville, Pennington helped shape five district championship teams and two nationally ranked high jumpers, along with a nationally-ranked hurdler. He coached five NCAA East Regional qualifiers in two seasons at McNeese, including the top-ranked Southland Conference 2014 women’s pole vaulter Nicole Casper. In 2015, Pennington took over coaching all of McNeese’s jumps events and the vault, and developed eight Southland medalists, including Southland Indoor women’s long jump champion Simone Johnson, among 25 athletes who posted top 10-ranked conference performances. Eleven of his competitors earned conference academic honors while four of his athletes made the All-Louisiana track and field team by posting one of the best three performances in the state in their specialties. Pennington competed for NSU in 2008, and later graduated from LSU Alexandria with a general studieskinesiology degree.

Kayla Johnson

(Southwestern Okahoma State, 2015)

Athletics Trainer • 1st Season

Kayla Johnson is in her first year as an athletic trainer graduate assistant at Northwestern State after earning her bachelor’s in Athletic Training from Southwestern Oklahoma State University in 2015. Johnson serves as the lead trainer for cross country and track while assisting with other sports as needed. She is pursuing a master’s degree in Health and Human Performance. Johnson also provided coverage for the Louisiana High School Athletic Association state cross country meets held in Natchitoches. At SWOSU, she assisted with rehabilitation plans and evaluations for a number of sports as well as at a physical therapy clinic. Her sports included men’s basketball, football and baseball, covering practices and games. Johnson assisted athletic trainers working high school sports as well.

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2016 Demons Roster Name Odion Agbi Travis Allen Darryl Anderson Lorence Ballow Miles Brown Grant Butts Kaymin Carter Tyler Corwin Jacob Dahlhoff Dylan Dunford Jeremy Elliott George Flaviano Marquise Foster De’John Garrison Keidrick Haynes Quinton Helaire Amir James Lavert James Jacorious Jeter Tyrone Johnson Deylon Key Elliot Lancaster Mitch Landry Micah Larkins Charlie Milton Lucas Moncla David Moritz Tanner Owens Cedric Paul Zhaquan Porter Skylor Reese Jarrot Remo Anthony Renteria Arsenije Savic Ty Shilling Chase Slater Jeff Soulis Anthony Taylor Lawrence Wallace Hunter Wamack Gabriel White Joshua Wilkins Aaron Williams Emmanuel Williams Christian Willis

Event(s) Jumps Sprints Jumps Distance Distance Distance Hurdles Distance Distance Distance Distance Sprints Sprints Javelin Jumps Jumps Sprints Sprints Jumps Throws Jumps Jumps Distance Sprints Hurdles Distance Jumps Sprints/Hurdles/Jumps Throws Jumps Distance Jumps Distance Jumps Sprints/Javelin Distance Javelin Sprints Jumps Distance Sprints Distance Jumps Jumps Sprints

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ODION AGBI

Jumps • 6-3 • Jr.-TR Grayson, Ga. Grayson HS/Garden City CC Before NSU: Attended Garden City Community College for two years, 3.06 GPA… participated in sprints, long jump and triple jump, indoor and outdoor… best sprint performances: 7.46 in the 60m indoor, 11.17 in the 100m outdoor, and 22.66 in the 200m outdoor… best performances in the long jump: 22-4.5 (6.82m) indoor and 21-9.5 (6.64m) outdoor… in the triple jump, best performances were 48-6.25 (14.79m) outdoor and 47-11.75 (14.62m) indoor … was Region VI champion, two-time All-American, and four-time national champion participant in the triple jump ... At Grayson HS, lettered two years in football and track and Field… in track and field was all-county, all-region, state qualifier, and state runner-up in senior year… best performance in the triple jump was 46-0.5 in high school where he participated in event only as a senior… coached by Mario Lowe and Jason Abner. Personal: Son of Kess and Julie Agbi… born March 21, 1995… has two younger brothers Itua and Ifidon… mother is a teacher and father works with IT networks… majoring in psychology… plans to become a psychiatrist or physical therapist after pursuing a professional career in track and field… nicknamed “Odi.”

TRAVIS ALLEN

Sprints • 5-9 • Fr.-HS Colfax, La. Grant HS High School: Graduated from Grant High School with a 3.2 GPA… was a member of 4-H and FCA… lettered four years in football, four in track, and one in basketball… senior year, football team was all-district… was named outstanding track and field athlete… was coached by Coach Harkins. Personal: Son of Theresa and Larry Caldwell… born August 22, 1996… has two younger brothers, Tyler and Larry… majoring in psychology… plans to have a career in social work.

DARRYL ANDERSON

Jumps • 6-2 • Fr.-HS Zachary, La. Zachary HS

High School: Graduated from Zachary in 2015 with a 3.0 GPA… participated in Spanish club and prom committee… also on the swim team… track team was District 4-5A Champions for all four years in high school – 2012-15… as a freshman, best high jump mark was 6-0… was 2013 District 4-5A Champion with 6-2 in high jump as a sophomore… as a junior was 2014 5A Indoor State runner up in high jump, 2014 District 4-5A high jump champion with a 6-4 mark, and best performance in the triple jump was 41-11… best marks as a senior were 6-4 in high jump and a triple jump mark of 41-2… coached by Lisa McGhee for swimming and Christopher Carrier for track. Personal: Son of Yolanda and Darryl Anderson Sr.… born October 1, 1996… has one younger sister, Kara… mother is an accountant and father is a probation and parole officer… majoring in business administration… wants to have a career in marketing in New Orleans.

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LORENCE BALLOW

Distance • 5-7 • Fr.-HS Bell Chasse, La. Bell Chasse HS

High School: A 2015 graduate of Belle Chasse High School with a 3.3 GPA… lettered two years in cross country and three years in track… was AllWestbank in cross country, all-district in track and cross country, and 27th at LHSAA State Cross Country Meet as a junior… as a senior, was All-Westbank cross country, all-district track and cross country, and came in 28th at the state cross country meet… coach by Augie Bourgeois and Casey McMann. Personal: Son of Tiffany and William Ballow... born September 8… has two younger brothers Joshua and Ian… majoring in English… plans to attend law school and open a law firm.

MILES BROWN

Distance • 5-8 • Jr.-0L Lake Charles, La. La Grange HS 2015 Outdoor Season: Did not compete. 2015 Indoor Season: Did not compete. 2014 Outdoor Season: Redshirted 2014 Indoor Season: Redshirted High School: Graduate of LaGrange Senior High School (2012) with a 3.2 GPA… won second place in the 2011 state chess tournament… lettered one year in football and baseball… football team was district champs during senior year. Personal: Son of Lawanda Donald… born July 27, 1994… mother is an artist… majoring in business administration… plans to pursue a master’s degree in business administration.

GRANT BUTTS

Distance • 5-8 • So.-1L Whitesboro, Texas Whitesboro HS 2015 SLC Spring Honor Roll 2015 Outdoor Season: Ran in the 800m, 1500m, 4x400m, and 1600 sprint medley; participating in eight meets… had six top-five performances with a 1500m victory at the Demon Triangular Invite… best mark in the 800m was 1:58.99 at SFA Skechers Carl Kight Invitational… in the 1500m, best mark of 4:03.74 was at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational… in the 4x400 had a performance of 3:17.73 with Kaymin Carter, Brent Giddens, Hunter Wamack at the Demon Triangular… 3:29.97 mark with Gabriel White, Amir James, and Anthony Taylor in the 1600 sprint medley at MSU Cowboy Relays. 2015 Indoor Season: Participated at the LSU Invitational and The TAMU 13-Team Invitational... best performance in the 800m was at TAMU with 1:59.98 mark… with Tanner Owens, Kaymin Carter and Marquise Foster, best performance in the 4x400 relay was 3:20.18, which came in seventh at LSU. High School: Graduated with a 3.4 GPA… participated in band, FBLA, and National Honor Society… lettered four years in football, basketball, track, and cross country… cross country team was district champs and third in regionals, and track team was district and area champs his junior year… during his senior year, the cross country team was district champs, placed third at regionals and seventh at state; track team was district and area champs and third at regional’s … captain of high school’s first team to make a state

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track & field meet… participated in the 5000m, 1600m and 3200m events… ran best time for 5000m his senior year with a time of 16:16… 1600m best time of 4:24 during senior year… 800m best time 1:53.7 his senior year... as a junior was district champ for cross country, mile and 800m… was district champ for cross country, state qualifier, all-state, all-academic for 5000m; district and regional champ in the 1600m; and district and regional champ, and state runner-up in the 800m… broke 2-mile and 40-year-old 800m school records… coached by Brand and Barbara Urban. Personal: Son of Jeff and Carrie Butts… born February 15, 1996… has one younger brother Nicholas… mother is a teacher and father is a banker… majoring in Computer Information Systems… he plans on getting a career in database administration or cyber security. Butts’ Career Bests Outdoor 800 Meter Run 1:58.99 8th 1500 Meter Run 4:03.74 5th 4x400 Relay 3:17.73 2nd 1600 Sprint Medley 3:29.97 4th Indoor 800 Meter Run 1:59.98 15th 4x400 Relay 3:38.71 7th

SFA Skecher’s Carl Kight Invitational, 4/5/14 Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/25/15 Demon Triangular Invite, 4/11/15 (T. Owens, K. Carter, G. Butts, M Foster) MSU Cowboy Relays, 3/14/15 (G. White, A. James, A. Taylor, G. Butts) TAMU 13-Team Invitational, 1/16/15 LSU Invitational, 1/9/15 (T. Ownes, K. Carter, G. Butts, M. Foster)

KAYMIN CARTER

Hurdles • 6-1 • Sr.-3L Shreveport, La. C.E. Byrd HS 2015 Heart of a Demon Award 2015 SLC Spring Honor Roll 2014 SLC Spring Honor Roll 2015 Outdoor Season: Participated in hurdles and relays at six meets... had five top-five performances… in the 100m hurdles had a best performance at SFA Skechers Carl Kight Invitational with 16.05 for fifth place… in the 400m hurdles had a best performance with 57.78 at MSU Cowboy Relays… with Brent Giddens, Tremayne Freeman, Troy Willis had a performance of 43.19 in the 4x100m relay at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational… in the 4x400m relay, had a 3:17.73 second-place finish at the Demon Triangular with Brent Giddens, Grant Butts, and Hunter Warmack. 2015 Indoor Season: Had performances in the 400m, 60m hurdles, 4x400m relay, and the distance medley at four meets… at LSU Invitational in the 400m, had a 52.96 mark and a seventh-place finish of 3:20.18 in the 4x400m with Tanner Owens, Grant Butts, and Marquise Foster… in the 60m hurdles, had a best performance of 8.53 at the SLC Indoor Championships… in the distance medley with Hunter Wamack, Lucas Moncla and Joshua Wilkins, had a mark of 10:57.10 at UH Howie Ryan Invitational. 2014 Outdoor Season: Competed in the 400m, 400m hurdles, and the 4x100 during the outdoor season... placed in the top-15 three times throughout the outdoor season... had his best finish at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational with a time of 57.43, placing sixth. 2014 Indoor Season: Did not compete. 2013 Outdoor Season: Competed primarily in the 400m hurdles…finished fourth at the UTA Bobby Lane Invitational with a personalbest time of 58.16… registered two top-five finishes… crossed the finish line in 58.19 in the prelims at the SLC Championships, placing 16th. 2013 Indoor Season: Competed in the 60m hurdles, 400m dash and 4x400 relay… ran a 60m hurdles time of 9.17 in the prelims at the SLC Championships.

High School: Graduated with a 3.2 GPA… ran a personal-best 300m hurdle time of 41 seconds as a junior and a personal-best 110m hurdle time of 15.2 seconds as a senior. Personal: Son of LaMark and Crystal Carter… born on Dec. 31, 1993… has three younger brothers, Korde, Keaton and Kole… father was a four-time All-American while at NSU and U.S. Olympian in the triple jump in 2000 and now owns a gym… mother is a teacher… graduated December 2015 in biology with concentration in biomedical with a minor in criminal justice… plans to attend medical school to become a forensic pathologist or pediatric surgeon. Carter’s Career Bests Outdoor 400 Meter Dash 52.37 33rd 110 Meter Hurdles 16.05 5th 400 Meter Hurdles 57.42 11th 4x100 Meter Relay 41.68 3rd 4x400 Meter Relay 3:17.73 2nd Indoor 400 Meter Dash 52.96 10th 55 Meter Hurdles 8.60 10th 60 Meter Hurdles 8.53 12th 4x400 Meter Relay 3:37.62 10th

SFA Skecher’s Carl Kight Invitational, 4/5/14 SFA Skecher’s Carl Kight Invitational, 4/13/15 McNeese Spring Time Classic, 4/12/14 Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/26/14 (T. Willis, G. White, D. Williams, K. Carter) Demon Triangular Invite, 4/11/15 (K. Carter, B. Giddens, G. Butts, H. Wamack) LSU Invitational, 1/19/15 McNeese State Cowboys Invite I, 1/18/13 SLC Indoor Championships, 2/16/15 LSU Twilight, 2/15/13 (K. Carter, A. Cobbin, M. Roddell, A. Gladney)

TYLER CORWIN

Distance • 5-5 • So.-1L Slidell, La. Slidell HS 2015 SLC Spring Honor Roll

2015 Outdoor Season: Competed in three meets... ran 4:52.75 in the Demon Triangular in the 1500m... in the 3000m, ran 11:21.45 at MSU Cowboy Relays... in the 3000m steeplechase ran 12:24.52 at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational. 2015 Indoor Season: Ran 18:35.77 in the 5000m run at LSU Invitational. High School: Graduated with a 3.4 GPA… lettered three years in cross country and four years in track and soccer… as a junior, soccer team participated in the first round of state playoffs… ran a personal-best 3-mile time of 16:45 and 1-mile time of 4:56 as a senior… coached by Royce Stewart and Dustin Branton. Personal: Son of Keith Corwin and Chantel Corwin… born on December 5, 1995… has one younger brother, Mason… mother is a secretary and father works for the U.S. Postal Service… majoring in computer information systems. Corwin’s Career Bests Outdoor 1500 Meter Run 4:52.75 13th 3000 Meter Run 11:21.45 32nd 3000 Meter Steeple 12:24.52 4th Indoor 5000 Meter Run 18:23.95 11th

Demon Triangular Invite, 4/11/15 MSU Cowboy Relays, 3/14/15 Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/25/15 LSU Invitational, 1/9/15

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JACOB DAHLHOFF

Distance • 6-0 • Fr.-HS Hornbeck, La. Hornbeck HS

High School: Graduated in 2015 with 3.45 GPA… was class vice president… lettered in basketball, cross country, and track… basketball was district champs, cross country team was state runner-up… went to the state championships each year… was state champion in the 800m and the 1600m as sophomore… as a junior, was second at state in the 800… as a senior, was state champion in the 800m and placed third in the 300m hurdles… coached by mother, Tracy for track and Stacy Hughes for cross country. Personal: Son of Brian and Tracy Dahlhoff… born December 24, 1996… has two brothers, Kanon and Samuel; one sister Hannah… mother is a teacher and coach; father is a nurse… grandfather is the mayor of Hornbeck… majoring in health and physical education… plans to be a track coach in hometown of Hornbeck.

DYLAN DUNFORD

Distance • 5-6 • Fr.-HS Broussard, La. Comeaux HS

High School: A 2015 graduate with 3.9 GPA… lettered four years in cross country and track… was coached by Nicole Dooley. Personal: Son of Shelly and Bill Dunford… born April 24, 1997… has one older brother, Derek… majoring in biology… plans to attend physical therapy school and become a physical therapist.

JEREMY ELLIOTT

Distance • 5-8 • Jr.-2L Shreveport, La. C.E. Byrd HS 2015 SLC Spring Honor Roll 2014 SLC Spring Honor Roll 2015 Outdoor Season: Redshirted. 2015 Indoor Season: Ran 9:21.10 at TAMU 13-Team Invitational in 3000m… had a season-best time of 16:38.19 in the 5000m at LSU Invitational… participated in the distance medley at LSU Invitational with a second-place finish of 11:27.30 with Hunter Wamack, Lucas Moncla and Joshua Wilkins. 2014 Outdoor Season: Competed in the 3000m run and the 5000m run during the outdoor season... finished in the top-15 three times throughout the outdoor season... had his best performance at the McNeese Spring Time Classic with a time of 17:05.60 finishing ninth place. 2014 Indoor Season: Competed in the 3000m run during the indoor season... placed 22nd at the Texas A&M 12-Team Invitational with a time of 9:19.27 in the 3000m run... at the UH Howie Ryan Invitational & Multis he had a time of 9:23.93 in the 3000m run, finishing 26th. 2013 Outdoor Season: Competed in three meets for the Demons… finished third in the 3000m at the Jim Mize Invitational with a time of 9:41.95… placed fourth in the 3000m at the Southeastern Lion Invitational after running a personal-best time of 9:20.11… placed fifth in the 5000m at the McNeese Springtime Classic, crossing the finish line in a personal-best 16:39.14. 2013 Indoor Season: Competed in the 800m, 1 mile, 3000m and

northwestern state 5000m runs… placed seventh in the 3000m at the LSU Twilight Indoor with a time of 9:20.48… finished seventh in the 1-mile run at the McNeese Indoor with a time of 4:47.98. High School: Graduated with a 3.5 GPA… participated in French club, National Junior Honor Society, and Ultimate Frisbee Club… lettered in track and field and cross country all four years… set the school record in the 3200m run with a time of 9:51… finished eighth in the 3,200m run at the 5A state meet as a junior and sixth as a senior… member of the 2012 Louisiana Academic All-State Cross Country team. Personal: Son of Rick and Kathy Elliot… born on Dec. 16, 1993… has one brother, Russell… mother is a diabetics educator and father works in security system sales… father has been named salesman of the year numerous times and grandfather, Bobby Cook, served in the Navy… majoring in health and exercise science … plans to attend graduate school to become an occupational therapist. Elliott’s Career Bests Outdoor 3000 Meter Run 9:20.11 4th Southeastern Louisiana Lion Classic, 4/18/13 5000 Meter Run 16:39.14 5th McNeese Spring Time Classic, 4/13/13 Indoor 800 Meter Run 2:13.95 8th McNeese State Cowboys Invite I, 1/18/13 1 Mile Run 4:47.98 7th McNeese State Cowboys Invite I, 1/18/13 3000 Meter Run 9:19.27 22nd Texas A&M 12-Team Invitational, 1/17/14 5000 Meter Run 16:38.19 9th LSU Invitational, 1/9/15 Distance Medley 11:27.30 2nd LSU Invitational, 1/9/15 (H. Wamack, L. Moncla, J. Wilkins, J. Elliott)

GEORGE FLAVIANO

Sprints • 6-0 • Jr.-TR Baltimore, Md. Digital Harbor HS/South Plains JC Before NSU: Competed two years in sprints, hurdles and relays for South Plains JC… won the 4X100 relay event at the NJCAA Outdoor Championships and the 400m hurdles (51.75) at the 2014 NJCAA Outdoor Championships … has six All-American honors in all, including seventh place in the 400m hurdles in 2015 and third place in the 4X400 relay … best times include a 7.04 in the 60m and 8.56 in the 60m hurdles at the 2015 New Mexico Classic… in the 200m, ran 21.24 and was third leg of the 39.84 4x100 team that won the 2015 TTU Red Raider Open… at 2015 Tyson Invitational, ran 49.16 in the 400m… ran 1:15.85 in the 600 yd and was the first leg in the 4x400 of a 3:10.23 time at the 2015 Texas Tech Indoor Open… at the 2014 NJCAA Outdoor Championships, ran 51.75 in the 400m hurdles. High School: Won the AAU national championship in the 400 meters ... Maryland state champion twice in the 300 meters (sophomore and junior) and the 300 meter hurdles (freshman). P ersonal: Son of Peter Abore and Joyce Bill ... born Oct. 26, 1994 ... has one brother Alan Flaviano and one sister Agnes Silverstro ... majoring in history ...

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MARQUISE FOSTER

Sprints • 5-11 • So.-1L Baton Rouge, La. Broadmoor HS 2015 SLC Spring Honor Roll 2015 Outdoor Season: Participated in the hammer throw with two top-five finishes…. Best distance of 128-06 was at the Demon Triangular Invite and also ranks fifth in the NSU Top 5 Performers. 2015 Indoor Season: Participated in the 4x400m relay at LSU invitational with Tanner Owens, Kaymin Carter, and Grant Butts with a seventh-place mark of 3:38.71. High School: Attended Broadmoor High School in Baton Rouge ... lettered four years in football, soccer, and track… football team went to the playoffs in freshman and sophomore year… track team was district champs in sophomore and junior seasons… as a sophomore in the Junior Olympics, he recorded a 58.90 in the 400m hurdles… as a junior, he was a state qualifier with a mark of 39.90 in the 300m hurdles... coached by Rusty Price and Elliot Wilkins. Personal: Son of Jonella Foster and Darrell Pierce… born March 12, 1996… has three sisters, Diamondnick, Taylor, and A’mya… majoring in computer information systems… plans to attend graduate school. Foster’s Career Bests Outdoor Hammer Throw 39.17m/128-06 4th Demon Triangular Invite, 4/11/15 Indoor 4x400 Relay 3:38.71 7th LSU Invitational, 1/9/15 (T. Owens, K. Carter, G. Butts, M. Foster)

DE’JOHN GARRISON

Throws • 5-10 • So.-1L Shreveport, La. Captain Shreve HS

2015 Outdoor Season: Participated in the javelin throw at six meets… best performance was at the Demon Triangular with a throw of 161-05. High School: Lettered in football and track and field ... Competed for track coach Keith Bilbo and football coach Richard Lary at Captain Shreve ... As a senior, placed fourth in district in the javelin and competed at the regional meet ... personal best of 152 feet as a senior ... part of two district championships in track. Personal: Son of Charles George and Melanie Garrison ... two brothers Sebastian Johnson (22) and Malik Williams (13), and one sister Malaja Williams (12) ... majoring in health and exercise science ... wants to be a physical therapist. Garrison’s Career Bests Outdoor Javelin 49.21m/161-05 4th

Demon Triangular Invite, 4/11/15

KEIDRICK HAYNES

Jumps • 5-10 • Fr.-HS Zachary, La. Zachary HS

High School: A 2015 graduate of Zachary High School… lettered two years in football and three in track and field… indoor state finalist in the long jump as a junior and senior… as a senior, was District 4-5A champion in the long jump… personal best in the long jump was 21-9 and 41-1.5 in the triple jump… track coach was Christopher Carrier and David Brewerton for football. Personal: Son of Andre James and Shelia Dunn … born September 8, 1997… has two brothers Keith Haynes and Keven James… majoring in biology and plans to go into biochemistry.

QUINTON HELAIRE

Jumps • 6-2 • Sr.-3L Natchitoches, La. Natchitoches Central HS 2015 SLC Spring Honor Roll 2014 SLC Indoor High Jump Third Team 2013-14 SLC Steve McCarty Citizenship Award 2014 SLC Spring Honor Roll

2015 Outdoor Season: Fifth at Southland Conference Outdoor Championships, with an outdoor PR of 6-7.5 in the high jump … participated at eight meets in the triple and high jumps… had four top-5 finishes in the high jump with one being first place at the Demon Triangular Invite with a jump of 6-06… … best performance in the triple jump was also a career high at La. Tech Jim Mize Invitational with a jump of 44-0.75 placing third. 2015 Indoor Season: Participated in four meets in the high jump… season-best jump was at the SLC Indoor Championships with a 6-5 mark, placing 10th. 2014 Outdoor Season: Had nine top-10 finishes during the outdoor season... had his best performance at the McNeese State Cowboy Relays in the high jump with a mark of 6-06.75, placing second ... also placed third at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational in the triple jump with a mark of 43-08. 2014 Indoor Season: Bronze medalist at the Southland Championships with a PR of 6-8 … five top-10 finishes during the indoor season competing in the high jump... second at LSU Twilight with a mark of 6-07.50. 2013 Outdoor Season: Finished fourth in the high jump at the Southeastern Lion Invitational after clearing a personal-best 6-04.75… placed in the top eight in all five of his competitions. 2013 Indoor Season: Registered two top-five performances in the high jump… cleared a personal-best height of 6-04.25 at the LSU Twilight Indoor, placing fourth… finished 11th in the high jump at the SLC Championships with a mark of 6-02.75. High School: Lettered in track and field, basketball and football… was a district champion, regional champion and state qualifier in the high jump as a junior… district champion and state finalist in the high jump his senior season… first team all-district and state semifinalist in basketball his senior year. Personal: Son of Anthony Robertson and the late Audrey Payne… born November 18, 1993… has two brothers, Tylar and Kylar Robertson, and one sister, Candice Helaire… majoring in computer information systems and graduating May 2016… plans to have a career as a computer IT developer.

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2016 media guide Helaire’s Career Bests Outdoor 4x100 Relay 45.76 5th High Jump 2.02m/6-07.50 6th Triple Jump 13.43/44-00.75 3rd Indoor High Jump 2.03m 6-08 3rd

Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/26/14 (A. Washington, Z. Porter, Q. Helaire, J. Remo) SLC Outdoor Championships, 5/10/15 La. Tech Jim Mize Invitational, 3/21/15 Southland Conference Championships, 2/26/14

AMIR JAMES

Sprints • 5-7 • So.-1L Missouri City, Texas Dulles HS 2015 NCAA Outdoor Regional Qualifier, 100m 2015 NCAA Outdoor Regional Qualifier, 200m 2015 LSWA All-Louisiana Team, 4X400 relay 2015 SLC Outdoors, 200m, Bronze 2015 SLC Outdoors, 4X400 Relay, Silver 3X SLC Men’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week (4/1/15, 4/15/15, 5/4/15)

2015 Outdoor Season: Bronze medalist at the Southland Outdoor Championships in the 200m in 20.86 … fourth in the 100m at 10.43 … third leg on second-place 4x400 relay that ran a 3:07.91, missing a win by 0.09 … second leg on 4x100 relay that was fourth in 40.49 … participated at all scheduled meets in sprints and relays… had four top-5 finishes in the 100m, three in the 200 meter, six in the 4x100, one in the 4x200, two in the 4x400, and one in the 1600 sprint medley… NCAA East regional qualifier in 100, 200 and 4x400 … had first-place finishes at the UA Crimson Tide Invitational and the Demon Triangular in the 200 and at the Demon Triangular and Leon Johnson NSU Invitational in the 4x100… best mark of 10.43 in the 100 meter was at the Southland Outdoor Championships and the NCAA East Regionals … seasonbest 200m time of 20.86 at the Southland Outdoor Championships along with the 4x100 performance of 40.49 as the second leg with Keenan Jackson, Anthony Taylor, and Gabriel White… in the 4x200 ran as the anchor with White, Ty Shilling, and Taylor at the Cowboy Relays with a time of 1:26.15 … in the 4x400 was also the third leg with Jackson, White, and Taylor for a season-best performance of 3:07.91 at the SLC Outdoor Championships… ran with White, Taylor, and Grant Butts in the 1600 Sprint Medley at the Cowboy Relays with a time of 3:29.97… the 4x400 and the sprint medley performances rank fifth among all-time NSU times in those events… three performances ranked in the top-100 in the nation: 85th in the 100 meter, 60th in the 200 meter and 4x400 relay team ranked 48th. 2015 Indoor Season: Fourth in the 60m dash at the Southland Indoors (6.85) … participated at four meets in sprints and relays… all performances were ranked in the top 10 of the meets, with eight being top-5 performances… in the 60m, best performance was at the Howie Ryan Invitational & Multis with a mark of 6.84… had a 21.87 season best in the 200 meter… had a 3:13.44 season best 4x400 relay time with Anthony Taylor, Keenan Jackson, and Gabriel White at the Southland Indoors, finishing fourth and slicing five seconds off their previous best time. High School: Ran high school track for two years and graduated with a 3.3 GPA… placed second in district his sophomore year in the 400m… junior year was district champ in the 100m and 200m… senior year was a 100m and 200m 5A state finalist. Personal: Amir is the son of Bernadette and Kenneth James… born December 7, 1995… has an older sister, Raeesah… majoring in computer information systems… plans to become a system administrator.

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James’ Career Bests Outdoor 100 Meter Dash 10.43 13th 200 Meter Dash 20.86 3rd 400 Meter Dash 47.51 3rd 4x100 Relay 40.49 4th 4x200 Relay 1:26.15 2nd 4x400 Relay 3:07.91 2nd 1600 Sprint Medley 3:29.97 4th Indoor 60 Meter Dash 6.85 4th 200 Meter Dash 21.87 10th 4x400 Relay 3:13.44 4th

NCAA East Regionals, 5/28/15 Southland Conference Championships, 5/10/15 Southland Conference Championships, 5/10/14 Southland Conference Championships, 5/10/15 (K. Jackson, A. James, A. Taylor, G. White) McNeese Cowboys Rally, 3/14/15 (G. White, T. Schilling, A. Taylor, A. James) Southland Conference Championships, 5/10/15 (K. Jackson, G. White, A. James, A. Taylor) MSU Cowboy Relays, 3/14/15 Southland Conference Championships, 2/16/15 Southland Conference Championships, 2/16/15 Southland Conference Championships, 2/17/15 (A. Taylor, K. Jackson, G. White, A James)

LAVERT JAMES

Sprints • 5-9 • Jr.-0L Haynesville, La. Haynesville HS High School: Graduated Haynesville High School with a 3.7 GPA… member of National Honor Society… lettered four years in track, four years in football, and two years in basketball… during his sophomore year, football team was in championship game and track’s 4x100 was runner-up in state championships… as a senior ran a 10.7 in the 100m… coached by David Franklin. Personal: Son of Shirley Logan and Lynn James… born October 12, 1993… mother is a teacher; father is a mason… has three brothers: Bomani Logan, Lynn James Jr., and Denzel Presley… majoring in health and exercise science… plans to become a personal trainer.

JACORIOUS JETER

Jumps • 6-3 • Fr.-HS Princeton, La. Haughton HS

2015 Outdoor Season: Redshirted 2015 Indoor Season: Redshirted. High School: A 2015 graduate of Haughton High school with a 3.5 GPA… participated in JROTC with their Drill Team, Orienteering Team, Color Guard and Special Operations… was a member of Student Council, SADD, FTA, FCA, Talented Arts, and Theater… lettered in football, track, and wrestling… as a junior, was seventh place at the 5A meet in the triple jump… as a senior placed first in the triple and second in the long jump at the 5A state meet… was named all-city triple jumper in 2014…. set the school record in the triple jump with a mark of 46-11… was coached by Rodney Guin in football, Chad McClave in wrestling and Jason Brotherton in track. Personal: Son of Camilla Jones… born July 27, 1996… has one brother Travacier and one sister Tauriona… majoring in media communications… plans to pursue a career as a television or radio personality with ambition to one day become a producer.

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TYRONE JOHNSON

Throws • 6-2 • So.-0L Harvey, La. John Ehret HS

High School: Competed for coach Corey Lambert at John Ehret HS Personal: Son of Tyrone Johnson Sr. and Gail Johnson … The health and education major aims to coach at the college and pro levels.

DEYLON KEY

Jumps • 6-4 • So.-1L Shreveport, La. Captain Shreve HS 2015 Outdoor Season: Participated at the MSU Cowboy Relays… in the shot put had a mark of 36-06.75 and 85-06 in the discus. 2015 Indoor Season: Redshirted. High School: A multi-sport athlete that competes in long jump, high jump, triple jumps, discus, and relays, with PR’s of 22.-8.5 and 6-4.75 respectively… a 2010 Junior Olympic High Jump All American, and he was named 2013 District 1-5A Field MVP where he placed first in the long jump, second in high jump, and fifth in the triple jump… high school coach was Keith Bilbo. Personal: Son of Angelia Lee and Tony Key… born January 5, 1996…has three brothers, Ryan, Britton, and Breyden… majoring in health and exercise science… plans to become a physical therapist. SLC Championships… member of the seventh place distance medley team (10:47.37) at the SLC Championships. Key’s Career Bests Outdoor Shot Put 11.14m/36-06.75 15th Discus 26.06m/85-06.25 17th

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ELLIOT LANCASTER

Jumps • 5-8 • Fr.-HS Weatherford, Texas Weatherford HS

High School: Graduated Weatherford High school with a 3.8 GPA... as a sophomore, was part of the 4x400 school record team… has a mark of 22-9.75 in the long jump as a junior… was a region qualifier in the long jump as a senior. Personal: Son of Jana and Don Lancaster… born May 30, 1996… has an older brother Garrick… mother is a teacher and father is a police officer… majoring in health and exercise science… plans to become a personal trainer.

MITCH LANDRY

Distance • 5-10 • Jr.-2L Doyline, La. Haughton HS 2015 Outdoor Season: Redshirted 2015 Indoor Season: Redshirted 2014 Outdoor Season: Competed in the 3000m run and the 5000m run during the outdoor season... had two top-10 finishes during the outdoor season… placed seventh at the Southeastern Lion Invitational with a time of 9:36.50 in the 3000m run... in the 5000m run he placed eighth with a time of 16:20.30 at the McNeese Spring Time Classic. 2014 Indoor Season: Competed in the 800m run, 3000m run, mile run, and the 5000m run... finished in the top-20 five two times during the indoor season… had his best performance in the 3000m at the Texas A&M 12-Team Invitational with a time of 9:13.69, finishing 20th. 2013 Outdoor Season: Competed in one meet for the Demons… won the 3000m run in 9:06.07 and placed fifth in the 1500m in 4:11.92 at the Jim Mize Invitational. 2013 Indoor Season: Competed in the 1 mile, 3000m and distance medley relay… ran a personal-best 3000m time of 9:02.28 at the SLC Championships… member of the seventh-place distance medley team (10:47.37) at the SLC Championships. High School: Lettered in track and cross country all four years… was the 4A cross country state runner-up as a freshman… 4A cross country state champion his sophomore and junior seasons… state runner-up in the 1600m and 3200m as a freshman… 1600m (4:28.28) and 3200m (10.12.20) state champion his sophomore year… placed third at state in the 1600m (4:31.95) and second in the 3200m (9:52.46) as a junior… placed fourth in the 1600m (4:22.32) and third in the 3200m (9:29.04) in his final season… regional and district champion in the 1600m and 3200m his senior year. Personal: Son of Steve and Ruth Landry… born Oct. 1, 1993… has two brothers, Greg and Scott, and one sister, Shaneena… majoring in industrial engineering technologies… graduating May 2016. Landry’s Career Bests Outdoor 1500 Meter Run 4:11.92 5th Jim Mize Invitational (La. Tech), 3/16/13 3000 Meter Run 9:06.07 1st Jim Mize Invitational (La. Tech), 3/16/13 5000 Meter Run 16:20.30 8th McNeese Spring Time Classic, 4/12/14 Indoor 800 Meter Run 2:06.16 61st USM Cupid Classic, 2/14/14 1 Mile Run 4:39.81 41st USM Cupid Classic, 2/14/14 3000 Meter Run 9:02.28 31st Southland Conference Championships, 2/22/13 Dist. Medley Relay 10:47.37 7th Southland Conference Championships, 2/22/13

MICAH LARKINS

Sprints • 5-8 • Fr.-HS Princeton, La. Haughton HS

High School: A member of The Shreveport Times All-City Track Team as a sprinter at Haughton High ... one of the best sprinters in the area and the state in Class 5A ... Broke Joe Delaney’s 100 meters school record (hand timed) at Haughton.

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CHARLIE MILTON

Hurdles • 5-9 • Fr.-HS Sunset, La. Beau Chene HS

High School: Graduated with a 3.0 GPA from Beau Chene High School… lettered in football basketball, and track. Personal: Son of Charlie Milton, Jr. and Norma Guilbeau … born February 13, 1997… has four sisters: Brookais, Madison, Sarah, and Grabriella… majoring in computer information systems… plans to have a career as a game designer.

LUCAS MONCLA

Distance • 5-7 • Jr.-2L Haughton, La. Parkway HS 2015 SLC Spring Honor Roll 2014 SLC Spring Honor Roll 2015 Outdoor Season: Participated in three meets… had career high marks in the 1500m of 4:21.14 at MSU Cowboy Relays and 17:20.47 in the 5000m at Leon Johnson NSU Invitational. 2015 Indoor Season: Competed at three meets… had careerhigh marks in the 3000m with a time of 9:56.58 at TAMU 13-Team Invitational, in the 5000m of 16:59.57 at LSU Invitational, and 10:57.10 at UH Howie Ryan Invitational as the third leg in the distance medley. 2014 Outdoor Season: Competed in the 1500m run and the 3000m run during the outdoor season… finished in the top-20 five three times during the outdoor season… at the SFA Skecher’s Carl Kight Invitational, he finished 22nd with a time of 4:07.58 in the 1500m run... in the 3000m run, he finished 12th at the McNeese State Cowboy Relays and 16th at the La Tech Jim Mize Invitational. 2014 Indoor Season: Competed in the 800m, 3000m, and the 1 mile during the indoor season… placed in the top-20 three times throughout the indoor season… had his best finish at LSU Twilight with a mark of 10:02.25, placing sixth. High School: Lettered in track and cross country… part of one state championship team and two district championship teams… ran the 3 mile in 16:50 his senior season... ran personal bests in the 5K in 17:51 and the 3200m in 10:41... qualified for the indoor state championships in the 3200 in 2012 and 2013. Personal: Son of Ken and Connie Bardett... born on August 16, 1995… has two older siblings -- a brother, Landon, and sister, Meghan… majoring in health and exercise science… plans to attend graduate school and become a physical therapist. Moncla’s Career Bests Outdoor 1500 Meter Run 4:21.14 26th 3000 Meter Run 9:54.42 12th Indoor 800 Meter Run 2:15.79 19th 1 Mile Run 4:55.53 19th 3000 Meter Run 10:02.25 6th

MSU Cowboy Relays, 3/14/15 McNeese State Cowboy Relays, 3/15/14 Texas A&M 12 Team Invitational, 1/17/14 Texas A&M 12 Team Invitational, 1/17/14 LSU Twilight, 2/21/14

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DAVID MORITZ

Jumps • 6-3 • Fr.-HS Cedar Park, Texas Cedar Park HS 2015 SLC Spring Honor Roll

2015 Outdoor Season: Competed in the long jump at eight meets… had three top-10 performances… best mark was 22-09.75 at the Leon

Johnson Invitational. 2015 Indoor Season: Competed in the long jump at three meets… had a best performance of 21-9.5 at UH Howie Ryan Invitational. High School: Graduated from Cedar Park High School with a 3.6 GPA… played football for two years and track for three years... was part of the state football championship team his sophomore year, district champ his junior year and the football team had a 14-2 record and were district champs his senior year… as a junior, placed seventh at state in long jump and placed third as a senior… was the track team MVP as a senior. Personal: David is the son of Lori and Russell Mortiz … has an older sister Amanda... majoring in business administration… plans to attend graduate school. Moritz’s Career Bests Outdoor Long jump 6.95m/22-09.75 11th Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/25/15 Indoor Long jump 6.59m/21-07.5 20th Southland Conference Championships, 2/16/15

TANNER OWENS

Sprints/Hurdles/Jumps • 5-11 • So.-1L Plano, Texas Shelton School 2015 LSWA All-Louisiana, Decathlon 2015 Outdoor Season: Competed in multi events… had a best decathlon performance with 6,244 at the Demon Triangular Invite with season-best performances of 6-6 in the high jump, 12-9.5 pole vault mark, a 22-07 long jump, 32-7.75 shot put throw, and a 136-8 javelin throw… ran 10.93 at MSU Cowboy Relays in the 100 and 22.66 in the 200 at UA Crimson Tide Invitational… at the SLC Outdoor Championships had best performances of 50.89 in the 400, 5:01.00 in the 1500m, 15.56 in the 110 hurdles… had a 85.2 throw at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational in the discus… had six top-5 performances. 2015 Indoor Season: Participated in sprints, hurdles, runs, relays, jumps, and throws… at the LSU Invitational had season-best marks of 7.15 in the 60 meter, 8.75 in the 60 meter hurdles, 20-09.75 in the long jump, and 3:38.71 as part of the 4x400 relay team with Kaymin Carter, Grant Butts, and Marquise Foster… at SLC Indoor Championships had a best time of 3:07.09 in the 1000m run, 10-08 in the pole vault, and 28-0 in the shot put all as part of his best heptathlon performance with a score of 4,366. High School: Competed in the 100m, 200m, high jump, long jump, 60m, 60m hurdles, pole vault, and throws, with PR’s of 11.08, 22.83, 6-4, 21-11.75, 7.08, and 8.9 respectively… is a 2013 TAPPS Regional Qualifier in the 200m, high jump, long jump, 4x100, and 4x200… in 2013 he was a state qualifier in 200m and long jump and placed fifth in both events…. graduated with a 3.29 GPA… high school coach was Steve McBride… placed third in the 2013 USATF Region 12 Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships Decathlon. Personal: Son of Amber and Chris Generale… born July 20, 1995… has one sister, Leah and one brother, Jade… majoring in health and

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track & field exercise science… plans to attend graduate school and become a physical therapist. Owens’ Career Bests Outdoor 100 Meter Dash 10.93 200 Meter Dash 22.66 400 Meter Dash 50.89 1500 Meter Run 5:01 110 Meter Hurdles 15.56 High Jump 1.98m/6-06 Pole Vault 3.9m/12-09.5 Long Jump 6.88m/22-07 Shot Put 9.95m/32-07.75 Discus 25.97m/85-02 Javelin 41.67m/136-08 Decathlon 6244

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MSU Cowboy Relays, 3/14/15 UA Crimson Tide Invitational, 3/28/15 Southland Conference Championships, 5/8/15 Southland Conference Championships, 5/9/15 Southland Conference Championships, 5/9/15 Demon Triangular Invite, 4/11/15 Southland Conference Championships, 5/9/15 Demon Triangular Invite, 4/11/15 Demon Triangular Invite, 4/11/15 Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/25/15 Demon Triangular Invite, 4/11/15 Demon Triangular Invite, 4/11/15

Indoor 60 Meter Dash 7.15 14th 60 Meter Hurdles 8.75 8th 1000 Meter Run 3:07.09 10th 4x400 Relay 3:38.71 7th Pole Vault 3.25m/10-08 14th Long Jump 6.34m/20-09.75 9th Shot Put 8.53m/28-0 16th Pole Vault 3.25m/10-08 14th Heptathlon 4366 11th

LSU Invitational, 1/9/15 LSU Invitational 1/9/15 Southland Conference Championships, 2/17/15 LSU Invitational, 1/9/15 (T. Owens, K. Carter, G. Butts, M. Foster) Southland Conference Championships, 2/17/15 LSU Invitational, 1/9/15 Southland Conference Championships, 2/16/15 Southland Conference Championships, 2/17/15 Southland Conference Championships, 2/17/15

CEDRIC PAUL

Throws • 6-2 • So.-1L Franklin, La. Franklin HS SLC Outdoor Field Athlete of Week (4/29/15) 2015 LSWA All-Louisiana, Shot Put 2015 SLC Indoors Champion, Shot Put 2015 Outdoor Season: Competed in the shot put, hammer, and discus throws… had eight top-five performances with six being podium places… second on Top-5 Demon Performers in the hammer with a 141-5 throw at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational… placed first in the shot at that meet with a season-best throw of 53-10.25… in the discus had a distance of 135-05 at the Demon Triangular Invite … eighth in the shot put at the Southland Outdoors (49-7). 2015 Indoor Season: Claimed the shot put crown at the Southland Conference Indoor Championships with a mark of 53-0.25, his season best... competed at four meets in the shot put… had two top-5 marks. High School: Played two years of football and was a two time All-State member… was the shot put champion in track in field in high school... ranked top10 in the nation’s high school ranks in the shot put in 2013… finished third at the USA Junior Olympic Meet in August 2014… was a three-sport athlete that graduated with a 3.48 GPA… his coach was his father, Clifford.

and was a member of the Demon football and track & field teams. Paul’s Career Bests Outdoor Shot Put 16.41m/53-10.25 1st Discus 26.06m/85-06.25 17th Hammer Throw 43.11/141-05 4th

Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/25/15 MSU Cowboy Relays, 3/14/15 Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/25/15

Indoor Shot Put 16.16m/53-00.25

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ZHAQUAN PORTER

Jumps • 5-11 • Jr.-3L Alexandria, La. Peabody HS 2015 SLC Indoor Bronze Medalist – Triple Jump 2015 Outdoor Season: Redshirted 2015 Indoor Season: Competed in the triple jump at four meets… had a career-high performance at the SLC Indoor Championships with a mark of 49-01, placing third. 2014 Outdoor Season: Had three top-10 finishes during the outdoor season… competed in the 4x100 meter relay, the long jump, and the triple jump… had his best performance at the McNeese Spring Time Classic in the triple jump with a distance of 45-05.00, placing third… finished fifth in the 4x100 Meter Relay at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational with a time of 45.76. 2014 Indoor Season: Competed in the long jump and the triple jump during the indoor season… placed 10th at the UH Howie Ryan Invitational & Multi’s in the triple jump with a mark of 46-07.25… had his best performance in the long jump in the indoor season at the Texas A&M 12-Team Invitational with a distance of 20-0.50, placing 21st. 2013 Outdoor Season: Posted a personal-best triple jump mark of 48-06.25 at the SLC Championships, placing seventh… registered two topfive performances in the triple jump. 2013 Indoor Season: Registered a personal-best triple jump mark of 44-07.50 at the SLC Championships, placing 13th… finished sixth in the triple jump at the LSU Twilight Indoor with a leap of 43-01.50. High School: Lettered in track and field all four years… was a regional qualifier in the triple jump as a sophomore… district champion (44-5) and regional champion (43-2) in the triple jump as a senior… took third place in the triple jump at the state meet with a leap of 45-3. Personal: Son of Keena Porter… born on Dec. 19, 1993… has one younger sister, Kylah… majoring in psychology and addiction studies… plans to become a child psychologist. Porter’s Career Bests Outdoor 4x100 Meter Relay 45.76 5th Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/26/14 (A. Washington, Z. Porter, Q. Helaire, J. Remo) Long Jump 6.58m/21-07.25 21st Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/26/14 Triple Jump 14.79m/48-06.25 7th Southland Conference Championships, 5/12/13 Indoor Long Jump 6.11m/20-00.5 21st Texas A&M 12 Team Invitational, 1/17/14 Triple Jump 14.96m/48-06.25 3rd Southland Conference Championships, 2/17/15

Personal: Son of Joycelyn and Clifford Paul… born Oct. 5, 1995… majoring in computer information systems… father, Clifford is a 1995 NSU graduate Facebook: Northwestern State • Twitter: @NSUDemons • #ForkEmDemons • Website: nsudemons.com

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SKYLOR REESE

Distance • 5-7 • Jr.-2L Bossier City, La. Parkway HS 2015 Outdoor Season: Competed at various distance events at four meets… at the Demon Triangular ran a career best in the 800m with a time of 2:28.19 and a season-best of 4:31.36 in the 1500m… in the 3000m ran a 9:55.00 at La Tech Jim Mize Invitational. 2015 Indoor Season: Did not compete 2014 Outdoor Season: Competed in the 1500m run and the 3000m run during the outdoor season… laced in the top-15 five different times throughout the outdoor season… had his best performance at the McNeese Spring Time Classic with a time of 4:28.52, placing 11th in the 1500m run... also had his best performance in the 3000m run at the Southeastern Lion Invitational with a time of 9:54.95, placing 12th. 2014 Indoor Season: Redshirted High School: Lettered in cross-country and baseball... part of the state championship team his sophomore season… qualified for indoor state his junior season... ran his best times during his senior season. Personal: Son of Amy and Neal Reese… born September 25, 1994… father member of the U.S. Air Force… has a younger brother, Caleb… majoring in biology… plans to attend medical school to become a doctor. Reese’s Career Bests Outdoor 800 Meter Run 2:28.19 11th 1500 Meter Run 4:26.76 14th 3000 Meter Run 9:50.38 15th

Demon Triangular Invite, 4/11/15 Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/26/14 La. Tech Jim Mize Invitational, 3/22/14

JARROT REMO

Jumps • 5-7 • So.-1L Natchitoches, La. Natchitoches Central HS 2015 Outdoor Season: Competed in multi events throughout the season… had 11 top-5 performances… at the MSU Cowboy Relays ran a time of 11.56 in the 100m… in the 400m, ran 52.57 at LSU Alumni Gold… at Leon Johnson NSU Invitational best performance in the 1500m with 4:37.07… at the SLC Outdoor Championships as part of his 6,249 decathlon performance had best marks in the 110m hurdles with a time of 17.10, and a 73-9 discus throw… in the Demon Triangular Invite decathlon, he had season best performances with a 5-6 high jump, 9-0.25 pole vault, 21-0.5 long jump, 31-01.25 shot put, and 111-1 javelin throw. 2015 Indoor Season: Jumped 19-7.5 in the long jump at TAMU 13-Team Invitational. 2014 Outdoor Season: Competed in the long jump, triple jump, and the 4x100 relay during the outdoor season... placed in the top-15 three times during the outdoor season... had his best performance in the 4x100 relay at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational with a time of 45.76, placing fifth… also finished ninth at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational with a mark of 20-10.75 in the long jump. 2014 Indoor Season: Did not compete. High School: Personal: Son of Cheryl Remo and Jarrot Remo, Sr. … born May 29, 1995… has two brothers, Cordero and Jarell… has three sisters, Chernika, Jarrina, Jana, and Joselyn… majoring in accounting.

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MSU Cowboy Relays, 3/14/15 LSU Alumni Gold, 4/18/15 Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/25/15 Southland Conference Championships, 5/9/15 Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/26/14 (A. Washington, Z. Porter, Q. Helaire, J. Remo) Demon Triangular Invite, 4/11/15 Demon Triangular Invite, 4/26/14 Demon Triangular Invite, 4/11/15 Demon Triangular Invite, 4/11/15 Southland Conference Championships, 5/9/15 Demon Triangular Invite, 4/11/15 Southland Conference Championships, 5/9/15 Texas A&M 13-Team invitational, 1/16/15

ANTHONY RENTERIA

Distance • 5-8• Fr.-HS San Antonio, Texas San Antonio Christian HS

High School: Graduated San Antonio Christian School with a 3.34 GPA… was a weatherman with broadcast journalism… was a student ambassador on the Mayor’s Fitness Council… was a member of the Thespian Society and National Honor Society… lettered four years in cross country and track and field… sophomore cross country team was second at TAPPS 4A Boys State and was champions senior year… as a freshman, was first leg of 4x800 team that placed second at the AAU Junior Olympic Games for intermediate boys… set school record for the 800m as a junior besting NSU coach Wesley Miller’s previous record… was named to the San Antonio Express News All-Area Track and Field Team for sub-6A and private schools and won TAPPS 4A State title in the 800 meter as a senior… was a six-time state qualifier in the 400m, 800m, and the 4x400 relay… was named all-district, all-regional, and all-state… high school coach was Kenzer Dirkson and San Antonio Heat distance coach was Frank Dunn. Personal: Son of Anthony and Jacqueline Renteria… born June 5, 1997… has one older sister, Jessica, who is a member of the USA Senior Team for Acrobatic Gymnastics… majoring in theatre… plans to go into acting and become a voice over actor.

ARSENIJE SAVIC

Jumps • 6-4 • Jr.-TR Belgrade, Serbia Aviation Academy/Butler CC Before NSU: Participated in track and field multi events at Butler Community College for two years… had a GPA of 3.5… received Academic Award for Outstanding Achievements… best indoor marks include 7.66 in the 60m, 1:34.92 in the 600m, 3:07.82 in the 1000m, 9.37 in the 60m hurdles, 5-7.25 in the high jump, 9-0.25 in the pole vault, 19-7.25 in the long jump, 45-0.25 in the triple jump, 31-4.75 in the shot put, and 3,664 in the heptathlon… went to regionals in the heptathlon as a sophomore and for the triple and long jumps as a freshman… best outdoor marks in 23.96 in the 200m and 46-8.75 in the triple jump... went to regionals two years for triple jump and as a freshman in the long jump.

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track & field High School: Graduated with a 4.0 GPA at Aviation Academy in Belgrade, Serbia… coached by Mirjana Stojanovic and Jovan Jahic. Personal: Son of Marina and Jadranko Savic… born October 12, 1993… has one sister, Andjela… majoring in psychology and addition studies… hope to achieve his dream of becoming a professional track athlete.

TY SHILLING

Sprints/Javelin • 6-0 • Jr.-1L Haughton, La. Haughton HS 2014 SLC Outdoor Champion, 4x100 Relay 2014 NCAA Regionals, 4x100 Relay 2014 LSWA All-Louisiana, 4x100 Relay

2015 Outdoor Season: Competed in relays at MSU Cowboy Relays as the second leg with Gabriel White, Anthony Taylor and Amir James… had fifth-place time of 42.05 in the 4x100 and a second-place time of 1:26.15 in the 4x200. 2015 Indoor Season: Competed at three meets in the 60m and the 200m dashes… had career-best performances at the SLC Indoor Championships with a time of 6.95 (60m) and a 22.01 (200m). 2014 Outdoor Season: Competed in the 100m, 4x100 relay, 4x200 relay and the javelin throw during the outdoor season… recorded 14 top-10 finishes throughout the outdoor season… won the 4x100 relay at the McNeese State Cowboy Relays with a time of 41.20… also won the 4x200 at the McNeese State Cowboy Relays with a time of 1:27.55… at the SLC Outdoor Championships he placed 14th in the 100m and ninth in the javelin throw. 2014 Indoor Season: Competed in the 60m, 200m, and the 4x400 relay during the indoor season… placed in the top-20 three times during the indoor season… had his best performance at the Texas A&M 12-Team Invitational in the 60m, finishing 12th with a time of 7.10… went to the SLC Championships, placing 28th in the 60m and 46th in the 200m. High School: Lettered in track and field and football... had a 3.7 GPA in high school... was a part of FCA, SADD, and FTA. Personal: Son of Robert Shilling and Tammy Heartz … born on Oct. 23, 1994… has two brothers, Ryan Shilling, and Gage Hartz... majoring in psychology. Shilling’s Career Bests Outdoor 100 Meter Dash 10.71 (w) 3rd Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/26/14 10.75 14th Southland Conference Championships, 5/10/14 4x100 Meter Relay 39.89 1st Southland Conference Championships, 5/11/14 (S. Ryan, K. Jackson, J. Walker, T. Shilling) 4x200 Meter Relay 1:26.15 2nd MSU Cowboy Relays, 3/14/15 (G. White, T. Shilling, A. Taylor, A. James) Javelin 55.09m 180-09 9th La. Tech Jim Mize Invitational, 3/22/14 Indoor 60 Meter Dash 6.05 11th Southland Conference Championships, 2/16/15 200 Meter Dash 22.01 14th Southland Conference Championships, 2/16/15 4x400 Meter Relay 3:31.87 16th UH Howie Ryan Invitational, 2/1/14

CHASE SLATER

Distance • 6-0 • Fr.-HS Stonewall, La. North DeSoto HS High School: Graduated with a 3.3 GPA from North DeSoto High School… was an FCA Leader… lettered two years in cross country and four years in track and field… team was District 1-3A champions and regional champions freshman and sophomore years; was state runner-up as a sophomore and district runner-up as a senior… as a freshman, he was a regional qualifier… as a sophomore, was district runner-up… as a junior, was district and regional champion in the 800m… as a senior, was district champion and state qualifier… was named FCA Christian Athlete of the Year in 2015. Personal: Son of Lisa and Chris Carney… born August 11, 1996… has one older sister, Mary… majoring in education… plans to teach and coach in secondary education.

JEFF SOULIS

Javelin • 5-9 • Fr.-HS Carencro, La. Hansen Memorial HS High School: Lettered three years in football, four years in track, and two letters in powerlifting at Hanson Memorial High School… was regional champion and state runner-up in powerlifting as a sophomore… in football was named Best of the Teche junior and senior years; was first-team all-district as a junior and second-team as a senior… as a junior, was district and regional runnerup in the javelin… as a senior, was district champion, regional runner-up and placed fifth at state in the javelin… coached by Brett Blakey. Personal: Son of Ann and Greg Soulis… born April 8, 1997… has an older sister, Caroline… father was previous javelin record holder at ULM… majoring in criminal Justin… plans to have a career as a FBI or ATF federal agent.

ANTHONY TAYLOR

Sprints • 5-8 • Jr.-1L Shreveport, La. Huntington HS/Wiley College SLC Outdoor Track Athlete of Week (5/4/15) 2015 LSWA All-Louisiana, 4x400 Relay 2015 Outdoor Season: Had all top-10 performances with nine being top-five... had three best performances at the SLC Outdoor Championships: in the 400m with a time of 47.36… ran the third leg in the 4x100 with Keenan Jackson, Amir James, and Gabriel White with a time of 40.49; and the 48th-nationally ranked time of 3:07.91 in the 4x400 with Jackson, White, and James as the third leg… in the 4x200, had a time of 4:26.15 with White, Ty Shilling, and James; and 3:29.97 with White, James, and Grant Butts in the 1600 sprint medley at the MSU Cowboy Relays… ranked 61st in the nation in the 400m. 2015 Indoor Season: Competed in four meets in sprints and relays… every performance was a top-five performance except one which was sixth… had a career-high time of 21.31 at UH Howie Ryan Invitational in the 200m… at the SLC Indoor Championships had career best in the 400m with a time of 47.36, placing fifth with a time of 3:13.44 in the 4x400 relay as

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the first leg with Keenan Jackson, Gabriel White, and Amir James. Before NSU: Attended Wiley College from 2013-2014 … earned a 3.0 GPA. High School: Competed in wrestling, football, and track and field… won the Arklatex Wrestling Tournament his freshman year… won the regional and city wrestling tournaments in his sophomore and junior seasons… finished third in the state wrestling championships… won state in the 400m dash his senior year… coached by Perry Moss and Leronn Burris. Personal: Son of Anthony Taylor, Sr., and Sonja Taylor… born November 9, 1994… has three brothers, Keith, The’Anthony, and De’Aundre… has a sister, Ke’Shonda... majoring in psychology… hopes to become a proathlete or become a collegiate coach. Taylor’s Career Bests Outdoor 400 Meter Dash 47.69 6th 1500 Meter Run 4:37.07 15th 4x100 Relay 40.49 4th 4x200 Relay 1:26.15 2nd 4x400 Relay 3:07.91 2nd 1600 Sprint Medley 3:29.97 4th Indoor 200 Meter Dash 22.31 6th 400 Meter Dash 47.36 5th 4X400 Relay 3:13.44 4th

Southland Conference Championships, 5/9/15 Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/25/15 Southland Conference Championships, 5/10/15 (K. Jackson, A. James, A. Taylor, G. White) MSU Cowboy Relays, 3/14/15 (G. White, T Shilling, A. Taylor, A. James) Southland Conference Championships, 5/10/15 (K. Jackson, G. White, A. James, A. Taylor) MSU Cowboy Relays, 3/14/15 (G. White, A. James, A. Taylor, G. Butts) UH Howie Ryan Invitational & Multis, 1/31/15 Southland Conference Championships, 2/17/15 Southland Conference Championships, 2/17/15 (A. Taylor, K. Jackson, G. White, A. James)

LAWRENCE WALLACE

Jumps • 6-1 • Sr.-1L Topeka, Kan. Topeka West HS/Coffeyville CC 2015 Outdoor Season: Competed at seven meets… had five top-5 finishes with two firstplace marks at MSU Cowboy Relays and the Demon Triangular… at MSU Cowboy Relays had best marks in long jump of 20-3.5 and a high jump mark of 6-8.75. 2015 Indoor Season: Competed at four meets in the high jump… placed in the top-5 at three… best mark or 6-8.25 was at the SLC Indoor Championships. Before NSU: Attended Coffeyville College for two years… was a track and field athlete… earned a 2.9 GPA… was named JUCO All-American. High School: Ran track and played basketball at Topeka West High School in Kansas… played under Coach Broises… graduated in 2012 Personal: Son of Tracey and Lawrence Wallace... born September 17, 1993… has a brother, Andrew... majoring in business management… was in a TV PSA for drunk driving… nicknamed L J. Wallace’s Career Bests Outdoor High Jump 2.05m/6-08.75 1st Long Jump 6.18m/20-03.50 23rd Indoor High Jump 2.04m/6-08.25 3rd

MSU Cowboy Relays, 3/14/15 MSU Cowboy Relays, 3/14/15 Southland Conference Championships, 2/16/15

HUNTER WAMACK

Distance • 5-10 • So.-1L Grand Prairie, Texas Mansfield Lake Ridge HS 2015 Outdoor Season: Competed at eight meets… had three top-5 performances… in the 800 meter, placed third with a time of 2:13.99 at the Demon Triangular Invite… at LSU Alumni Gold had a best time of 4:10.09 at LSU Alumni Gold in the 1500m… had a time of 9:28.20 in the 3000m at La. Tech Jim Mize Invitational… at Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, ran 10:27.61 in the 3000m steeplechase… ran as the anchor in the 4x400 at Demon Triangular with Kaymin Carter, Brent Giddens, and Grant Butts with a time of 3:17.73. 2015 Indoor Season: Competed at three meets…in the mile, ran 4:41.34 at TAMU 13-Team Invitational… had a time of 10:57.10 at UH Howie Ryan Invitational in the distance medley as the first leg with Kaymin Carter, Lucas Moncla, and Joshua Wilkins. High School: Placed sixth in the nation at the AAU Junior Olympic Games in 2011… earned all-district cross country honors in 2011 and 2013… collected All-Conference honors in 2012… selected to the All-Region team in 2011. Personal: Son of Julia and Albert Wamack… born May 24, 1996… has two brothers, Cooper and Bailey… majoring in business administration. Wamack’s Career Bests Outdoor 800 Meter Run 2:13.99 10th 1500 Meter Run 4:10.09 6th 3000 Meter Run 9:28.20 11th 4x400 Relay 3:17.33 2nd Indoor 1 Mile Run 4:41.34 22nd Distance Medley 11:27.30 2nd

Demon Triangular Invite, 4/11/15 LSU Alumni Gold, 4/18/15 La. Tech Jim Mize Invitational, 3/21/15 Demon Triangular Invite, 4/11/15 (K. Carter, B. Giddens, G. Butts, H. Wamack) TAMU 13-Team Invitational, 1/16/15 LSU Invitational, 1/9/15 (H. Wamack, L. Moncla, J. Wilkins, J. Elliott)

GABRIEL WHITE

Sprints • 5-8 • Sr.-3L Shreveport, La. Captain Shreve HS 2015 NCAA All-American, 4X100 2015 LSWA All-Louisiana, 4x400 Relay SLC Outdoor Track Athlete of Week (5/4/15) 2013 NCAA All-American, 4x100 2013 Outdoor NCAA National Qualifier, 4x100 2013 Outdoor NCAA Regional Qualifier, 4x100 2015 Outdoor Season: Had 13 top-five finishes… in the 200m, best performance was 21.84 at SFA Skechers Carl Kight Invitational; a career best… ran a career-best in the 400m at Leon Johnson NSU Invitational with a time of 47.46… ran as anchor at the SLC Outdoor Championships with Keenan Jackson, Amir James, and Anthony Taylor in the 4x100 with a time of 40.49… ran 1:26.15 in the 4x200 with Ty Shilling, Taylor, and James at MSU Cowboy Relays… ran the 48th-best time in the nation at the SLC Outdoor Championships as the second leg in the 4x400 with Jackson, James, and Taylor with a time of 3:07.91… ran as the first leg with James, Taylor, and Grant Butts in the 1600 sprint medley with a time of 3:29.97 at MSU Cowboy Relays.

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track & field 2015 Indoor Season: Competed at two meets… has his best marks at the SLC Indoor Championships… in the 60m ran 6.99… in the 400m ran 50.36… as the third leg of the 4x400 ran 3:13.44 with Anthony Taylor, Keenan Jackson, and Amir James. 2014 Outdoor Season: Competed in the 100m dash, 200m dash, 4x100 relay, and the 4x400 relay throughout the outdoor season... placed in the top-10 seven different times during the outdoor season... recorded his best finish at the McNeese Spring Time Classic with a time of 42.17, placing second in the 4x100 relay… also finished sixth at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational with a mark of 10.76. 2014 Indoor Season: Competed in the 60m, 200m, 400m, and the 4x400 relay during the indoor season... finished in the top-15 four times during the indoor season... had his best finish in the 4x400 relay at the Southland Conference Championships with a time of 3:15.85, placing fourth… in the 200m, he finished 13th with a time of 22.52 at the Texas A&M 12-Team Invitational. 2013 Outdoor Season: Placed 11th at the National Championships in the 4x100 meter relay with a time of 39.57, earning All-American honors … at NCAA Regionals, placed third in the 4x100 with a time of 40.00 with Justin Walker, Kendall Taylor, and Justin Walker, advancing to nationals… ran a personal-best 100m time of 10.80 in the prelims at the SLC Championships, placing 14th… member of the fifth-place 4x100 relay team (40.08) at the LSU Alumni Gold meet. 2013 Indoor Season: Ran a personal-best 60m time of 7.07 in the prelims at the SLC Championships… registered a personal-best 200m time of 22.96 in the prelims at the SLC Championships… member of the third place 4x400 team (3:25.09) at the LSU Twilight Indoor. High School: Lettered in track and field and football… was a district runner-up in the 100m and 200m his junior year… placed fifth in the 4x200 relay at the 5A state meet his junior season… named MVP of the Gator Relays and Lake Charles Relays his senior year… member of a 4x200 squad that went undefeated his senior year and won the 5A state meet. Personal: Son of Booker and Ina White… born on Aug. 19, 1994… has one brother, Brittain, and one sister, Morgan… majoring in biology… plans to join the U.S. Air Force after graduation… has extended plans to attend graduate school to become a physical therapist and ultimately have a doctorate of physical therapy… nickname Gabe. White’s Career Bests Outdoor 100 Meter Dash 10.76 (w) 6th Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/26/14 10.80 14th Southland Conference Championships, 5/11/13 200 Meter Dash 21.84 6th SFA Skechers Carl Kight Invitational, 4/3/15 400 Meter Dash 47.46 3rd Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/25/15 4x100 Meter Relay 39.57 11th NCAA Division I National Championships, 6/8/13 (G. White, H. Carter, K. Taylor, J. Walker) 4x200 Meter Relay 1:23.35 2nd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, 3/30/13 (G. White, H. Carter, J. Walker, K. Taylor) 4x400 Meter Relay 3:07.91 2nd Southland Conference Championships, 5/10/15 (K. Jackson, G. White, A. James, A. Taylor) 1600m Medley Relay 3:29.97 4th MSU Cowboy Relays, 3/14/15 (G. White, A. James, A. Taylor, G. Butts) 1600y Medley Relay 3:35.10 5th McNeese Cowboy Relays, 3/9/13 (G. White, H. Carter, D. Williams, A. Gladney) Indoor 60 Meter Dash 6.99 14th Southland Conference Championships, 2/16/15 200 Meter Dash 22.38 21st Southland Conference Championships, 2/26/14 400 Meter Dash 50.36 22nd Southland Conference Championships, 2/16/15 4x400 Meter Relay 3:13.44 4th Southland Conference Championships (A. Taylor, K. Jackson, G. White, A. James

JOSHUA WILKINS

Distance • 5-7 • So.-1L Bowie, Md. Bowie HS

2015 Outdoor Season: Competed at eight meets and had five top-5 performances… now holds the Demon record with a fourth place finish at La. Tech Jim Mize Invitational with a time of 8:41.83 in the 3000 meter… ran 2:11.33 in the 800 at the Demon Triangular Invite… in the 1500, had a best time of 3:58.04 at the SLC Outdoor Championships… ran 16:00.03 in the 5000m meter at SFA Skechers Carl Kight Invitational. 2015 Indoor Season: Competed at four meets and had two top-5 places… ran the mile at LSU Invitational in 4:32.90… in the 3000 meter had a best time of 8:41.92 at the SLC Indoor Championships… had a time of 15:23.37 at TAMU 13-Team Invitational in the 5000 meter… ran as the anchor with Hunter Wamack, Kaymin Carter, and Lucas Moncla in the distance medley with a time of 11:06.02. High School: Graduated with a 3.0 GPA and was named the Most Improved Student… ran track and field and cross country for four years… went to state in outdoor all four years… only freshman to make it to state in 1600m for indoor with a time of 4:31… placed third in 1600m indoors and second in the 3200m outdoor in junior year… third in 1600 indoor in senior year… coached by his father and coach Bowles. Personal: Son of Marjorie and Ronald Wilkins… born September 23, 1995… has younger sister, Trinity… majoring in business… plans a career in the music industry. Wilkins’ Career Bests Outdoor 800 Meter Dash 2:11.33 9th Demon Triangular Invite, 4/11/15 1500 Meter Run 3:58.04 11th Southland Conference Championships, 5/9/15 3000 Meter Run 8:41.83 4th La. Tech Jim Mize Invitational, 3/21/15 5000 Meter Run 16:00.03 9th SFA Skechers Carl Kight Invitational, 4/2/15 Indoor 1 Mile Run 4:32.90 5th LSU Invitational, 1/9/15 3000 Meter Run 8:41.92 14th Southland Conference Championships, 2/17/15 5000 Meter Run 15:23.37 6th Southland Conference Championships, 1/16/15 Distance Medley 11:06.02 11th Howie Ryan Invitational, 1/30/15 (H. Wamack, K. Carter, K. Moncla, J. Wilkins)

AARON WILLIAMS

Jumps • 5-10 • Gr.-4L Duson, La. Acadiana HS 2015 NCAA Indoor All-American, Second Team, Triple Jump 2015 SLC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year 2015 SLC Indoor Champion, Long Jump 2015 SLC Indoor Champion, Triple Jump 2015 SLC Spring Honor Roll SLC Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week (4/23/2014) 2014 SLC Outdoor Silver Medalist – Triple Jump 2014 SLC Outdoor Bronze Medalist – Long Jump 2014 NCAA East Preliminary Qualifier, Long Jump & Triple Jump 2014 LSWA All-Louisiana, Triple Jump 2013 NCAA Outdoor Regional Qualifier, Triple Jump 2X SLC Outdoor Athlete of the Week (4/23/14, 4/2/13)

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2016 media guide 2015 Outdoor Season: Redshirted 2015 Indoor Season: Earned All-America honors (second team) in the triple jump with a 50-6 mark at the NCAA Championships, finishing 14th … had a PR with his winning distance of 52-4.5 at LSU Twilight to earn his first national meet berth … competed in the long and triple jumps at seven meets… had six event victories and four other top-5 performances … in the long jump, his best mark was a first-place mark of 24-7.75 at the SLC Indoor Championships… nationally ranked 35th in the long jump and 15th in the triple jump. 2014 Outdoor Season: Runner-up in the triple jump (51-4.25), third in the long jump at Southland Conference Championships … competed in the 100m, 4x100 relay, long jump, and the triple jump during the outdoor season... placed in the top-10 12 times throughout the indoor season... at the Southeastern Lion Invitational he won with a mark of 24-03.50 in the long jump… he recorded a triple jump of 51-4.25 two times, one at the McNeese State Cowboy Relays, placing 1st, and the other at the SLC Outdoor Championships, good for second ... in the 4x100 relay, he had his best finish, second, at the SFA Skecher’s Carl Kight Invitational with a time of 40.57. 2014 Indoor Season: Redshirted. 2013 Outdoor Season: Placed 37th at the NCAA Regionals in the triple jump with a mark of 48-2.50… finished fifth in the triple jump at the Southland Championships, leaping 50-2… won the triple jump at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational with a personal-best mark of 51-4.25… registered a season-best long jump mark of 22-3.75 at the McNeese Springtime Classic, placing eighth… posted seven top-five finishes in the triple jump. 2013 Indoor Season: Placed fourth in the triple jump at the SLC Championships with a personal-best leap of 49-0.75… finished sixth in the long jump at the SLC Championships with a personal-best mark of 23-4.50. 2012 Outdoor Season: Competed in the long jump and triple jump… finished 25th in the long jump (21-4.75) and 10thin the triple jump (47-00.75) at the SLC Championships… registered a personal-best long jump mark of 22-4.50 at the Cowboy Relays, placing second… placed third in the triple jump at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational with a personal-best leap of 47-6.50. 2012 Indoor Season: Recorded season-high marks in the long jump (21-6.75) and triple jump (44-5.50) at the MSSU Lion Invite, placing 13th and 10th, respectively. High School: Won parish, district, and region¬als senior year in the triple jump and third at state senior year… received the Allstate Award two years in a row… let¬tered in football and track four years… made it to the playoffs in football sophomore, junior, and senior year winning the state cham¬pionship his senior year… coached by Neal Lege. Personal: Son of Tanya Williams-Castille and Clifton Williams Jr.… born Feb. 27, 1993… has one twin brother, Emmanuel who is also a member of the Demon track team… two sisters, Leah and Helaina… majoring in health and exercise science… graduating May 2016… plans to attend graduate school at LSU-New Orleans for a certification in occupational therapy. Williams’ Career Bests Outdoor 100 Meter Dash 11.29 33rd McNeese Spring Time Classic, 4/12/14 4x100 Meter Relay 40.57 2nd SFA Skecher’s Carl Kight Invitational, 4/5/14 (J. Walker, K. Jackson, A. Williams. T. Willis) Long Jump 7.55m/24-09.25 2nd La. Tech Jim Mize Invitational, 3/22/14 Triple Jump 15.65m/51-04.25 1st Texas State Bobcat Invitational, 3/29/13 15.65m/51-04.25 1st McNeese State Cowboy Relays, 3/15/14 15.65m/51-04.25 2nd Southland Conference Championships, 5/11/14 Indoor Long Jump 7.51m/24-09.25 1st Southland Conference Championships, 2/16/15 Triple Jump 15.96/52-04.50 1st LSU Twilight, 2/20/15

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EMMANUEL WILLIAMS

Jumps • 6-0 • Sr.-3L Duson, La. Acadiana HS 2014 NCAA Indoor All-American, First Team, Long Jump 2015 SLC Outdoor Field Performer of the Year 2015 SLC Outdoor Champion, Long Jump 2015 SLC Outdoor Champion, Triple Jump 2015 NCAA Outdoor Regionals, Long Jump & Triple Jump 2015 LSWA All-Louisiana Team, Long Jump & Triple Jump 2015 NSU Team Sportsmanship Award Winner 2X SLC Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week (4/8/15, 4/22/15) SLC Indoor Field Athlete of the Week (2/19/14) 2014 SLC Indoor Champion, Triple Jump 2014 SLC Indoor Champion, Long Jump 2014 SLC Indoor 1st Team, Long Jump & Triple Jump 2013 NCAA Outdoor Regionals – Long Jump, Triple Jump 2013 All-Louisiana Team, Long Jump and Triple Jump 2012 USA Junior Outdoor Qualifier, Long and Triple Jump 2015 Outdoor Season: Swept long and triple jump crowns at the Southland Championships … won conference Field Events Performer of the Year award … won the long jump at 24-10 and took the triple jump with a mark of 50-11 … competed at seven meets in the long and triple jumps… had five first-place finishes and placed six other times in the top-five…… at LSU Alumni Gold, covered 25-6.75 in the long jump, the 13th best mark in the nation. 2015 Indoor Season: Redshirted. 2014 Outdoor Season: Redshirted. 2014 Indoor Season: Fourth in the long jump at the NCAA Indoors with a career PR of 25-7.25 … went 25-6 to win Southland LJ crown, starting a sweep … he captured the triple jump championship at the conference meet with a PR of 50-4.75 … won three different times and finished in the top-five 10 times. 2013 Outdoor Season: 30th in the long jump at the NCAA Regionals with a mark of 23-0… finished third in the triple jump at the Southland Championships with a personal-best mark of 50-10.75 and fourth in the long jump, leaping 23-10… registered a personal-best long jump mark of 24-08.50 at the Jim Mize Invitational, winning the event… finished in the top five in the long jump and triple jump in all but one meet. 2013 Indoor Season: Registered third-place performances in the long jump in every meet, including the Southland Championships where he recorded a personal-best leap of 24-1… finished sixth in the triple jump at the Tyson Invitational with a personal-best mark of 48-6.25… placed 10th in the triple jump at the SLC Championships with a mark of 46-1.25. 2012 Outdoor Season: Competed in the long jump and triple jump… finished ninth in the long jump (23-10) and seventh in the triple jump (48-11.50) at the SLC Championships… was a top-10 finisher in all events for the season. 2012 Indoor Season: Registered a season-best long jump mark of 22-7.00 at the MSSU Lion Invite, placing seventh… finished 13thin the long jump at the SLC Championships with a leap of 22-5.25… placed second in the triple jump at the Jeff David McNeese Invite (44-11.75)… recorded a seasonbest triple jump mark of 46-0.50 at the MSSU Lion Invite to finish seventh. High School: Lettered in football and track three years… won the 5A state championship in football senior year… district champion in the long jump… district runner up in the triple jump… regional runner-up in long jump and triple jump… fifth in the state for triple jump. Personal: Son of Clifton Williams Jr., and Tanya Williams-Castille

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track & field … born Feb. 27, 1993… has one brother, twin Aaron, who is also a member of the Demon track team and two sisters, Leah and Helaina… graduated December 2015 in health and exercise science… plans to be an occupational therapist. Williams’ Career Bests Outdoor 100 Meter Dash 11.05 13th Southeastern Louisiana Lion Invitational, 4/9/13 Long Jump 7.79m/25-06.75 2nd LSU Alumni Gold,4/18/15 Triple Jump 15.52m/50-11 (w) 1st Southland Conference Championships, 5/9/15 15.51m/50-10.75 3rd Southland Conference Championships, 5/12/13 Indoor Long Jump 7.80m 25-07.25 4th NCAA Indoor Championships, 3/14/14 Triple Jump 15.36m 50-04.75 1st Southland Conference Championships, 2/27/14

100 Meter Dash 10.82 (w) 9th Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/26/14 10.86 20th Southland Conference Championships, 5/10/14 200 Meter Dash 22.29 (w) 13th Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/26/14 22.33 13th UA Crimson Tide Invitational, 3/28/15 4x100 Meter Relay 40.57 2nd SFA Skecher’s Carl Kight Invitational, 4/5/14 Long Jump 6.58m 21-07.25 9th La. Tech Jim Mize Invitational, 3/22/14 Indoor 55 Meter Dash 6.86 24th McNeese State Cowboys Invite I, 1/18/12 60 Meter Dash 6.99 5th Texas A&M 12 Team Invitational, 1/17/14 200 Meter Dash 23.02 15th UH Howie Ryan Invitational, 1/31/14 Long Jump 6.54m 21-05.50 16th Southland Conference Championships, 2/26/14

TROY WILLIS

Sprints • 5-7 • Sr.-2L Shreveport, La. C.E. Byrd HS 2015 Outdoor Season: Competed in five meets in sprints and relays… best marks in the 100m was 11.01 and a career-best time of 22.33 in the 200m at the UA Crimson Tide Invitational… ran as the third leg of the 4x100 at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational with a time of 43.19. 2015 Indoor Season: Competed at three meets… ran best times at UH Howie Ryan Invitational of 7.09 in the 60 meter and 23.25 in the 200m. 2014 Outdoor Season: Competed in the 100m, 200m, 4x100 relay and the long jump during the outdoor season… placed in the top-10 nine times during the outdoor season... also placed top in the top-three four different times competing in the 4x100 relay… at the SLC Outdoor Championships, he placed 20th in the 100m with a mark of 10.86. 2014 Indoor Season: Competed in the 60m, 200m, and the long jump during the indoor season... had his best time of the year at the Texas A&M 12-Team Invitational with a mark of 6.99, placing fifth in the 60m... at LSU Twilight, he placed sixth with a time of 7.07 in the 60m… also placed 20th at the Southland Conference Championships with a time of 7.06 in the 60m… in the long jump he posted a 21-05.50 distance at the Southland Conference Championships, placing16th. 2013 Outdoor Season: Competed primarily in the 100m dash… posted a personal-best time of 11.05 at the Southeastern Lion Invitational and at the Sam Houston Twilight meet, placing 13th and 14th, respectively. 2013 Indoor Season: Competed in the 55m, 60m and 200m races… recorded a personal-best 200m time of 23.84 at the MSSU Lion Open. High School: Lettered in track and field and football… placed fifth in the 4x200 at the state meet his junior season... took second place in the 4x200 at the state meet his senior year… member of the 4x100 state championship team his senior season… helped his team to a third-place finish at the 5A state meet his senior year. Personal: Son of Troy L. Willis and the late Yvonne Willis… born on Oct. 11, 1993… has three sisters, Crystal Carter, Tyra Dumars and Brittany Willis… father is a former NSU defensive end (1971-74)… brother-in-law is LaMark Carter, former NSU track athlete, Olympian triple jumper and father of teammate Kaymin Carter… majoring in electrical engineering technology with a minor in computer information systems… nickname is Christian… full name is Troy Christian Willis. Willis’ Career Bests Outdoor Facebook: Northwestern State • Twitter: @NSUDemons • #ForkEmDemons • Website: nsudemons.com

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2016 Lady Demons Roster Name Ashley Aldredge Rechelle Bessard Dominitra Charles Mariah Davis Breann Denson Tyra Duma Kelsey Frank Amber Griffin Taishia Holt De’Shalyn Jones Quanese Jones-Young Nijah Lain Sarah Lewis Taprica Lewis Gerianna Lyons Jermeka McBride Keshira McKnight Madison Morton Destiney Myers Kylie Nodorft Braneshia Payton Jacqueline Rushford Emily Sitarz Erin Sitarz Jameria Smith Por’sha Thomas Summer Thomas Erin Wrozek

Event(s) Javelin Throws Sprints/Jumps Throws Jumps Jumps Javelin Jumps Sprints Sprints Jumps Sprints/Hurdles Sprints/Hurdles Sprints Throws Sprints Sprints Sprints Throws Sprints Sprints/Hurdles/Jumps Distance Distance Distance Jumps/Multis Jumps/Sprints Throws Distance

Ht. 5-4 5-10 5-5 5-9 5-9 5-1 5-6 5-9 5-3 5-5 5-9 5-2 5-6 -- 5-9 5-7 5-6 5-2 5-7 5-3 5-4 5-0 5-4 5-4 5-6 5-8 5-4 5-4

Cl.-Exp. Hometown (Previous School) Sr.-3L Montgomery, La. (Cedar Creek/Texas A&M) Sr.-3L Abbeville, La. (Abbeville HS) So.-HS New Iberia, La. (New Iberia HS) So.-HS New Iberia, La. (New Iberia HS) Sr.-1L Avondale, Ariz. (Browne HS/Central Arizona College) Fr.-HS Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (J.H. Burns HS) So.-HS Kinder, La. (Oberlin HS) Fr.-HS Glenmora, La. (Glenmora HS) So.-1L Jefferson, Texas (Jefferson HS) So.-1L Tyler, Texas (John Tyler HS) So.-1L Shreveport, La. (Ruston HS) So.-1L Zachary, La. (Zachary HS) Fr.-HS Marble Falls, Texas (Marble Falls HS) Jr.-TR Tatum, Texas (Tatum HS/Southwestern Christian) So.-1L Baldwin, La. (West St. Mary HS) Sr.-1L Abaaco, Bahamas (Walton HS/Central Arizona College) Sr.-3L Duncanville, Texas (Duncanville HS) So.-1L Bentonville, Ark. (Bentonville HS) Fr.-HS Duncanville, Texas (Duncanville HS) So.-1L Wylie, Texas (Wylie East HS) So.-1L Tyler, Texas (Robert E. Lee HS) So.-1L DeRidder, La. (DeRidder HS) So.-1L Mount Albert, Ontario (Bill Crothers Secondary School) So.-1L Mount Albert, Ontario (Bill Crothers Secondary School) Fr.-HS McKinney, Texas (McKinney North HS) Jr.-2L Pearland, Texas (Glenda Dawson) Fr.-HS DeRidder, La. (DeRidder HS) Fr.-HS Richardson, Texas (Bishop Lynch)

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ASHLEY ALDREDGE

Javelin • 5-4 • Sr.-3L Montgomery, La. Cedar Creek HS/Texas A&M 2015 Honorable Mention All-American 2015 SLC All-Academic Team 2015 NCAA Outdoor Nationals, Javelin 2015 NCAA Outdoor Regionals, Javelin 2015 SLC Spring Honor Roll 2014 SLC Spring Honor Roll 2012 SLC All-Academic Team 2012 LSWA All-Louisiana, Javelin 2012 LSWA Co-Freshman of the Year SLC Track & Field Athlete of the Week (3/14/12) 2012 SLC Spring Honor Roll 2015 Outdoor Season: Reached the NCAA Outdoor Championships for the first time and finished 19th with a 153-7 mark to earn honorable mention All-America honors… won her second Southland Conference championship with a 154-3 throw … placed in the top three in six different meets … won La. Tech’s Jim Mize Invitational with a 149-6 throw … her season-best performance was at the NCAA East Regional with a 158-0 throw … ended the regular season ranked second in the Southland Conference behind teammate Jessica Talley … completed an amazing comeback from elbow surgery in 2012, getting married and becoming a mother a year later, and all the while holding down a parttime job in the family business and graduating with a 3.6 GPA and going to grad school in 2015. 2014 Outdoor Season: Placed in the top 10 at three different meets throwing the javelin, with her best performance of the year at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational receiving third place with a throw of 144-5… she also placed third at the Southeastern Lion Invitational in the javelin with a throw of 136-3… at the SLC Outdoor Championships, she finished eighth in the javelin with a throw of 137-2. 2013 Outdoor Season: Redshirted. 2012 Outdoor Season: Won the Southland Conference javelin title despite an injured arm, recording a 151-8 mark … recorded five firstplace finishes in the javelin… threw a personal-best mark of 166-0, which ranked 14th in the NCAA, at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational… placed seventh at the prestigious Drake Relays with a throw of 156-07 … throwing hurt, finished 16th at the NCAA East Preliminaries (142-9). High School: Won a USATF championship and competed internationally, along with being one of the nation’s top high school javelin throwers at Cedar Creek, winning four state championships in four years... placed first at the Class A state meet in the javelin with a throw of 149-3 as a senior... competed at the USATF Junior Olympics and won that meet with a 140-8 mark... as a junior, placed second at the USATF World Youth Trials with a 152-4 and won the USATF Junior Olympics with a 148-6 two months after winning the state title... her 158-5 mark at the Louisiana Governor’s Games ranked as the No. 2 throw in the nation... as a sophomore, won the state title with a 156-0 throw which ranked as the seventh longest in the country... won her first state title her freshman year with a 135-04. Personal: Has a son, Tate, born November 2013... daughter of Missy and Corwyn Aldredge... has one sister, Katie… her brother, Justin (2011), was an All-American and Academic All-American tight end at NSU … father was an All-American tight end at Mississippi State and played for Tampa Bay in the NFL. He was a nationally-ranked junior javelin thrower and competed at Miss. State, and now owns restaurants in Natchitoches… mother is a professor at NSU ... her late grandfather Corwyn Sr. was an All-American defensive end and on NSU’s Top 100 players of the century list in 2007… born April 27, 1992 … Ashley graduated with a bachelor’s degree from NSU in December 2014, with a 3.6 GPA … attending graduate school for sports administration.

Aldredge’s Career Best Outdoor Javelin 50.60m/166-00 1st

Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/6/12

RECHELLE BESSARD

Throws • 5-10 • Jr.-2L Abbeville, La. Abbeville HS NSU record holder, Hammer Throw NSU record holder, Weight Throw 2015 NCAA Outdoor Regionals, Hammer 2015 NCAA Outdoor Regionals, Discus 2015 LSWA All-Louisiana Team, Hammer and Discus SLC Outdoor Field Athlete of Week (4/1/15; 4/15/15) 2015 SLC Spring Honor Roll 2014 Southland Conference Champion, Discus 2014 NCAA Outdoor Regionals, Hammer and Discus 2014 LSWA All-Louisiana Team, Hammer and Discus 2014 SLC Track & Field All-Academic Team 2013 NCAA Outdoor Regionals, Discus 2013 LSWA All-Louisiana Team, Discus 2015 Outdoor Season: Won her second straight Southland Conference discus championship (164-3.5) and made an NCAA regional appearance in the discus and hammer … in the hammer, set school record with her season best throw of 184-8.75 at MSU Cowboy Relays, and was fourth (1784.5) at Southland Outdoors … participated in 10 meets with nine first-place finishes and seven other top-five finishes in either the shot, discus or hammer throws... best performance in the shot was 46-2.5 and best in discus was 17411 at the Demon Triangular Invite, ranking her third in the Lady Demon Top 5 all-time performers in the discus… at NCAA regionals in the discus, she was 21st (161-7) … in the shot, ranked eighth in the SLC … in the discus ranked sixth in the SLC, and 40th in the nation… in the hammer ranked fourth in SLC, was 40th at NCAA East Preliminary Round (170-6). 2015 Indoor Season: Participated in four meets in the shot put and weight throw… she was second in the weight throw at the Southland Indoors (62-7 ¾) …. best in the weight was at TAMU 13-Team Invitational with a first place 64-05.25 throw… in the shot, her best performance was at the Southland Indoor Championships with a 45-11.75 mark for eighth … in the nation, she ranked 43rd in the weight throw. 2014 Outdoor Season: Competed in the shot put, discus, and hammer events… won the discus at the Southland Outdoor Championships with a mark of 163-5… had a career-best shot put throw at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational with a distance of 45-10.75, finishing fourth place… also had a career-best performance at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational placing second in the hammer throw with a mark of 184-8… won the hammer throw at the McNeese State Cowboy Relays and at the SFA Sketcher’s Carl Kight Invitational… 15 top-four finishes in the outdoor season … NCAA regional qualifier in the hammer. 2014 Indoor Season: Placed third in the weight throw at LSU Twilight with a career-best distance of 58-08… finished fourth in the Southland Conference Championships in the shot put with a mark of 57-11.25… posted three top-four performances in the indoor season. 2013 Outdoor Season: Runner-up in the discus at the Southland Championships with a mark of 155-01… placed seventh in the hammer throw at the SLC Championships after throwing a then-personal-best 16406… registered a then-personal-best discus mark of 166-05 at the Sam Houston Twilight meet… threw for a season-best 43-11.75 in the shot put at the Skechers/SFA Alumni Invitational… posted three top-three finishes in the discus.

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2016 media guide 2013 Indoor Season: Competed in the shot put and weight throw… recorded a then-personal best throw of 46-11.50 in the shot put at the SLC Championships, placing fourth… finished fourth in the weight throw at the MSSU Lion Open with athen- personal-best mark of 50-07.50. High School: Lettered in track and basketball all four years... finished second in javelin (118-6.75) and third in shot put (37-9) and discus (120-10) at the state meet as a sophomore… was regional and state champion in the shot put and discus her junior season, throwing personal-best marks of 42-4.5 (shot) and 145-10 (discus) at the state meet… took first place in shot put at the indoor state meet and repeated as outdoor state champion in the shot put and discus in her final season. Personal: Daughter of Tracey Bessard, Russell Collins and Milton Willis… born Dec. 22, 1992… has one brother, Russell, and two sisters, Rashira and Rashonda… graduated December 2015 with a degree in hospitality management, becoming the first person in her family to graduate college, and is now attending graduate school… she plans to own and operate a restaurant … nicknamed Shelly. Bessard’s Career Bests Outdoor Discus Shot Put Hammer Indoor Shot Put Weight

53.32m/174-11 1st 14.08m/46-02.50 1st 56.30m/184-08 2nd

Demon Triangular Invite, 4/11/15 Demon Triangular Invite, 4/11/15 MSU Cowboy Relays, 3/14/15

17.66m/51-11.25 4th 19.64m/64-05.25 1st

Southland Conference Championships, 2/26/14 Texas A&M 13-Team Invitational, 1/16/15

DOMINITRA CHARLES

Sprints/Jumps • 5-5 • So.-1L New Iberia, La. New Iberia Senior HS 2015 SLC Spring Honor Roll 2015 Outdoor Season: Participated in six meets… best times in the sprints were 27.62 in the 200m at UA Crimson Tide Invitational and 17.05 in the 100m hurdles… her best performances in field events were at the SLC Outdoor Championships - long jump was 17-02.75, triple jump was 35-02.5, and javelin was 102-5. 2015 Indoor Season: Redshirted. High School: She graduated with a 3.5 GPA in 2015 from New Iberia High School… lettered in volleyball, basketball, and track and field. Personal: Majoring in health and exercise science… has one younger brother, Eric… has one older sister, Euneka… plans on pursuing athletic training to become a personal trainer… born January, 21, 1996. Charles’ Career Bests Outdoor 200 Meter Dash 27.62 16th 100 Meter Hurdles 17.05 18th Long Jump 5.25m/17-02.75 26th Triple Jump 10.73m/35-02.50 24th Javelin 31.23m/102-05 9th

UA Crimson Tide Invitational, 3/28/15 Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/25/15 Southland Conference Championships, 5/8/15 Southland Conference Championships, 5/9/15 Southland Conference Championships, 5/8/15

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MARIAH DAVIS

Throws • 5-9 • So.-1L New Iberia, La New Iberia Senior HS 2015 SLC Spring Honor Roll 2015 Outdoor Season: Participated in the discus and hammer in six meets… best in the discus was at UA Crimson Tide Invitational with a 134-6 performance that ranked 13th in the SLC… in the hammer, her 137-3 throw at SFA Skechers Carl Kight Invitational was 22nd in the SLC. 2015 Indoor Season: Participated in the weight throw in three meets… best throw of 43-6 at TAMU 13-Team Invitational… ranked 20th in the SLC. High School: Lettered four years in track, two years in volleyball, and two years in basketball… As a freshman, won district for track and field and was also a regional runner up... junior year, placed fifth overall at state in the discus, earning all-state honors… As a senior, was all-state for track and field in the shot put and discus... was a 5A state discus record holder... was a salutatorian graduating in the top ten of her class... was a member of the student government, Beta, National Honor Society, chapel, and the key club… graduated with a 3.98 GPA. Personal: Daughter of Mary and Ronald Davis... born November 7, 1995… has three brothers, Roland, Ronald, and Medgar… has a sister, Takisha... has an aunt that played in the WNBA and her mother played volleyball at LSU… majoring in biology with plans to become a physician’s assistant. Davis’ Career Bests Outdoor Weight Throw 13.26m/43-06 16th Discus 41.79m/137-01.50 6th Hammer 41.84m/137-03 8th

Texas A&M 13-Team Invitational, 1/16/15 SFA Skechers Carl Kight Invitational, 4/3/15 SFA Skechers Carl Kight Invitational, 4/2/15

BREANN DENSON

Jumps • 5-9 • Sr.-1L Avondale, Ariz. Browne HS/Arizona Central College 2015 SLC Spring Honor Roll 2015 Outdoor Season: Participated in the long and triple jumps at six meets… had four top-five performances… best performances were at the SLC Championships with a 17-6 long jump and a 40-11.5 triple jump… Ranked second in the triple and 32nd in the long in the SLC… ranked 88th in the nation in the triple jump… ranked fifth in the Lady Demon all-time performers in the triple. 2015 Indoor Season: Participated in the long and triple jumps at two meets… best performances were at the SLC Indoor Championships with a 17-2 long jump and a 38-9.75 triple jump (third-place finish)… long jump ranked 28th in the SLC… triple jump ranked fourth in SLC and 88th in the nation. Before NSU: Junior transfer from Central Arizona College... competed in jumps… was a 2013 triple jump All-American… attended Central Arizona College from 2011 to 2013. High School: Attended Trevor G. Browne High School… went to the conference championships her senior year… graduated in 2010. Personal: Born July 9, 1992… majoring in psychology… graduating May 2016… plans to become a child psychologist. Denson’s Career Bests

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track & field Outdoor Long Jump 5.33m/17-06 19th Southland Conference Championships, 5/18/15 Triple Jump 12.48m/40-11.50 2nd Southland Conference Championships, 5/19/15 Indoor Long Jump 5.23m/17-02 20th Southland Conference Championships, 2/16/15 Triple Jump 11.83m/38-09.75 3rd Southland Conference Championships, 2/17/15

TYRA DUMA

Jumps • 5-1 • Fr.-HS Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Burns HS High School: A 2015 graduate of J.H. Burns in Winnipeg, Manitoba… lettered in volleyball, basketball, track and field, soccer, cross country, and rugby… As a freshman she was named Athlete of the Year… As a junior, she was named Track and Field Coaches Choice athlete… As a senior, cross country team was provincial finalist and track and field team was provincial champions, and she was named Cross Country Coaches Choice athlete… won the Pre-Calculus Academic Excellence Award… was on the honor roll six consecutive years. Personal: Daughter of Sandra and Tony Duma… born July 1, 1997… has two older sisters, Alyx and Dallas… mother is a medical educator and father is a pharmaceutical representative… majoring in health and exercise science.

KELSEY FRANK

Javelin • 5-6 • So.-1L Kinder, La. Oberlin HS NCAA Outdoor Regionals, Javelin 2015 SLC Spring Honor Roll 2015 Outdoor Season: Rapidly developed to become an NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifier as a true freshman, improving her PR by almost 30 feet and earning a No. 5 ranking in school history with her 155-0 throw at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational for second place in that meet … fifth at the Southland Conference Outdoors (139-9.5) … 44th at NCAA East regionals (133-3) … participated at seven meets… she had six top-five finishes … ranked fourth in the SLC, and 59th in the nation … qualified for USA Junior Championships. High School: A member of the track and field, softball, and basketball teams… won state in 1A javelin junior and senior year... was a member of FBLA, Sr. Beta Club… maintained a 3.5 GPA in high school. Personal: Daughter of Denise and Lawrence Frank... born September 21, 1996… has one sister, Aleaya… majoring in social work… plans to attend graduate school for social work… wants to get a real estate license… would like to have a career in social work and real estate. Frank’s Career Bests Outdoor Javelin 4/25/15

47.25m/155-0 2nd

AMBER GRIFFIN

Jumps • 5-9 • Fr.-HS Glenmora, La. Glenmora HS

High School: Graduated from Glenmora High School… was a member of FCS… letter four years in basketball, three years in softball and four years in track… in basketball, was second-team all-district as a junior and first team all-district and honorable mention all-state as a senior… was a four-time district champ and three-time regional champ in the high, triple, and long jumps…was a two-time district and regional Outstanding Female Field Athlete… best marks were 17-4.25 in the long jump and 35-6.25 in the triple jump as a senior. As a freshman, had a 5-2 high jump… was named Cenla’s Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year three-times. Personal: Daughter of Deshawn Winters and Anthony Griffin… born December 7, 1996… has two brothers: Bryan Winters and Kelvin Griffin… has one sister, Courtney Branch… majoring in computer information systems… plans to become a computer specialist… nicknamed Jenny.

TAISHIA HOLT

Sprints • 5-3 • So.-1L Jefferson, Texas Jefferson HS

2015 Outdoor Season: Participated in six meets… best performance of 12.38 in the 100 meter dash was at the SLC Outdoor Championships… part of a fifth-place 4X100 relay as the lead runner at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational with a time of 46.19 with B. Payton, D. Jones, and J. McBride. 2015 Indoor Season: Participated in two meets… best performance of 8.11 in the 60m and 26.79 in the 200m was at TAMU 13-Team Invitational. High School: Lettered in volleyball for three years, basketball three years, and track and field for four years... was a state qualifier three years in track and field… won state in the 4x200 in 2013… maintained a 3.4 GPA in high school. Personal: Daughter of Tolesia and Craig Davis... born March 6, 1996… has two brothers, Chauncey and Devin… has a sister, Maci... majoring in health and exercise science… plans to pursue a career in the medical field. Holt’s Career Bests Outdoor 100 Meter Dash 12.38 27th 4X100 Relay 46.19 5th Indoor 60 Meter Dash 8.11 26th 200 Meter Dash 26.79 27th

Southland Conference Championships, 5/9/15 Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/25/15 (T. Holt, B. Payton, D. Jones, J. McBride) Texas A&M 13-Team Invitational, 1/16/15 Texas A&M 13-Team Invitational, 1/16/15

Leon Johnson NSU Invitational,

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2016 media guide

DE’SHALYN JONES

Sprints • 5-5 • So.-1L Tyler, Texas John Tyler HS SLC Track Athlete of Week (4/29/15) 2015 SLC Spring Honor Roll 2015 Outdoor Season: Runner-up in the 400m at the Southland Outdoor Championships with a time of 54.62, the second-best mark in program history… in the 200m, third at the Southland Outdoors (24.20) … ran a leg on sixth-place 4x100 (46.28) … scored 14.75 points at conference meet … broke into the Lady Demon Top 5 Performers in the 200 at No. 5 with her season-best performance, 23.99 in a first-place finish at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational… participated in sprints and relays at eight meets… had 16 top-five finishes, four of which were first-place finishes… in the 4x100, best time of 46.19 at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational with T. Holt, D. Jones, and J. McBride… in the 4x200, part of a 1:43.93 with Alexis Royal, Keshira McKnight, and Jermeka McBride… in the 4x400, best time of 3:57.08 at SFA Skechers Carl Kight Invitational with Jermeka McBride, Braneshia Payton, and Keshira McKnight… in the 200m, ranked third in the SLC… in the 400m ranked third in the SLC. 2015 Indoor Season: Participated in three meets… best in the 400m was at TAMU 13-Team Invitational with a time of 57.72… in the 4x400, best time at the SLC Indoor Championships with M. Morton, J. McBride, and B. Payton with a time of 3:54.67… ranked 12th in the SLC in the 400m. High School: De’Shalyn was a 4x4 regional qualifier her freshman year... won the 400 in district her sophomore, junior, and senior seasons… was a 4x200 state qualifier and a track and field district 16-4A champion her junior year… became a regional finalist in her senior year… was a member of the student council and the national honor society... maintained a 3.6 GPA and finished in the top 10 percent in her graduating class. Personal: Daughter of Delois Geter and Simone Jones… born January 5, 1996… has one older sister, Latoya… majoring in psychology... plans to attend graduate school and become an occupational therapist. ranked third in the SLC. Jones’ Career Bests Outdoor 200 Meter Dash 23.99 1st Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/25/15 400 Meter Dash 54.62 2nd Southland Conference Championships, 5/10/15 4x100 Relay 46.19 5th Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/25/15 (T. Holt, B. Dayton, D. Jones, J. McBride) 4x200 Relay 1:43.93 5th MSU Cowboy Relays, 3/14/15 (A. Royal, K. McKnight, D. Jones, J. McBride) 4x400 Relay 3:57.08 4th SFA Skechers Carl Kight Invitational, 4/3/15 (D. Jones, J. McBride, B. Payton, K. McKnight) Indoor 400 Meter Dash 57.72 6th Texas A&M 13-Team Invitational, 1/16/15 4x400 Relay 3:54.67 11th Southland Conference Championships, 2/17/15 (M. Morton, J. McBride, B. Payton, K. McKnight)

QUANESE JONES-YOUNG

Jumps • 5-9 • So.-1L Shreveport, La. Ruston HS 2015 SLC Spring Honor Roll

2015 Outdoor Season: Had three top-three finishes… won the high jump at Demon Triangular

northwestern state Invite with first-place finish of 5-6 – ranked ninth in the SLC… at La. Tech, had a best of 15-6 in the long jump… in the triple jump had a best of 3405.75 at McNeese. 2015 Indoor Season: Participated in high jump at 3 meets… best performance at TAMU with a jump of 5-1.75… ranked 27th in the SLC. High School: An outdoor state champion in track her sophomore year and an indoor state champion in her senior year... maintained a 3.2 GPA. Personal: Daughter of Yolanda Jones and Quincy Young… born Nov. 20, 1995... has 3 younger sisters, Abriana, Danae, and Asia... majoring in accounting… aspires to have own accounting firm. Jones’ Career Bests Outdoor High Jump 1.68m/5-06 1st Long Jump 4.72m/15-06 13th Triple Jump 10.51m/34-05.75 12th Indoor High Jump 1.57m/5-01.75 12th

Demon Triangular Invite, 4/11/15 La. Tech Jim Mize Invitational, 3/21/15 MSU Cowboy Relays, 3/14/15 Texas A&M 13-Team Invitational, 1/16/15

NIJAH LAIN

Sprints/Hurdles • 5-2 • So.-1L Zachary, La. Zachary HS 2015 Outdoor Season: Redshirted 2015 Indoor Season: Redshirted 2014 Outdoor Season: Performed at 8 meets, five top-five finishes including two first-place finishes – one in 400m hurdles at SLU and one in 4x400 at McNeese ... ran 59.52 in the 400m, in 400m hurdles had a season best of 1:00.21 at McNeese … with Quianna Griffin, Consuela Lindsay, and Keshira McKnight, had a season-best time of 3:45.34 at Texas Relays. 2014 Indoor Season: Participated in sprints and hurdles at 5 meets… ran personal-best 59.25 in 400m at the SLC Indoor Championships… at LSU Twilight ran season best 9.57 in the 60m hurdles… part of 4x400 relay team with best time of 3:51.71 at SLC Championships with Quianna Griffin, Shannon Moore, and Consuela Lindsay. High School: Graduated with a 3.1 GPA… On honor roll and part of Interact Club and Sports Medicine Team… two-time district MVP as a freshman and senior… as a freshman, also made the podium in the 4x200 and 4x400 indoor… a state finalist in the 55m hurdle as a sophomore… Fourth-place at state in 300m hurdles as a junior… as a senior, was district champion, and placed third at state in 300m hurdles; 4x200 district champion and state runner-up; 4x400 and 100m hurdles district champion… team was indoor state runner-up and district champs during freshman and sophomore years… As a junior and senior, team was district and regional champs… team captain as a senior. Personal: Daughter of Cornell Lain and Joan Demasiliere… born Feb. 21, 1995… has one brother, Paul O’Brien; and 2 sisters, Alex and Jasmine Lain… majoring in health and exercise science… plans to have her own sports physician practice. Lain’s Career Bests Outdoor 400 Meter Dash 59.52 17th 400 Meter Hurdles 1:00.21 17th 4X100 Relay 46.19 5th 4X400 Relay 3:45.34 16th Indoor

McNeese Spring Time Classic, 4/12/14 McNeese Spring Time Classic, 4/12/14 Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/25/15 (T. Holt, B. Payton, D. Jones, J. McBride) Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays (3/28/14) (Q. Griffin, S. Moore, N. Lain, C. Lindsay)

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track & field 4x400 Meter Relay 3:51.71 5th Southland Conference Championships, 2/27/14 (Q. Griffin, S. Moore, N. Lain, C. Lindsay) 60 Meter Hurdles 9.57 19th LSU Twilight, 2/21/14

SARAH LEWIS

Sprints/Hurdles • 5-6 • Fr.-HS Marble Falls, Texas Marble Falls HS High School: 4-year letterman in track and one in volleyball… track team was district and area champions in junior and senior years… as a freshman, was regional qualifier in the 300m hurdles and help set school record in the 4x400… as a sophomore, was district champ, area champ and state qualifier in the 300m hurdles and helped set the school record in the 4x400… regional qualifier in the 300m hurdles and 4x400 and school record in the 4x400 meter relay team… as a senior in the 300m hurdles was area and regional qualifier, in the 4x400 meter relay was area and regional qualifier, as part of the 4x400 meter relay team, was area champion, regional qualifier and school record holder… placed fifth at nationals in the 4x400 and was named All-American as a summer track performer… member of FCA and Lovely Ladies Spirit Club… graduated with a 3.6 GPA… member of National Honor Society… Academic All-District and Academic All-State. Personal: Daughter of Jeannie and James Lewis… born June 9, 1997… younger brother, Willis… has older sister, Katelyn… majoring in health and exercise science… plans to attend physical therapy school and owning physical therapy practice.

TAPRICA LEWIS

Sprints • -- • Jr.-TR Tatum, Texas Tatum HS/Southwestern Christian College 2015 Outdoor Season: Redshirted. 2015 Indoor Season: Redshirted. Before NSU: Participated two years at Southwest Christian College… competed in the 100, 200, 400, and relays… Best marks… 100m, ran 12.73, placing fifth at the 2014 McNeese Cowboy Relays … at the 2014 TTU Red River Open, ran 25.41 in the 200m… at the 2013 McMurry War Hawk Classic, ran 59.98 in the 400m… was anchor in the 4x100 at the 2014 NJCAA Outdoor Championships; team placed sixth in prelims with a time of 46.44 … was the second leg of 4x400 relay team who ran 3:47.11, placing seventh at the 2014 NJCAA Outdoor Championships

GERIANNA LYONS

Throws • 5-9 • So.-1L Baldwin, La. West St. Mary HS 2015 SLC Spring Honor Roll

2015 Outdoor Season: Participated in the shot, discus and hammer throws at eight meets… had three top-five finishes… best performance in the shot was a 44-2 throw at SFA Skechers Carl Kight Invitational – ranked 14th in the SLC…in the discus, best at MSU Cowboy Relays of 117-5.75 – ranked 22nd in the SLC… at the Demon Triangular Invite threw 120-11 as her top mark in the hammer – ranked 25th in the SLC. 2015 Indoor Season: Participated in shot and weight throws in

three meets… best performances came at the SLC Indoor Championships with a 42-2.75 shot put throw and 45-3.5 in the weight throw… Ranked No. 16 in the shot and No. 18 in the weight in the SLC. High School: Lettered in volleyball for 4 years, basketball for 3 years, and track 4 years... state champion in outdoor shot put and discus for Class 2A as a sophomore... as a junior, was 2A outdoor state champion in shot put and discus… as a senior was 3A indoor state champion for shot put and outdoor state champion for shot put... best shot put was her senior year with a mark of 41-6 and a distance of 122-5 in the discus… maintained a 3.4 GPA in high school. Personal: Daughter of Greta Francis and Curley Lyons... born Oct. 13, 1995… has four brothers: Ricardo Francis, Demarcus Gibson, Bryan Lyons, and Curley Lyons Jr. ... has one sister, Faye Lyons… majoring in business administration and plans to attend graduate school. Lyons’ Career Bests Outdoor Shot Put 13.46m/44-02 Discus 35.80m/117-05.75 Hammer 36.85m/120-11 Indoor Shot Put 12.87m/42-02.75 Weight 13.80m/45-03.50

5th 14th 11th

SFA Skechers Carl Kight Invitational, 4/3/15 MSU Cowboy Relays, 3/14/15 Demon Triangular Invite, 4/11/15

12th Southland Conference Championships, 2/17/15 18th Southland Conference Championships, 2/16/15

JERMEKA MCBRIDE

Sprints • 5-6 • Sr.-1L Abaaco, Bahamas Southwestern Christiana College 2015 Outdoor Season: Participated in 7 meets… Eight top-five finishes including 200m win at Demon Triangular Invite… in 100m, best performance of 11.85 at LSU Alumni Gold ranked 10th in SLC… best performance in 200m was 24.31 at Leon Johnson NSU Invitational -- ranked 13th in SLC… 4x100 top performance with T. Holt, B. Payton, and D. Jones was at Leon Johnson NSU Invitational with a 46.19… part of 1:43.93 relay team at MSU Cowboy Relays… in 4x400, ran 3:57.08 with D. Jones, B. Payton, and K. McKnight. 2015 Indoor Season: Participated in sprints and relays at three meets… best time of 7.73 in the 60m and 25.02 in the 200m at the SLC Indoor Championships… ran with M. Morton, D. Jones and B. Payton in the 4x400 at the SLC Indoor Championships with a time of 3:54.67… SLC ranked 13th in the 60m and 12th in the 200m in the SLC. Before NSU: Attended Southwestern Christiana College… competed in track and field and volleyball at SWCC… ran a time of 11.80 at nationals in the 200m in 2013. High School: Attended More’s Island HS in Bahamas... as a senior in 2012, placed second overall in the 4x100m with a 49.18… had personal best in 100m with a 12.10 as a senior. Personal: Daughter of Betty Johnson, step-father Nelson Johnson and the late James McBride… born Oct.14, 1994… has 3 brothers, Corderro, Frisco, and Anthony… has 2 sisters, Felicia and Lakeisha... majoring in psychology… if unable to pursue pro track career, attend graduate school. McBride’s Career Bests Outdoor 100 Meter Dash 11.85 9th 200 Meter Dash 24.31 8th 4x100 Relay 46.19 5th 4x200 Relay 1:43.93 5th

LSU Alumni Gold, 4/18/15 Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/25/15 Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/25/15 (T. Holt, B. Payton, D. Jones, J. McBride) MSU Cowboy Relays, 3/14/15

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2016 media guide (A. Royal, K. McKnight, D. Jones, J. McBride) 4x400 Meter Relay 3:45.36 3rd SLC Championships, 5/12/13 (Q. Griffin, M. Morton, C. Seibles, K. Ellis) Indoor 60 Meter Dash 7.73 11th Southland Conference Championships, 2/16/15 200 Meter Dash 25.02 11th Southland Conference Championships, 1/26/13 4x400 Relay 3:54.67 11th Southland Conference Championships, 2/17/15 (M. Morton, J. McBride, D. Jones, B. Payton)

KESHIRA MCKNIGHT

Sprints • 5-6 • Sr.-3L Duncanville, Texas Duncanville HS

2015 Outdoor Season: Three top-five finishes in five meets… ran 12.33 at SLC Outdoor Championships for a 100m personal best… in 200m, ran personal best of 25.55 at Leon Johnson NSU Invitational… ran 46.28 with B. Payton, D. Jones, and J. McBride for a best in the 4x100 at SLC Outdoor Championships… part of a 1:46.93 with A. Royal, D. Jones and J. McBride in the 4x200 at MSU Cowboy Relays… at SFA Skechers Carl Kight Invitational ran 3:57.08 with D. Jones, J. McBride, and B. Payton in the 4x400. 2015 Indoor Season: Performed at LSU Invitational and SLC Indoor Championships… best performances at the SLC Indoor Championships with 7.83 in the 60m and 26.42 in the 200m. 2014 Outdoor Season: Participated in six different events during the outdoor season… set four personal records in the 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, 4x100 meter relay, and the 1600-yard sprint medley relay… had 10 top-ten finishes throughout the outdoor season… had her best performance of the year at the McNeese State Cowboy Relays in the 4x100 relay, winning with a time of 47.50. 2014 Indoor Season: Competed in four different events throughout indoor… had career-best performance at Texas A&M, placing eighth in 4x400 with a 3:55.88… placed 17th at the Texas A&M 12 Team Invitational with a time of 25.86 in the 200 meter dash. 2013 Outdoor Season: Member of 3rd-place 4x400 team with a 3:45.36 and 4th-place 4x100 team with a 46.10 at the SLC Championships… ran personal-best 100m of 12.30 at the Sam Houston Twilight, placing 6th… finished 15th in 200m prelims at SLC Championships with a personal-best time of 24.62. 2013 Indoor Season: Recorded personal best 60m and 200m times of 7.82 and 26.36 in the prelims at SLC Championships, finishing 14th and 23rd, respectively. High School: Lettered in track, basketball and volleyball… regional qualifier in the 200m as a junior… district champion and regional qualifier in the 200m as a senior… made appearances at the state meet her freshman, sophomore and junior seasons. Personal: Daughter of Eric McKnight and LaKeshia Smith… born on Dec. 18, 1993… has one brother, Eric, and 2 sisters, DaKecia and Danjanique … majoring in psychology… plans to be a National Guard MP and Natchitoches City Police Officer. McKnight’s Career Bests Outdoor 100 Meter Dash 12.03 5th Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/26/14 200 Meter Dash 24.71 5th Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/26/14 4x100 Meter Relay 46.07 5th SLC Championships, 5/11/14 (K. McKnight, K. McDaniel, Q. Griffin, C. Lindsay) 4x200 Meter Relay 1:40.80 2nd McNeese State Cowboy Relays, 3/15/14 (K. McKnight, J. Berry, K. McDaniel, Q. Griffin) 4x400 Meter Relay 3:45.34 16th 87th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, 3/28/14

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McNeese State Cowboy Invite, 1/18/13 SLC Championships, 2/23/13 Texas A&M 12 Team Invitational, 1/17/14 USM Cupid Classic, 2/14/14 Texas A&M 12 Team Invitational (Q. Griffin, K. McKnight, S. Moore, C. Lindsay)

MADISON MORTON

Sprints • 5-2 • Jr.-2L Bentonville, Ark. Bentonville HS 2015 SLC Spring Honor Roll 2015 Outdoor Season: Did not compete. 2015 Indoor Season: Participated in three meets… had a best time of 25.96 at Howie Ryan Invitational & Multi’s in the 200m… ran 58.18 at SLC Indoor Championship for her best performance in the 400m, ranked 13th in SLC… best time in the 4x400m relay of 3:54.67 at the SLC Indoor Championships with J. McBride, D. Jones, and B. Payton. 2014 Outdoor Season: Redshirted. 2014 Indoor Season: Redshirted. 2013 Outdoor Season: Member of the third-place 4x400 team that ran a time of 3:45.36 at the SLC Championships… finished 19th in the prelims of the 400m dash at the SLC Championships with a season-best time of 58.27. 2013 Indoor Season: Ran a personal best 400m time of 59.23 in the prelims at the SLC Championships… was a member of the second-place 4x400 team (3:49.42) and the eighth-place distance medley team (13:05.64) at the SLC Championships. High School: Lettered in track, cross country, softball and basketball… class 7A State Champion in the 400m dash her junior (57.86) and senior (57.83) seasons… named all-state her senior year… broke school record in indoor and outdoor 400m dash… member of state championship team as a freshman and senior…Won the 4x400 (3:59.93) and placed fifth in the 200m (27.93) as a junior… took 3rd in the 200m (26.18) and 4th in the long jump (16-7.25) as a senior... member of student council, FFA and FCA. Personal: Daughter of Miranda Hagans, a paramedic and teacher … born July 24, 1994… has two sisters, twin Morgan and younger sister Logan… has one older brother, Ethan… majoring in health and exercise science with plans to become a coach. Morton’s Career Bests Outdoor 200 Meter Dash 26.10 22nd SFA Alumni Invitational, 4/16/13 400 Meter Dash 58.27 19th Southland Conference Championships, 2/23/13 4x100 Relay 48.70 12th McNeese Cowboy Relays, 3/9/13 (A. Kotun, C. Lindsay, C. Seibles, K. McKnight) 4x200 Relay 1:46.12 13th McNeese State Cowboy Relays, 3/9/13 (A. Kotun, C. Lindsay, C. Seibles, Q. Griffin) 4x400 Relay 3:45.36 3rd Southland Conference Championships, 5/12/13 (Q. Griffin, M. Morton, C. Seibles, K. Ellis) Indoor 400 Meter Dash 58.18 17th Southland Conference Championships, 2/16/15 4x400 Relay 3:54.51 6th Howie Ryan Invitational, 1/26/13 (Q. Griffin, C. Seibles, M. Morton, C. Lindsay)

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track & field 4x440 Yard Relay 3:49.42 2nd Distance Med. Relay 13:05.64 8th

Southland Conference Championships, 2/23/13 (Q. Griffin, C. Seibles, M. Morton, C. Lindsay) Southland Conference Championships, 2/23/13 (K. Ellis, M. Morton, A. Coughlin, S. Emory)

DESTINEY MYERS

Throws • 5-7 • Fr.-HS Duncanville, Texas Duncanville HS

High School: Graduated in 2015 from Duncanville High School with a 3.5 GPA… lettered four years in track and field… was coached by Yvette Green. Personal: Daughter of Angel and Michael Myers… born Nov. 19, 1996… has one brother, Michael… has one sister, Schulyer… majoring in natural science.

KYLIE NODORFT

Sprints • 5-3 • So.-1L Wylie, Texas Wylie East HS

2015 SLC Spring Honor Roll 2015 NSU Freshman Academic Award, 4.0 GPA 2015 Outdoor Season: Participated in three meets… in the 100m, had a time of 12.71 at SFA Skechers Carl Kight Invitational… best time of 26.00 in the 200m and 1:01.97 in the 400m at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational. 2015 Indoor Season: Participated in three meets… ran 8.20 in the 60m and 26.90 in the 200m at LSU Invitational… in the 400m, ran 1:04.30 at the SLC Outdoor Championships… ran with M. Morton, J. McBride, and D. Jones in the 4x400 at TAMU 13-Team Invitational with a time of 3:59.51. High School: Kylie lettered four years in track and field... was a 3-time regional qualifier in the 4x200... regional qualifier in the 100m and a regional finalist in the 4x100 as a sophoore… as a senior was a regional finalist in the 4x100… amember of the national honor society, national Spanish honor society, student council, and a captain of the varsity cheerleading squad… 4.0 GPA and was in the top 10 percent of her class. Personal: Daughter of Keri and Randy Nodorft… born Oct. 15, 1995… has 2 sisters, Kaitlin and Kendall… majoring in health and exercise science. Nodorft’s Career Bests Outdoor 100 Meter Dash 12.71 16th SFA Skechers Carl Kight Invitational, 4/3/15 200 Meter Dash 26.00 29th Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/25/15 400 Meter Dash 1:01.97 15th Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/25/15 (A. Royal, C. Lindsay, K. McKnight, K. McDaniel) 4x400 Meter Relay 3:54.45 1st McNeese State Cowboy Relays, 3/15/14 (Q. Griffin, C. Lindsay, N. Lain, A. Royal) Indoor 60 Meter Dash 8.20 23rd LSU Invitational, 1/19/15 200 Meter Dash 26.90 16th LSU Invitational, 1/19/15 400 Meter Dash 1:04.30 33rd Southland Conference Championships, 2/16/15 4X400 Relay

3:59.51 9th

Texas A&M 13-Team Invitational, 1/16/15

BRANESHIA PAYTON

Sprints/Hurdles/Jumps • 5-4 • So.-1L Tyler, Texas Robert E. Lee HS

2015 Outdoor Season: Participated in six meets in sprints, hurdles, and relays… had nine top-five finishes… ran 12.19 twice in the 100m for a season-best time at LSU Alumni Gold and Leon Johnson NSU Invitational… at UA Crimson Tide Invitational, ran 25.40 in 200m… at SLC Outdoor Championships, ran season best 13.87 in the 100m hurdles – the fifth-best all-time at NSU… best performance in the 4x100 at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational with a 46.19. Partners were T. Holt, D. Jones, and J. McBride … in the 4x400 relay, best time was at SFA Skechers Carl Kight Invitational with a time of 3:57.08 ran with D. Jones, J. McBride, and J. McKnight… ranked 10th in the 100m, sixth in the 100m hurdles in the SLC… 2015 Indoor Season: Participated in three meets… ran a best time of 7.98 in the 60m and 8.77 in the 60m hurdles at SLC Indoor Championships… ran with M. Morton, J. McBride, and D. Jones in the 4x400 with a time of 3:54.67 at the SLC Indoor Championships… Jumped 15-06.75 in the long jump at TAMU 13-Team Invitational… threw 32.11.25 at LSU Invitational in the shot put… ranked 10th in the 60m hurdles in the SLC. High School: Attended Robert E. Lee High School in Tyler, Texas… involved in the Tyler Metro Track Club and the Cheer Knowledge Cheer Team… lettered all four years of high school in track and field… won district in track each of her four seasons in track …won MVP as a junior… graduated in 2014 with a 3.0 GPA. Personal: Daughter of Cassandra and Marcus Howard... born Feb. 18, 1996… has5 brothers: Keiston, Kamryn, Patrick, Montrell, and Shaquel... has 4 sisters: Kiara, Kaydeijah, Branika, Dez… mother is a RN and father is a human resource manager… majoring in business administration... plans to become a real estate agent. Payton’s Career Bests Outdoor 100 Meter Dash 12.13 4th 100 Meter Hurdles 13.87 5th 200 Meter Dash 25.40 10th 4x100 Relay 46.19 5th 4x400 Meter Relay 3:57.08 4th Indoor 60 Meter Dash 7.98 29th 60 Meter Hurdles 8.77 6th(p) 4X400 Relay 3:54.67 11th Long Jump 4.74m/15-06.75 25th Shot Put 10.04m/32-11.25 15th

Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/25/15 Southland Conference Championships, 5/10/15 UA Crimson Tide Invitational, 3/28/15 Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/25/15 (T. Holt, B. Payton, D. Jones, J. McBride) SFA Skechers Carl Kight Invitational, 4/3/15 (Q. Griffin, M. Morton, C. Seibles, K. Ellis) Southland Conference Championships, 2/16/15 Southland Conference Championships, 2/16/15 Southland Conference Championships, 2/17/15 Texas A&M 13-Team Invitational, 1/16/15 LSU Invitational, 1/9/15

JACQUELINE RUSHFORD

Distance • 5-0 • So.-1L DeRidder, La. DeRidder HS

2015 NSU Freshman Academic Award, 4.0 GPA 2015 SLC Spring Honor Roll 2015 Outdoor Season: Participated in eight meets… had seven top-five finishes… ran the 800 in 2:27.82 at the Demon Triangular Invite… best performance in the 1500m was at SFA Skechers Carl Kight Invitational with a time of 4:56.20… ran 11:06.65 in the 3000m at La.

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2016 media guide Tech Jim Mize Invitational… broke into the NSU Lady Demon Top 5 performers with a personal best of 11:47.15 in the 3000m steeplechase at the SLC Outdoor Championships. 2015 Indoor Season: Participated in three meets… personal best in the 800m at the SLC Indoor Championships with a time of 2:24.04… came in third in the mile at LSU Invitational with a time of 5:39.63. High School: Jaqueline lettered 4 years in soccer and 2 years in cross country... earned academic all-state, a member of the national honor society, and was the Valedictorian… finished with a 4.0 GPA … as a senior, won district MVP in soccer, earned second-team all-state, and was selected to the all-star team… became a pole vault district champ and a regional runnerup in her senior year… was selected as Miss DHS as a senior Personal: Daughter of Dena and Robert Rushford… born July 11, 1996… One brother, Connor, and a sister, Kimmie… Kimmie is a state champion and Junior Olympic All-American pole vaulter… majoring in health and exercise science… plans to attend physical therapy school and go into sports medicine. Rushford’s Career Bests Outdoor 800 Meter Run 2:27.82 4th Demon Triangular Invite, 4/11/15 1500 Meter Run 4:56.20 10th SFA Skechers Carl Kight Invitational, 4/2/15 3000 Meter Run 11:06.65 1st La. Tech Jim Mize Invitational, 3/21/15 3000 Steeplechase 11:47.15 13th Southland Conference Championships, 5/9/15 Indoor 800 Meter Run 2:24.04 16th Southland Conference Championships, 2/16/15 1 Mile Run 5:39.63 3rd LSU Invitational, 1/9/15

EMILY SITARZ

Distance • 5-4 • So.-1L Mount Albert, Ontario, Canada Bill Crothers Secondary School 2015 SLC Spring Honor Roll

2015 Outdoor Season: Participated in seven meets… had five top-five finishes… personal best in the 800m was 2:21.35 at LSU Alumni Gold… in the 1500, personal best was 5:10.55 at the Demon Triangular Invitational… at La. Tech Jim Mize Invitational ran 11:32.42 in the 3000m… 12:26.03 at UA Crimson Tide Invitational was her best in the 3000m steeplechase, making her the fourth-best performer in the Lady Demon Top 5 all-time… ran 9:55.74 in the 4x800 at MSU Cowboy Relays with sister Erin, E. Wrozek, and A. Adams; ranking them as the fourth-best 4x800 relay in the Lady Demon Top-5 all-time performers. 2015 Indoor Season: Ran 12:23.55 in the 3000 at TAMU 13-Team Invitational. High School: Attended Bill Crothers Secondary School in Markham, Ontario… competed in cross country, track and field, and soccer… coached by Ed LaRocque and Mark Arsenault... graduated in 2014 with a 3.4 GPA. Personal: Daughter of Lee and John Sitarz… born Sept. 18, 1996… has two sisters, her twin, Erin and older sister Megan… Erin is also N NSU distance runner ... majoring in business administration. Sitarz’s Career Bests Outdoor 800 Meter Run 2:30.82 6th 1500 Meter Run 5:10.55 5th 3000 Meter Run 1133.42 3rd 3000 Steeplechase 12:26.03 5th 4X800 Relay

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(Er. Sitarz, E. Wrozek, A. Adams, Em. Sitarz) Texas A&M 13-Team Invitational, 1/16/15

ERIN SITARZ

Distance • 5-4 • So.-1L Mount Albert, Ontario, Canada Bill Crothers Secondary School

2015 SLC Spring Honor Roll 2015 Outdoor Season: Participated in six meets… had five top-five finishes, including two first-place finishes… best time in the 800m was ran at UA Crimson Tide Invitational with a time of 2:21.66… in the 1500, ran best time of 5:05.28 at the Demon Triangular Invite… ran with sister Erin, E. Wrozek, and A. Adams in the 4x800 with a time of 9:55.74 at the MSU Cowboy Relays; ranking them as the No. 4 4x800 relay performance in the Lady Demon Top 5 all-time. 2015 Indoor Season: Redshirted High School: Attended Bill Crothers Secondary School in Ontario. Lettered four years in track, four years in cross country, one year in hockey, and one year in soccer. Placed fourth at the OFSAA Championships in the 800m her freshman season. Received second place at the OFSAA Championships in the 4x400m as a junior. Also finished fifth in the Royal Canadian Nationals in the 800m as a senior. She was a member of the student council. Maintained a 3.6 GPA in high school. Personal: Daughter of Lee and John Sitarz… Born Sept. 18, 1996… Two sisters, her twin, Emily and older sister Megan... Emily is also an NSU distance runner… majoring in health and exercise science… plans to attend physical therapy school. Sitarz’s Career Bests Outdoor 800 Meter Run 2:21.35 12th 1500 Meter Run 5:05.28 3rd 4X800 Relay 9:55.74 5th

LSU Alumni Gold, 4/18/15 Demon Triangular Invite, 4/11/15 MSU Cowboy Relays, 3/14/15 (Er. Sitarz, E. Wrozek, A. Adams, Em. Sitarz)

JAMERIA SMITH

Jumps/Multis • 5-6 • Fr.-HS McKinney, Texas McKinney North HS

High School: A 2015 graduate of McKinney North High School with a 3.3 GPA… letter in varsity track and field four years… as a junior, team was district champions, and as a senior, team was district and area champions… as a senior, broke the 100m hurdle and high jump record at the district meet with a time of 14.34 and height of 5-6… coached by Jessica Richards. Personal: Daughter of Leslie and Desmond Smith… born Aug. 7, 1997… Two older brothers, Devin and Trey… majoring in biology… plans to attend medical school and become a pediatrician.

Demon Triangular Invite, 4/11/15 Demon Triangular Invite, 4/11/15 La. Tech Jim Mize Invitational, 3/21/15 UA Crimson Tide Invitational, 3/28/15

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POR’SHA THOMAS

Jumps/Sprints • 5-8 • Jr.-2L Pearland, Texas Glenda Dawson HS

2015 SLC All-Academic Team 2015 SLC Indoor Champion, Triple Jump 2015 SLC Outdoor Champion, Triple Jump 2015 NCAA Outdoor Regionals, Triple Jump 2015 LSWA All-Louisiana Team, Triple Jump SLC Outdoor Athlete of the Week (4/22/15) 2015 SLC Spring Honor Roll 2014 SLC Outdoor Champion, Triple Jump 2014 NCAA Outdoor Regionals, Triple Jump 2014 SLC All-Academic Team 2015 Outdoor Season: Won her fourth consecutive Southland Conference triple jump championship … soared 42-1 ¼, her second career 42-foot mark, to win … participated in the long and triple jump in eight meets… had five victories in the triple jump… best mark in the long jump was 19-1.25 at the SLC Outdoors for seventh … in the triple, her best mark was 42-6.25 at TAMU 13-Team Invitational which ranked 83rd in the nation and ranks her second on the Lady Demon all-time list… in the long jump, ranked ninth in the SLC… in the triple jump, ranked first in the SLC and 24th in the nation. 2015 Indoor Season: Won her second straight Southland Conference Indoor championship in the triple with a jump of 39-11.25 … her season best was 40-1.25 at LSU… placed fifth at SLC Championships in the long jump with her season best of 18-6… ranked first in the triple and seventh in the long jump in the SLC. 2014 Outdoor Season: Captured her first Southland Outdoor triple jump title with a mark of 41-7 … eight top-five performances in the triple jump and one top-ten finish in the long jump. 2014 Indoor Season: Claimed her first Southland Conference championship in the triple jump with a mark of 39-9.25… had a careerbest long jump performance at LSU Twilight with a distance of 18-1, finishing fifth. 2013 Outdoor Season: Finished third in the long jump and fifth in the triple jump at the SLC Championships with personal-best leaps of 18-09.25 and 38-11.50, respectively… posted eight top-five finishes in the long jump and triple jump. 2013 Indoor Season: Finished ninth in the long jump at the SLC Championships with a personal-best leap of 18-00.25… registered a personal-best triple jump mark of 36-04 at the SLC Championships, placing 13th. High School: Four-year letterwinner in track… three-time long jump district champion… regional champion her senior season… state runner-up as a senior with a leap of 19-3… earned most improved athlete her senior year. Personal: Daughter of Marvin and Faye Thomas… born Oct. 11, 1993… has 2 brothers, Mario and Sergio… biology major with a minor in criminal justice …has a 3.2 GPA … Wants to be forensic pathologist. Thomas’s Career Bests Outdoor Long Jump 5.82m/19-01.25 7th Southland Conference Championships, 5/8/15 Triple Jump 12.96m/42-06.25 7th Southland Championships, 5/18/15 Indoor 60 Meter Dash 8.09 12th LSU Twilight, 2/21/14 Long Jump 5.64m/18-06 5th

Southland Conference Championships, 2/16/15 Triple Jump 12.22m/40-01.25 2nd Southland Conference Championships, 1/9/15

SUMMER THOMAS

Throws • 5-4 • Fr.-HS DeRidder, La. DeRidder HS

High School: Graduated with a 3.4 GPA from DeRidder High School… lettered in cross country, basketball, softball, and track and field… as a senior, placed third at state meet in javelin Personal: Daughter of Lynda Hickman and Charles Thomas… born Dec. 30, 1996… has three sisters: Ruthell, Ayanna, and Charlisa… majoring in psychology.

ERIN WROZEK

Distance • 5-4 • So.-1L Richardson, Texas Bishop Lynch HS

2015 SLC Spring Honor Roll 2015 Outdoor Season: Participated at eight meets… had eight top-five finishes… best time in the 800 was home at the Demon Triangular Invite with a time of 2:23.47… at the SLC Outdoor Championships had a best time of 4:52.31 in the 1500m… ran the 5000 in 20:39.97 at Leon Johnson NSU Invitational… ran with B. Payton, D. Jones, and J. McBride in the 4x400 at the Demon Triangular Invite with a time of 4:12.41… at MSU Cowboy Relays had a time of 9:55.74 in the 4x800 with Er. Sitarz, A. Adams, and Em. Sitarz; ranking them as the 4th best 4x800 relay in the Lady Demon Top-5 all-time performers. 2015 Indoor Season: Redshirted. High School: Attended Bishop Lynch High School... lettered one year in cross country, four years in track and field, and one year in basketball… member of the track and field state championship team her junior year… placed second in the 800m and 1st in the 4x400m in her sophomore season… placed third at the state championship in her senior season… received female athlete of the year while in high school… maintained a 3.8 GPA in high school… was chosen to run with the Elite High School running team for the Dallas Marathon. Personal: Daughter of Nancy and Brian Wrozek… Two sisters, Amy and Paige... majoring in biology… plans to become a dentist. Wrozek’s Career Bests Outdoor 800 Meter Run 2:23.47 2nd Demon Triangular Invite, 4/11/15 1500 Meter Run 4:52.31 13th Southland Conference Championships, 5/19/15 5000 Meter Run 20:39.97 8th Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/25/15 4X400 Relay 4:12.41 3rd Demon Triangular Invite, 4/11/15 (B. Payton, D. Jones, E. Wrozek, J. McBride) 4X800 Relay 9:55.74 5th MSU Cowboy Relays, 3/14/15 (B. Payton, D. Jones, E. Wrozek, J. McBride)

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2016 media guide

Dr. Jim Henderson

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Northwestern State President

He opened his introductory press conference last September playfully asking why the student newspaper -- that he edited two decades ago -- played the story covering his selection as president-elect on Page 3. Then Dr. Jim Henderson held up the Current Sauce, with a full front page photo and headline commemorating the previous weekend’s landmark Demon football victory over old rival Louisiana Tech, and deadpanned: “they got it right.” The proud alumnus has shown tremendous passion for every aspect of Northwestern State University in his new role. He officially assumed the office Jan. 1 upon the retirement of Dr. Randall J. Webb, now president emeritus after leading NSU since the summer of 1996. U N I V E R S I T Y A D M I N I S T R AT I O N The son of a college football President: and basketball competitor and state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Jim Henderson championship-winning basketball Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs: coach, NSU’s new president is an . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Lisa Abney avid sports fan. He places high value Vice President for External Affairs: on the role of athletics in higher ed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry Pierce ucation, and specifically, at NorthVice President for Student Experience: western. Henderson includes “ath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Maggio letic prominence” as one of the key Vice President for Business Affairs: planks in the strategic vision for the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carl Jones university’s advancement to become Vice President for University Affairs: “the nation’s premiere regional in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marcus Jones stitution of higher education.” Vice President for Technology, Innovation and He’s already overseen a dramatEconomic Development: ic burst of enrollment and expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Darlene Williams in his previous campus leadership role, over the past six years at Bossier Parish Community College. His inclusive, transparent management style blends with a seemingly ever-present persona across the Natchitoches campus and anywhere Demons, or prospective Demons, may be. Henderson spent his first semester as NSU’s leader this spring establishing new bonds within the region, aiming to grow Northwestern State into the leading university in the region. He made reaching out to students and student-athletes a priority, gaining valuable feedback that helped Henderson guide NSU through the statewide threat of serious budget cuts that were finally averted last spring by the state legislature, with Henderson’s active lobbying contributing to the successful and remarkable preservation of current budget levels. Prior to NSU, Henderson served as chancellor of Bossier Parish Community College since 2009. In that time, BPCC expanded enrollment by more than 84 percent and increased annual certificate and degree completions by 90 percent. From 2011-13, BPCC was among the five fastest growing community colleges in the nation with enrollments of between 5,000 and 9,999. Under Henderson’s leadership, the college created market responsive programs in nursing, oil and gas technology, construction management, industrial technology and engineering. Henderson was senior vice president, workforce and economic development/career & technical education for the Louisiana Community & Technical College System from 2005 to 2009. He served as appointing authority and chief executive officer of the LCTCS comprised of eight regional technical colleges serving more than 26,000 students. Under his leadership, the statewide technical college system with 42 individually accredited campuses was transitioned into eight regionally accredited technical colleges. During Henderson’s tenure, LCTCS enrollment grew by 98 percent and helped obtain more than $65 million in grants, appropriations and private funding to enhance workforce development. In partnership with Louisiana Economic Development, Henderson helped create Louisiana FastStart, the nation’s top-ranked state workforce training program. From 2001 to 2005, he was director of administration and director of workforce development for the Louisiana Department of Labor. After graduating from NSU with a journalism degree in 1994, Henderson was in the private sector for 10 years in hotel management. He worked for Mississippi Management, Inc., Kemmons Wilson Companies and Ryco Management, playing a leadership role as each company achieved record growth in profitability. A native of Shreveport, Henderson met his wife Tonia at NSU and they married before both graduated. His mother, Martha, is a former administrator at NSU. His father, Clem, a revered high school coach and principal in Shreveport, passed away in March. NSU’s new president earned a Master of Science in Administration from the University of West Florida and a Doctor of Management from the University of Maryland – University College. The Hendersons have three children, Reagan, Nicholas and Alexander.

An Involved President When Dr. Jim Henderson took the reins at Northwestern State, the new NSU president didn’t stand on precedent. Instead, he set a few of his own. From his back-and-forths with student athletes and the student body as a whole on Twitter (@DrJBHenderson) to his appearance as the color anlayst during Northwestern State’s women’s basketball game against Stephen F. Austin Feb. 5, 2015, Henderson has infused the campuses that comprise Northwestern State University with a new energy that has filtered throughout northwest Louisiana. While pushing a serious message of improving NSU, Henderson has found a way to mix in some levity as well. A week before making his radio debut, Henderson became the first coach/president to be playfully ejected from an NSU Greek basketball game.

Dr. Jim Henderson (right) made his radio color analyst debut Feb. 5, 2015, during the Stephen F. Austin-Northwestern State women’s basketball game in Prather Coliseum.

The Henderson family (Left to Right): Nicholas, Reagan, Tonia, Jim and Alexander.

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Jerry Pierce

Vice President • External Affairs Few people have served Northwestern State as long as alumnus Jerry DEMONS’ DELIGHTS Pierce has, and nobody has done so in a more understated manner. Highlights of NSU athletics under the leadership of Vice President Jerry In his 50th year on the university’s staff, Pierce’s impact on NSU and Pierce and Director of Athletics Greg Burke the city of Natchitoches is indelible. He’s never wanted or gotten top billing, but consistently, he gets results to benefit the university. 24 Southland Conference Championships (8 sports) He is in his 25th year as vice president of external affairs at NorthFootball (1997, 1998, 2004), basketball (2005, 2006), women’s basketball western. A significant aspect of his job is oversight of intercollegiate (1999, 2004), baseball (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005), women’s soccer athletics. Pierce works closely with athletic director Greg Burke and all (2000), softball (1998, 1999, 2000, 2015), women’s tennis (2010, 2014), NSU coaches and staff members to keep Northwestern athletics competing at a championship level week men’s track and field (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002). All-Sports (1997-98). after week, month after month and year after year. Pierce is an avid tennis player who has been a member of USTA teams that have won more than a 18 Southland Conference Tournament Championships (5 sports) dozen state championships, five regional titles and one national championship. Basketball (2001, 2006, 2013), women’s soccer (1997, 2000, 2002, 2005), Well before moving into the executive position, Pierce had already served his alma mater, adopted women’s basketball (2004, 2014, 2015), softball (1998, 2000, 2002, 2013, hometown and state with distinction. In his role as vice president, he oversees university operations in 2014), women’s tennis (2010, 2015), volleyball (2014). athletics, alumni and development, public and media relations and assists NSU Athletic Council President Dr. Jim Henderson in governmental affairs activities. Many of 24 NCAA Postseason Appearances (7 sports) Jody Biscoe (Chair) those duties were his since the 1970s as he worked under five previous Football - FCS Division I playoffs (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004); basketHall Adams presidents as Northwestern advanced from NAIA to NCAA College Division ball (2001, 2006, 2013); women’s basketball (2004, 2014, 2015); baseball LaCarsha Babers to NCAA Division I athletic status in 1977. (2005); softball (1998, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2014); women’s soccer (2000, Brittany Blackwell A 1961 graduate of Northwestern, Pierce served as trainer/manager Cole Gentry 2002, 2005), women’s tennis (2010, 2015), volleyball (2014). Women’s basfor the Demon football team during his college years, working closely with Baylee Gray (Student) ketball also played in the 1999 WNIT. Track and field qualifications are for legendary coach Jack Clayton. After earning his journalism degree, Pierce Kelee Grimes individuals, not entire teams. went to work for the New Orleans Times Picayune, serving as a reporter Steve Gruesbeck and editor. He was named executive sports editor at the age of 24. Lori LeBlanc 84 NCAA Postseason Individual Participants (5 sports) In 1965, he chose to raise his two sons in Natchitoches and returned Dr. Jack Pace Men’s indoor track and field 14 (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2014, 2015), men’s Dr. Charles Pellegrin to NSU as sports information director. He was promoted to news bureau outdoor track and field 36 (1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, Christie Price director two years later and assumed additional responsibilities in athlet2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014), women’s indoor track and field 9 Kelee Roddy ics, alumni affairs and other areas through the years. (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004), women’s outdoor track and field 24 (1997, Steve Story He founded, in 1972, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame facility in Sabri Thompson (Student) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, Prather Coliseum on the NSU campus, providing a home for an entity cre2015), women’s tennis 1 (2010). ated in 1958. He established annual induction activities that remain in Ex-Officio Members place nearly four decades later, and served as director of the Hall for 19 Greg Burke 75 National Awards (7 sports) years until his promotion to vice president in April 1990 forced him to step Carrie Greene All-America awards - track and field (29), football (26), baseball (1). Acaaside from the volunteer post. Dustin Eubanks demic All-America honors – softball (2), baseball (3), football (2), women’s Roxanne Freeman He helped guide Northwestern into three athletic conferences (Trans track and field (1). U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches AssociaDr. Patrice Moulton America, 1979; Gulf Star, 1983; Southland, 1987) and NCAA Division I station Women’s Field Evens Scholar-Athlete of the Year (1). National Football Dr. Vicki Parrish tus in 1977. He is a past president of the Southland and has served the Foundation Scholar-Athlete (2); AFCA Allstate Good Works Team (1), NCAA Jerry Pierce conference through other offices and committee positions. Dr. Randall Webb Postgraduate Scholarship (1). Basketball - 2006 Pontiac Game Changing In 1994, he was named one of Louisiana’s 20 most influential sports Performance $100,000 Scholarship. NCAA Academic Progress Rates Public figures by the Times-Picayune. Also on the list were New Orleans Saints Recognition, top 10 percent nationally, (3, 2 by basketball, 1 by women’s owner Tom Benson, LSU athletic director Joe Dean and basketball coach Dale Brown, and Grambling footsoccer) ball coaching legend Eddie Robinson. His salesmanship and managerial skills were instrumental in convincing Tri-Star Productions to film 3 Olympic Competitors (2 sports) the 1989 smash hit movie “Steel Magnolias,” with an all-star cast including Julia Roberts, Sally Field and Track and field alumni LaMark Carter (2000) Kenta Bell (2004 and 2008) Dylan McDermott in Natchitoches and on the NSU campus. The movie’s impact on tourism in Natchitoches represented the USA in the Olympic Games in the triple jump. Former Decontinues to resonate more than two decades later. mon basketball player Dr. Gayle Hatch was the USA’s head men’s weightlift Pierce is regarded as one of the most effective legislative liaisons for Louisiana’s higher education ing coach in the 2004 Athens Games. system. He is also a sought-after dinner speaker and master of ceremonies who has spoken at hundreds of events since 1965. In addition to his administrative responsibilities, Pierce is a member of the Journalism Department faculty. He is the author of one book and editor of two others and has written thousands of editorials, columns, features and other articles for newspapers and magazines. Pierce and his wife Regina, a recently retired teacher, live on Cane River Lake in Natchitoches. He has two sons, Randy and Rick, both NSU graduates; and three grandchildren, twins Evan and Amanda, 24, and Miranda, 13, and two adult stepchildren, Nicholas and Natalie. Facebook: Northwestern State • Twitter: @NSUDemons • #ForkEmDemons • Website: nsudemons.com

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Greg Burke

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Director of Athletics The Burke File AGE: 59 (Born Oct. 22, 1956) • HOMETOWN: Alliance, Ohio • HIGH SCHOOL: Marlington ’74 • COLLEGE: Mt. Union ’78 (cum laude) POSTGRADUATE: Kent State ’86 • BEFORE HE WAS A.D.: Sports writer, Alliance (Ohio) Review, 1972-78; director of news and sports information, Hiram (Ohio) College, 1978-85; administrative intern, NSU athletics, 1985-86; director, NSU Athletic Association, 1986-92; director of athletic development, University of Akron, 1992-96; director of athletics, Northwestern State, 1996-present. BIG FAN OF: Cleveland Browns, Indians and Cavaliers • INTERESTS: Working out, watching ESPN and VH1 Classic, family outings. In his 20th year as director of athletics at Northwestern State, Greg Burke has received national acclaim for the job he’s done in his adopted hometown. Burke has been athletics director at Northwestern since August 29, 1996, when his first day included speaking at the annual NSU/Independence Bowl Kickoff Luncheon. Burke is the longest serving AD at any Louisiana or Southland Conference institution. He has steered NSU athletics to many of its greatest accomplishments while overseeing a program that has fielded championship-caliber teams in all of the school’s NCAA Division I sports. Those achievements have garnered several awards for Burke, including the “Outstanding Contributions to Amateur Football Award” by the north Louisiana chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame and the Under Amour AD of the Year Award presented by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). He is a past recipient of the All-America Football Foundation’s General Robert R. Neyland Outstanding Athletic Director Award and also was tabbed as one of two Natchitoches Parish Cenla Newsmakers of 2005 by the Alexandria Town Talk newspaper’s editorial staff. He also is a familiar face on the national level by virtue of serving on several NCAA and NACDA committees, including being president of the Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association and a member of the NACDA Executive Committee. He currently is a member of the NCAA Committee on Academics and has served on the NCAA Championships/Sports Management Cabinet. He previously served on the NCAA Division I Football Issues Committee (1999-2002) and concurrently served a term on the eight-member NCAA FCS Committee that administers the national playoffs. Burke has served as a site supervisor for Football Championship Subdivision playoff games across the nation, and he is regarded as one of the country’s premiere advocates of FCS football. Burke’s 19 years as athletic director include 37 Southland Conference regular-season or tournament championships, 61 All-American and Academic All-American student athletes, and three U.S. Olympic competitors. Twenty NSU teams have taken part in NCAA or WNIT postseason competition. The school’s athletic facilities have undergone more than $9 million in improvements in recent years, including a $2 million replacement project for all scoreboards funded completely through private sponsorships the past four years. The newly established Demons Unlimited Foundation has set annual giving records each of the past two years while embarking on an ambitious initiative to grow the athletic endowment to $5 million under the recently initiated “Perpetually Purple” program. NSU in 2004-05 became the first (and remains the only) Southland Conference member in the league’s five decades of history to sweep football, men’s basketball and baseball championships in the same athletic year. It’s been done only once in Southeastern Conference history, by Alabama in 1933-34, and only four times in Big Ten Conference history, the last time by Michigan State in 1979-80. Burke has displayed a remarkable ability to hire dynamic head coaches. Women’s basketball co-head coaches Brooke and Scott Stoehr have guided NSU to the NCAA Tournament twice in their three-year tenure, co-head coaches Hugh and Stephanie Hernesman led the volleyball program to its first Southland tournament title and NCAA berth, first-year women’s tennis coach Olga Bazhanova led the Lady Demons to the 2015 conference regular-season title and a berth in the tournament championship game while baseball coach Lane Burroughs in his third year has revived that program with a 2015 second-place finish in the league standings. Anchors of the NSU department include current head coaches Mike McConathy, Louisiana’s all-time career basketball wins leader, and 2015 Southland Conference softball coach of the year Donald Pickett, whose team won the conference regular season title for the first time in 15 years and played in its third straight conference tournament championship game. Several other Burke hires had great success at Northwestern State that propelled them to national prominence in subsequent positions. Burke has established a high standard for NSU Athletics in academic achievement and community service. The academic accomplishments are reflected annually in the NCAA’s APR and GSR studies. NSU received the Southland Conference’s inaugural “Southland Strong” Community Service Awards and an NSU student-athlete has been a recipient of the Southland Male or Female Citizenship seven times since the award’s inception eight years ago, including having both winners the past two years. Burke spearheaded the adoption of the slogan “Great Tradition, Brighter Future” for NSU Athletics, and the creation of NSU Athletics “Cornerstones” for student-athletes: “Academic Achievement, Personal Responsibility, Competitive Success … Every Minute, Every Hour, Every Day!” Burke is a past president of the Natchitoches Kiwanis Club and remains active in that civic group. He has also been part of the steering committee for the Natchitoches Christmas Festival and is a former president of the Natchitoches Area Jaycees. He is involved with the American Heart Association, was 2010 March of Dimes chairman locally, and currently is on the Natchitoches Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Directors. An Ohio native, he received the 2006 “Outstanding Alumni Award” from his alma mater, Marlington High School, recognizing his community service and professional achievements. His wife, Susu, is a Natchitoches native, NSU graduate and an elementary teacher. Their 21-year-old daughter, Catherine, graduated from St. Mary’s High School in May of 2012 and plans to pursue a career in collegiate athletics when she graduates from Louisiana Tech in May 2016.

Burke with his wife Susu and daughter Catherine

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Jody BISCOE

Joseph (Jody) Biscoe has served as Northwestern State University’s Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR) since 2006, which includes the role as chairperson for the NSU Athletic Council. Currently, Jody is serving as the chairperson for the Southland Conference Faculty Athlete Representatives and is a member of both the Compliance Committee and the Awards Committee. Additionally, Jody holds a tenured faculty position in the Psychology Department. Jody also is the Coordinator for the undergraduate Addiction Studies program and the Director for the Louisiana Addiction Technology Transfer Center. The Biscoe’s have lived in Natchitoches since 2002. Jody’s wife (Roni) is an avid runner and their daughter Roxy is in her final year of nursing school at NSU. This past year, they had an addition to the family – their grandson, Jaxson. He is already training to be a future Demon multi-sport athlete. ASSISTANT AD/DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING

Haley BLOUNT

Haley Blount, a school record-setting competitor as a Northwestern State track and field student-athlete who has served as the associate director of alumni affairs at her alma mater for the past three years, enters her second year as NSU’s assistant athletic director for development and marketing. Blount, a magna cum laude graduate of NSU in May 2006, was executive director of the NSU Alumni Association as well as the associate director of alumni affairs from July 2011-September 2014. She solicited funds for the Alumni Association and NSU Foundation, planned and coordinated all alumni events and events assigned by the office of NSU president Dr. Randy Webb, and managed the Alumni Association website, social media pages, the Purple Pulse e-newsletter and the Alumni Columns magazine. Previously, she worked as an assistant in student services for the Stephen F. Austin athletics department for 18 months from 2010-11. For nearly three years following her graduation from Northwestern, Blount was an assistant track and field coach and head cross country coach for NSU. Blount is actively engaged in community service organizations, serving as a board member and officer in three prominent local organizations. She earned her master’s degree in sport administration from NSU in 2007 and is pursuing a doctoral degree in educational leadership from Louisiana Tech. Blount was a four-year competitor as a pole vaulter for the Lady Demons and still holds the NSU women’s school record with an 11-6 ¼ clearance at the 2006 Southland Conference Outdoor Championships. She did an internship with USA Track & Field in 2007, serving as assistant producer of the AT&T USA Outdoor Championships in Indianapolis, and she also assisted with operations at the 2008 USA Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. She was the women’s track and field team representative from 2004-06 on the NSU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and was on the 2005 All-Louisiana Collegiate Track and Field Team based on posting one of the top three marks by any state competitor in her event. ASSISTANT NCAA COMPLIANCE DIRECTOR

Demetrus CALDWELL

Demetrus Calwell joined the Northwestern State athletic department in November in the newly created position of assistant director for NCAA compliance. Caldwell, a Bastrop native, spent the past eight years as a master coordination center officer with the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration in St. Rose. Caldwell earned his bachelor’s degree in sport management from the University of New Orleans and his master’s in sport management studies from California University of Pennsylvania. He is completing a dissertation toward a doctorate in athletic administration from Northcentral University. During his time as an undergraduate at New Orleans, Caldwell served as an academic and compliance intern with the school’s athletic department. HEAD STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COORDINATOR

Dustin CHADWICK

Dustin Chadwick is in his first year as head strength and conditioning coordinator after serving two years as an second year as assistant strength and conditioning coordinator for Northwestern State where he assists with strength and conditioning for football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, women’s soccer, baseball and tennis. In his first year, Chadwick helped train the Southland Conference Tournament champion Northwestern State women’s basketball team. Prior to NSU, Chadwick interned with TCU where he worked with the strength and conditioning program including women’s basketball, baseball, swimming and diving and women’s golf. Chadwick was a competitor in the NANBF bodybuilding and AAPF power lifting competitions in 2012 and 2013. He received a bachelor’s in fine arts from Pacific Lutheran in 2011 where he was a three-sport athlete competing in football, rugby and lacrosse.

ASSISTANT AD/NCAA COMPLIANCE DIRECTOR

Dustin EUBANKS

Dustin Eubanks is in his 19th year in the NSU athletic department and his 16th year at the helm of the compliance duties, keeping all athletic personnel current and in accordance with NCAA and Southland Conference guidelines. A 1996 education graduate of Northwestern, the 42-year-old avid fan of all teams that hail from Pittsburgh seized an opportunity to serve as a graduate assistant in the sports information department at Northwestern while beginning the pursuit of his master’s degree in health and physical education (concentration in sports administration), which he obtained in May of 2003, and was impressive enough to earn a promotion to full-time status in November 1998. Eubanks is married to the former Dawn Hornsby of Branch and the couple has two daughters, Emilie and Taylor Nicole. The sisters share the same birthdate. Dustin and Dawn, who is the Assistant Bursar at NSU. ATHLETICS BUSINESS MANAGER

Roxanne FREEMAN

Roxanne Freeman began working at NSU in 1983 as an accounting clerk in business affairs. She transferred to the athletic department as football/baseball/track secretary and served under Sam Goodwin, Leon Johnson and several baseball coaches for eight seasons before graduating with a B.S. in accounting in May 1995. Freeman then became the compliance coordinator and academic advisor during a three-year span before leaving in 1998. She returned to NSU in the Fall of 2000 in her current position as Business Manager where she now serves as liaison between the athletic department and business affairs. She has one son, Aaron Pizani, who is also a NSU alum. ASSISTANT AD FOR STUDENT-ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT/ SENIOR WOMAN ADMINISTRATOR

Carrie GREENE

Carrie Greene, a two-year Academic All-Southland Conference soccer standout for Northwestern State in 2005-06, serves as the Assistant Athletic Director for Student-Athlete Development in the Johnnie Emmons Athletic Study Center at NSU as well as the Senior Woman Administrator. Greene, a native of Arlington, Texas, was a magna cum laude graduate of NSU in August 2007 in business administration. She was a key contributor on the Lady Demons’ 2005 NCAA Tournament team that won the Southland Conference Tournament. Greene served as an intern in NSU’s Academic Services and CHAMPS/Life Skills program beginning in January 2009, while also completing her second season as a graduate assistant soccer coach and finishing work on her masters degree. Greene is the academic coordinator for the sports of junior/senior football, men’s basketball, baseball, and tennis. She is also the Director of the Victorious for Life program, NSU’s resident CHAMPS/Life Skills program which focuses on community service, personal development, and career development – allowing student-athletes to prepare for life after college athletics. Under her tenure, NSU Athletics has remained penalty-free with the NCAA Academic Progress Rate. Additionally, the student-athletes have set multiple records for honor roll and department grade point averages. Most notably, in the spring 2015 semester, NSU student-athletes posted a cumulative GPA of 2.97. Greene served an internship in the summer of 2008 with the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, helping stage events supporting a Nationwide Tour golf tournament co-sponsored by the Hall. She also assisted in daily operations of the museum in Springfield and helped stage the Missouri High School Basketball All-Star Game. Greene graduated with her Masters of Science in Sport Administration with a 4.0 GPA in May 2009 and her Masters of Business Administration from University of Louisiana-Monroe in May 2014. DIRECTOR OF ATHLETIC FACILITIES AND GAME OPERATIONS

David GREENE David Greene is in his second year as the Director of Athletic Facilities and Game Operations for Northwestern State. His primary responsibilities involve the upkeep, maintenance, and renovations of NSU’s athletic facilities, along with acting as the liaison for event and game operations. The NSU alumnus was a biology teacher at Natchitoches Central High School, where he coached football and soccer, before taking over as the director of facilities at Northwestern State. Prior to his year at NCHS, he spent three years at Lakeview High School where he was named the Natchitoches Parish and Lakeview High School Teacher of the Year. He also coached football, baseball and softball at LHS, where he founded the Lakeview Beautification Program. Greene earned his bachelor’s degree in biology (2008) and master’s degree (2012) in teaching, both from Northwestern State. He and Carrie Greene, NSU’s senior woman administrator, were married in June of 2014.

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Mike JACKLICH

DIRECTOR OF TICKETING

Mike Jacklich made an immediate impact on the NSU athletic department after being named director of ticketing in October 2014, increasing basketball ticketing revenue by more than 60 percent from the 2013-14 season. Jacklich came to Natchitoches from suburban Chicago, where he was the director of ticketing for the Schaumberg Boomers of independent baseball’s Frontier League. While with the Boomers, Jacklich worked closely with the Boomers general manager to shape and enhance all aspects of fan services. He was responsible for creating and executing all ticketing and sales reports, while training a full-time sales staff and overseeing a group of 15 interns. Jacklich also wore a variety of hats outside of the Boomers ticket office, including serving as a tour guide at Boomers Stadium and filling in as “Coop,” the Boomers’ mascot. Prior to his role in professional baseball, Jacklich worked for five years at Playboy Enterprises in Chicago, where he assisted customers with inquiries and complaints related to the group’s 10 members-only web sites. Jacklich earned his bachelor of arts degree in mass communication from the University of Tulsa in 2001. Following graduation, he returned to Chicago where he began a six-year run as the assistant audience services manager for the legendary Steppenwolf Theatre Company. While with Steppenwolf, Jacklich helped implement Tessitura, an innovative ticketing software system. Jacklich, a Lisle, Ill., native, is married to Krishni, whose family lives in nearby DeRidder and who can totally do better than him. ASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

Adam JONSON

Entering his third year as Associate Athletic Director for External Relations and Executive Director of the Demons Unlimited Foundation, Adam Jonson has been a member of the NSU Athletics in three different stints, totaling nearly a decade. Before returning to NSU in his current role, Jonson served as the Assistant Athletics Director for Tickets & Operations at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. He previously spent more than two years as Assistant Marketing Director for Ticket Operations at NSU and one year as the Assistant Director of Athletics Media Relations at the University of North Florida. Under Jonson’s watch, the Demons Unlimited Foundation has quickly gained brand recognition after its inception in July of 2013 as NSU Athletics’ 501c3 organization supporting all 14 sports. Record-breaking revenues have been attained in ticket sales, annual gifts, special events, licensing, tailgating, corporate partnerships and fundraisers in Jonson’s first two years back at NSU. At ULM, Jonson provided oversight for the athletic communications and ticketing offices while assisting in marketing and fundraising activities. He helped establish new attendance records for several sports, including a season-long baseball tally that ranked in the top 40 nationally in 2012 and a single-game crowd of more than 31,000 for a nationally televised football game against Baylor. In addition to revamping office organization and operational structures, ticket revenue soared by more than 44 percent under Jonson’s watch and restructuring new giving level requirements for premium areas resulted in more than $100,000 of new revenue. Beginning as a student worker in the NSU sports information office, Jonson completed his masters of science in sport administration at NSU with a 4.0 GPA after earning his bachelors of science in business administration as a summa cum laude graduate of NSU in 2007. He was the winner of the prestigious Ace Higgins Award, given by the Louisiana Sports Writer’s Association to the state’s top student SID in 2007. Jonson has also been very involved around campus and in the community. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Natchitoches Jaycees and is an active member of the Rotary Club. A member of Westside Baptist Church, Jonson served as the praise band drummer at the Baptist Collegiate Ministry as an undergraduate at NSU. He and the former Elizabeth Holbert were married in January 2014, and the two welcomed their first child -- a baby girl named Holly Elizabeth -- in May 2015. DIRECTOR OF EQUIPMENT OPERATIONS

Dan MATTHIESEN

After a year in the NFL working with the Miami Dolphins equipment staff, and with previous stops at Georgia State and Louisiana Tech, Dan Matthiesen is in his second year as the director of equipment operations for Northwestern State. Matthiesen oversees all equipment orders and inventories, and directs student managers who are vital parts of each sport staff. He is particularly involved in management of football equipment and services. Working with the Dolphins since May 2013, Matthiesen assisted with the day-to-day operations in the equipment room. Primary duties included preparing the practice field with gear and position-specific equipment, and assisting with all the aspects of game day preparations. Working with equipment staffs around the National Football League, Matthiesen gained first-hand insight how the best in the business maintain an effective equipment room operation.

While at Georgia State in 2012-13, his duties included overseeing nine student managers, properly fitting and maintaining all athletes’ equipment, assisting in the operations of the equipment room, and laundering the game uniforms. He was involved with purchasing, order forecasting, and maximizing budget resources As a four-year student manager at Louisiana Tech, Matthiesen earned the title of head student manager. In this position, he assisted the head coach and ensured practice ran smoothly. Working with staffs run by Derek Dooley and Sonny Dykes, he was exposed to significantly different coaching styles, and functioning under and with different equipment managers, due to several staff changes. He was part of two bowl teams at Louisiana Tech and the 2011 Western Athletic Conference championship squad for the Bulldogs under Dykes. He earned the elite Eagle Scout status in the Boy Scouts of America. Matthiesen received his bachelor’s degree in business management and entrepreneurship from Louisiana Tech in 2012. He is a certified Athletic Equipment Manager by the Athletic Equipment Managers Association. He was raised in Dallas, Texas, and graduated from Lake Highlands High School in 2008. ASSISTANT ACADEMIC COORDINATOR

Betsy NOHAVITZA

Betsy Nohavitza enters her first full academic year as part of the Northwestern State athletics academic services staff. Nohavitza arrived in Natchitoches in February 2015 after earning her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Texas A&M. She manages NCAA academic eligibility requirements for four Northwestern State athletic programs, provides assistance to student-athletes and tutors in NSU’s Johnnie Emmons Athletic Study Center and facilitates meetings and activities with NSU’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee. While at Texas A&M, Nohavitza was a graduate assistant instructor in the Department of Health and Kinesiology while pursuing her master’s in sport management. As an undergraduate, Nohavitza interned in the Aggies athletic department in the life skills department. There she assisted student-athletes with creating resumes and cover letters, planned informational business meetings for student-athletes and organized and hosted three student-athlete banquets in the Spring 2013 semester. Nohavitza was named Texas A&M College of Education and Human Development Distinguished Student in Spring 2012 and was named to the Dean’s Honor Roll in Fall 2012. While an undergraduate, she volunteered with Texas A&M’s Big Event, aiding elderly community members with yard work and house cleaning. She spent two years assisting the Lamar Consolidated High School All-Sports Booster Club with their events. ACADEMIC COORDINATOR/ DIRECTOR OF ENHANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Kelee RODDY

A three-time Academic All-Southland Conference performer, Kelee Roddy is in her fourth year with the Northwestern State athletic department and serves as an Academic Coordinator and the Director of the Enhanced Academic Program. Roddy is a magna cum laude graduate of NSU with a 3.82 grade point average in business administration in May 2012. She served as a student worker in the athletic department during her junior year where she found her passion for wanting to pursue a career in academics and student-athlete development, and quickly moved to the Johnnie Emmons Academic Study Center during her senior year. Shortly after graduation, she took on a full-time roll as Assistant Academic Coordinator and Director of the Enhanced Academic Program while pursuing her master’s degree. Roddy graduated with a master’s in sport administration from NSU in August 2014. Roddy currently oversees the sports of freshman and sophomore football, men’s and women’s track and field, and men’s and women’s cross country. As the Director of the Enhanced Academic Program, Roddy assists continuing student-athletes who are at-risk of becoming ineligible or new student-athletes who need additional support in their transition into college. During her time at NSU, Roddy was selected as one of 26 recipients of a 2012 Ethnic Minority and Women’s Enhancement Scholarship awarded by the NCAA to be applied to her postgraduate studies. She ranks third all-time in school history with 471 career strikeouts, leading the Lady Demons in that category in each of her last three seasons, averaging 1.4 per inning in her senior season. Roddy was a second-team All-Louisiana selection as a junior when she went 11-8 with a 1.40 earned run average that ranked 18th nationally. Roddy owns two of the 16 no-hitters in school history, blanking Alcorn State as a junior and Alabama State in her senior season. As a sophomore, she made the Capital One CoSIDA Academic All-District VI team and was Academic All-Southland Conference for the first time. Roddy is a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and Beta Gamma Sigma academic honor sorority, and was president of NSU’s Blue Key Honor Society while earning recognition in Who’s Who Among American Universities and Colleges. The former Kelee Grimes, a native of Pineville, La, married Mike Roddy in April 2013.

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Jason DRURY

HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER

Now in his ninth season at Northwestern State, Jason Drury was promoted to Head Athletic Trainer in 2012 after the retirement of long-time trainer Ed Evans. Drury joined the sports medicine staff at Northwestern State University in the summer of 2005 after being the head athletic trainer at Natchitoches Central for five years. In the spring of 2009, Drury took over as the head football athletic trainer for the Demons, after working for three seasons with the women’s soccer team and one season with men’s basketball team. A 1999 graduate of Idaho State University in biology, Drury worked with numerous sports in Pocatello, Idaho, including football, men’s basketball and track and field. Drury earned his master’s degree in sports administration from Northwestern State in 2001, during which time he worked as a graduate assistant athletic trainer for the NSU softball team. Drury is a native of Paoli, Ind. He and his wife, Toni, have been married for nine years. They have two children, Maddox and Kenzie.

Tim ADAMS

ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER

Tim Adams joined the Northwestern State Sports Medicine Staff in the summer of 2015. He is hired through NSU’s partnership with Natchitoches Regional Medical Center and will work primarily with the Demon football team. Adams received his master’s of science in sports medicine from Georgia State University in May 2015. While at GSU, he worked both as an Intern Athletic Trainer for one year as well as a Graduate Assistant for another two years. He worked with the Panthers football team over two seasons, as well as the track and field and softball teams. He graduated from Connecticut in May of 2012 with a B.S. in Athletic Training. While with the Huskies, Adams served as a student athletic trainer with the football and women’s ice hockey programs. He also worked for Eastern Connecticut State, the Xenia Scouts baseball team of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League, and Bloomfield High School as an athletic training student. Adams is a Licensed Athletic Trainer by the State of Louisiana Board of Medical Examiners and a Certified Athletic Trainer by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Board of Certification. He is a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association. Adams is also certified in CPR and first aid.

Esi ATINKAH

ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER

After earning her master’s degree from Northwestern State in May 2015, Esi Atinkah is in her first year as a full-time member of the Northwestern State athletic training staff. She is hired through NSU’s partnership with Natchitoches Regional Medical Center. Atinkah spent her graduate school tenure as the athletic trainer for the Northwestern State baseball team and will continue that role in the spring. During the fall, Atinkah was the athletic trainer for the NSU women’s soccer team. A 2013 University of Alabama graduate in athletic training, Atinkah worked with the Crimson Tide baseball, football, track, and tennis teams. She worked for six months at Central High School in Tuscaloosa along with the University Orthopedic Center. At Central, she evaluated upper and lower extremity injuries and assisted with practice and game coverage for basketball, softball, baseball, track and soccer. At University Orthopedic she assisted in rehabilitation with patients and applied therapeutic modalities. While working with the Tide baseball team she aided in athlete rehabilitation, concussion testing, therapy and participation physicals.

Anita MILLER

ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER

Starting her second year at Northwestern State, Anita Miller was hired in July 2014 after earning her master’s degree at Delta State University. At DSU she worked with the football, men’s and women’s basketball programs and the men’s soccer program. She worked with the women’s basketball team for two seasons and created numerous rehabilitation plans, including several post-op ACL reconstructions. She covered practices and home games for the football, men’s basketball and soccer teams for one season. A 2012 graduate of the University of Kansas, she graduated with a bachelor’s of science in athletic training while covering the football, spirit squad, women’s tennis and women’s swimming and diving teams. She also earned Kansas Athletic Trainers’ second-team all-academic honors, and was awarded the Mount Oread Scholar and School of Education Recognition Scholarship. Miller is CPR/AED certified, and certified as an instructor. She is also a National Athletic Trainers’ Association Board certified trainer.

Dr. Steven KAUTZ

HEAD TEAM PHYSICIAN

Dr. Steven Kautz is in his first season as the head team physician for Northwestern State athletics. Kautz is board certified in orthopedic medicine and serves as medical director for Natchitoches Regional Medical Center Sports Medicine and PRISM Sports Medicine and outpatient comprehensive therapy services. He received his Bachelor of Science at the University of California-Irvine and attended the University of Southern California School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency at LAC and USC Medical Center Department of Orthopedic Surgery. Kautz has been in private practice since 2000 and has worked with athletes on the professional, collegiate and high school level. He is affiliated with Natchitoches Regional Medical Center, Sabine Medical Center, DeSoto Regional Medical Center and University Hospital (LSU) in Shreveport. Addtionally, Kautz serves as an adjunct professor at LSU School of Medicine and is a member of the medical team for NRMC Comprehensive Wound Care Center. He is the team doctor for Many High School Sports and enjoys coaching local youth basketball and soccer teams. Kautz’s wife, Kathleen, is an internal medicine physician with the Natchitoches Medica Specialists Group. The couple has three children - Carissa, Andrew and Peter.

Dr. James KNECHT

TEAM PHYSICIAN

Dr. James Knecht has been a Northwestern State team physician since 1984. He finished his pre-med curriculum from LSU in 1975. While at LSU, he was an Academic All-SEC and Academic All-American football player in 1974. He has been in private practice family medicine in Natchitoches since 1982. In addition to being Northwestern’s team physician, he has also been Natchitoches Central’s team physician since 1992. Dr. Knecht is actively involved in many professional organizations, including the Natchitoches Parish Medical Society, Active Staff Physicians at Natchitoches Parish Hospital, and the Louisiana State Medical Society. He is also a Diplomat of the American Board of Family Practice and Fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice. His father, Gene, was an assistant football coach at Northwestern State and has been active in the Graduate N Club for three decades. His brother, Brett, is a three-year football letterman who served as Joe Delaney’s fullback. Knecht’s wife, Liz, is a CPA and an internal auditor at NSU. The couple has three chilrden - Ashley, Amanda and Landon - and two grandchildren, Ryder and Ian. TEAM DOCTOR Dr. Marc Stokes began his first year as a Northwestern State team doctor in 2015. Stokes is board certified in emergency medicine and serves as both medical director for Natchitoches Regional Medical Center Emergency Department and director of Natchitoches Parish Emergency Medical Services. He received his medical degree from LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport where he later served as Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and holds a B.S. in Biology from Northeast Louisiana University. He completed his emergency medicine residency program at Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Baton Rouge. He has extensive training in trauma and head injuries. In addition to his many honors and awards in emergency medicine, Stokes is a member of the medical team for the NRMC Comprehensive Wound Care Center. He is very involved with youth sports in Natchitoches and serves as the team physician for Natchitoches Central and St. Mary’s High Schools. Stokes also has found time to participate in medical mission trips to Kenya. Stokes’ wife, Mindy, is a former Northwestern State assistant women’s basketball coach. The couple has four children - Caroline, Connor, Catherine and Bailey.

Dr. Marc STOKES

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DOUG IRELAND

Assistant AD/ Sports Information Director In charge of athletic media relations at his alma mater since January 1989, Doug Ireland coordinates publicity efforts for Northwestern’s 14 intercollegiate sports teams through local, regional and national media outlets in print, broadcast, television and the internet. He also serves in the volunteer role of chairman of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. Ireland assumed that post in April 1990. His 1992 Demon Football Media Guide won “Best in the Nation” in FCS Division from the College Sports Information Directors of America. A 1997 story on Joe Delaney, “The Guy We Called Joe D,” won a national second-place award in a CoSIDA writing contest. Ireland has won numerous awards as SID from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. Several of his assistant SIDs and graduate assistants have advanced to prominence in media fields. Former NSU sports information staffers under Ireland include Bruce Ludlow, assistant commissioner of the Southland Conference for media relations; Bill Magrath, media relations manager for the Sports Business Daily; Mike Morrison, co-editor of the ESPN Information Please Almanac; Daucy Crizer, assistant AD and business manager at Lamar; Erik Cox, former SID at Lamar; Dart Volz, former SID at Southeastern Louisiana; Melissa Reynaud, former assistant SID at LSU; Kenny Lannou, SID at Kansas State; Matthew Bonnette, SID at McNeese State and Troy Mitchell, SID at Henderson State. Dustin Eubanks, NSU’s director of NCAA compliance, worked in the NSU SID office as a graduate assistant and for two years as the full-time assistant, and Adam Jonson, NSU’s associate athletic director for external relations, was a student and graduate assistant in the SID office. In 1981-82, while an undergraduate at Northwestern, Ireland worked as chief of the Shreveport Times Natchitoches Bureau, coordinating news coverage of an eight-parish region along the Red River. From 1982-85, he was assistant SID at Southwestern Louisiana, working with a men’s basketball program that made three straight postseason tournament appearances. He won CoSIDA publications and writing awards while at USL. Ireland was the sports editor of the Natchitoches Times in 1985-86 and attended graduate school at Northeast Louisiana before joining the Alexandria Town Talk sports staff in 1987. In 18 months at the Town Talk, he covered both NSU and LSU sports and won 15 writing awards from the Louisiana Sports Writers’ Association. In 2001, the LSWA presented its prestigious Mac Russo Award to Ireland for his contributions to the organization. In 1999, Ireland was awarded honorary membership in the Graduate N Club at NSU by the university’s group of athletic lettermen for his service to Northwestern and its athletic program, and in 2003 he was given full membership. He was appointed by President Dr. Randall Webb to serve a two-year term on the inaugural University Planning Council in 1997-99. In 2008, he was awarded the the National Football Foundation “Distinguished American” award and in 2012 he was honored by the Alexandria Town Talk by being named the “CENLA Sportsman of the Year” award for his work as an SID and toward the completion of the $23 million Hall of Fame Museum. A member of the Blue Key National Honor Fraternity and a student government senator while completing a journalism degree from Northwestern, Ireland was editor of the student newspaper “Current Sauce” as a sophomore before going to work for the Shreveport Times. He was an all-district baseball player and the student body president at Jonesboro-Hodge High School, where he was a wingback for the Tigers’ 1977 Class AA state football finalists coached by the late Don Shows.

JASON PUGH

Assistant Sports Information Director A 12-year veteran of The (Shreveport) Times newsroom, Jason Pugh is in his second year as the assistant sports information director at Northwestern State after joining the department in October 2014. During his tenure at The Times, Pugh was the Northwestern State football and men’s basketball beat writer from 2010-2013 and covered the 2012-13 NSU team that captured the program’s third NCAA Tournament berth. Prior to covering area college athletics, Pugh was the primary high school sports writer at The Times, during which he covered several athletes whose careers led them to Northwestern State, including AllSouthland Conference men’s basketball performers Jalan West and Zeek Woodley and former All-Southland Conference third baseman Chase Daughdrill (baseball). While at The Times, Pugh had the opportunity to cover all three World Series that have taken place in Texas, one College World Series, one NCAA Men’s Final Four and Super Bowl XLV. He has won first-place awards in Best Feature Story and Best Sports Story from the Louisiana Press Association and first place in Best Prep Feature from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. He also has captured numerous other awards for writing and design from the LSWA. While a student at Louisiana-Lafayette, Pugh was the sports editor of the campus newspaper, The Vermilion, for two years and was a part of the sports information office for three years. In 2000-01, Pugh was the primary media contact for the inaugural season of Lady Cajuns soccer and for the nationally ranked Ragin’ Cajuns baseball team, which made its lone College World Series appearance the previous year. A 1997 graduate of Airline High School in Bossier City, Pugh was named the 2001 Louisiana-Lafayette Department of Communication Outstanding Graduate. He completed requirements for a master’s of science in sport management from the Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management at the University of Massachusetts in May.

They cover the Demons: primary media outlets Daily Newspapers -LaMar Gafford, Randy Benson, Sports, Alexandria Daily Town Talk, P.O. Box, 7558, Alexandria, LA 71306 (318-487-6351, fax 487-6315) - Roy Lang III, Luke Thompson, Scott Ferrell, Sports, The Times, 222 Lake Street, Shreveport, LA 71101 (318-459-3296, 800-462-6436, fax 459-3301) - Joe Schiefelbein, Sports, Baton Rouge Advocate, P.O. Box 588, Baton Rouge, LA 70821 (225-383-1111, fax 388-0371) - Russell Hedges, Sports, Bossier Press Tribune, 4250 Viking Dr., Bossier City, LA 71111 (318-352-3618, fax 747-5298) - Daniel Green, Leesville Daily Leader, P.O. Box 619, Leesville, LA 71446 (318-239-3444, fax 318-238-1552)

Non-Daily Newspapers - NSU Current Sauce, Kyser Hall, Natchitoches, LA 71497 (318-357-5456, fax 357-6564) - Sports, Times-Picayune/NOLA.com, 3800 Howard Ave., New Orleans, LA 70140 (504-826-3405, fax 826-3401) - Chris Salim, Natchitoches Times, 904 Hwy. 1 South, Natchitoches, LA 71457 (318-352-3618, fax 352-7842)

Television Stations - Kelsey Wingert, Luke Edwards KALB-TV, 605 Washington St., Alexandria, LA 71306 (318-445-6397 exts. 516, 523; fax 442-7427) - Shayne Wright, Matt Harris, Rashad Johnson, KSLA-TV, 1812 Fairfield Ave., Shreveport, LA 71104 (318-677-6709, fax 677-6705) - Tim Owens, Kamady Rudd, KTAL-TV, 3150 N. Market St., Shreveport, LA 71107 (318-629-7134, 7133, fax 318-629-7171) - Tatum Everett, Alex Anderson, Daniel Brown, KTBS-TV, 312 E. Kings Hwy., Shreveport LA 71104 (318-861-5838, fax 318-862-9431) - David Antilley II, NSU-TV, 104A Kyser Hall, P.O. Box 5273, Natchitoches, LA 71497 (318-357-4417) Campus Radio Station - KNWD, 109 Kyser Hall, P.O. Box 5273, Natchitoches, LA 71497 (318-357-5693) Wire Service - Bret Martel, Associated Press, 1001 Howard Ave. Suite 200A, New Orleans, LA 70113 (800-662-7717, 504-523-3931, fax 586-0531)

Conference/NCAA Offices - Calhoun Hipp Southland Conference, 2600 Network Blvd., Suite 150, Frisco, TX 75034 (972-422-9500, fax 422-9225) - Jim Wright, NCAA Statistics, P.O. Box 6222, Indianapolis, IN 46206 (317-917-6222, fax 917-6888)

National Outlets - USA Today, 7950 Jones Branch Dr., McLean, VA 22107 (703-276-3400) - Sports Illustrated, Time/Life Building, New York, NY 10020 (212-522-5782, 212-977-4540/4541) - Sporting News, Box 56, St. Louis, MO 63166 (800-433-1886, 314-993-7111) - CBS Sports, 51 W52nd St., 30th Floor, New York, NY 10019 (212-975-5162/3559) - ABC Sports, 1330 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10019 (212-456-7777) - ESPN, ESPN Plaza, Bristol, CT 06010 (203-585-2154/2125, 800-843-6416) - CNN, One CNN Plaza, 100 International Blvd., Atlanta, GA 30348 (404-822-1588) - SportsTicker, Harborside Financial Center, 600 Plaza Two, Jersey City, NJ 07311 (800-367-8935)

SPORTS INFORMATION STAFF

Davey Antilley Statistician/ Video

Dr. Charles Pellegrin Statistician

David Antilley Statistician

Matthew Vines Graduate Assistant

Ronnie Pellegrin SID Admin. Asst.

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track & field Conference champions Individual Champions

Gulf States Conference Year Athlete Event Result 1949 Claude Stoutamire High Jump 5-11.75 1950 John Patton 120 Hurdles 15.2 1952 Johnny Buck Pole Vault 12-0 Jack Bice Long Jump 22-10 Art Ranew Javelin 176-5 Ledore Gillen 440 Yds 49.4 Dennis Ryder 2 Mile 9:58.5 1953 Bill Collinsworth Long Jump 22-4 Mixon Bankston Shot Put 45-0.5 Doak Walker 440 Yds 49.4 Ledore Gillen 880 Yds 2:00.00 Dennis Ryder 2 Mile 10:18.5 1954 Charles Johnson Discus 135-11 1/8 Billy Dave Javelin 171-0 Mixon Bankston Shot Put 48-3 1/8 Larry Whitt Long Jump 22-10.5 Linden Claybrook Mile Run 4:32.6 Doak Walker 440 Yds 48.8 Doak Walker 880 Yds 1:59.7 Mile Relay 3:25 (T. Hildebrand, D. Walker, M. Walker, J.P. Self) 1955 Ted Duggan High Jump 6-7 Lacey Lofton Pole Vault 12-7.75 Larry Whitt Long Jump 22-10 Mixon Bankston Shot Put 51-3.75 Charles Johnson Discus 143-11.5 Jack Bice 220 Yds 21.8 J.P. Self 440 Yds 49.3 Harold Smith 880 Yds 2:00.44 1956 Ted Duggan High Jump 6-6.25 Steve Jordan Long Jump 21-10 Charlie Hennigan 440 Yds 47.8 Charlie Hennigan 880 Yds 1:59.00 1957 Bobby Wicher High Jump 5-10 Don Bowden Long Jump 21-1.5 Ludwig Bauderies Shot Put 49-11.75 Charles Johnson Discus 144-2 Lou Leipen Javelin 202-11.5 Steve Jordan 220 Yds 22.0 Charlie Hennigan 440 Yds 50.0 Harold Smith 880 Yds 1:58.9 1958 Bobby Wicker High Jump 6-3 Bert Heckel Shot Put 51-5.5 Bert Heckel Discus 142-5 Lou Leipen Javelin 205-0 Charlie Hennigan 440 Yds 49.2 1959 Bobby Wicker High Jump 6-3 Bert Heckel Shot Put 49-0 Bert Heckel Discus 138-10.5 Dale Hoffpuar Javelin 211-0.5 Sylvester Jimes 440 Yds 48.0 1962 Larry Crow High Jump 6-0 Larry Crow Long Jump 23-0.25 Gary Johnson High Jump 6-0 1963 Gary Johnson Pole Vault 14-6 1964 Gary Johnson Pole Vault 14-6 Monty Ledbetter Long Jump 23-11 Ray Hale Mile Run 4:12.3 1965 Dick Reding Shot Put 53-1 Glenn Ermatinger Javelin 233-1 Bob Dufalo 880 Yds 1:50.3 1966 Dick Reding Shot Put 53-3 Bob Dufalo 880 Yds 1:52.9 Bob Dufalo Mile Run 4:13.3 Eddie Watt 2 Mile Run 9:24.8 1967 Paul Truman Mile Run 4:10.0 Paul Truman 3 Mile Run 14:46.8 1969 Farrell Soileau Triple Jump 46-9.5 Paul Truman 2 Mile Run 9:10.5 1971 Tommy Wilson High Jump 6-6 1973 Terry Skaggs 880 Yds 1:53.1 Frank Trammel 3 Mile Run 14:31.7 Mike Brown Long Jump 23-10 1974 Terry Skaggs 880 Yds 1:53.8 Frank Trammel 3 Mile Run 14:24.5 Grady Lee Discus 156-8.5 Bobby McIntosh Triple Jump 49-4 Mike Brown Long Jump 24-8 Brian McConnell Javelin 214-8 1975 Leo Gatson Mile Run 4:08.7 Brian McConnell Javelin 215-1 Gulf Star Conference 1985 Terry Douglas Decathlon Steve Stockton Javelin Kevin Johnson Shot Put Kevin Johnson Discus Eric Barber Long Jump Eric Barber Triple Jump Edgar Washington 100 Meters 400m Relay (E. Washington, K. Mosely, P. McGlory, A. Charles) 1986 Eric Lee High Jump Kelvin Barber Long Jump Kenneth DeWitt 200 Meters 400m Relay (K. DeWitt, A. Edwards, E. Cooper, C. Davis) 1600m Relay (L. Chatman, E. Cooper, T. Thomas, J. Sampson) 1987 Brian Brown High Jump Brian Brown Triple Jump Llewellyn Starks Long Jump Paul Oenbrink Discus Jamie Horn 110 Hurdles Chester Davis 100 Meters Chester Davis 200 Meters 400m Relay (A. Edwards, K. DeWitt, E. Cooper, C. Davis)

6396 240-3 58-7 165-0 26-3 53-8 10.72 40.84 6-10 25-1.25 21.74 41.73

7-3 49-7 26-4.25 170-11 14.29 10.47 21.11 40.11

1600m Relay (E. Cooper, C. Davis, R. Wilkins, L. Chatman)

3:16.17

Southland Conference Outdoor Year Athlete Event Result 1988 Brian Brown High Jump 7-3.5 Al Edwards 100 Meters 10.47 400m Relay 39.70 (K. DeWitt, E. Cooper, C. Davis, A. Edwards) 1990 Peggy Lewis Shot Put 47-5.25 400m Relay 40.04 (D. West, C. Casteal, C. Walters, F. Thompson) 1600m Relay 3:07.56 (Chris Carter, Clarence Walters, Adrian Hardy, Chris Casteal) 1991 Peggy Lewis Shot Put 48-5.25 LaMark Carter Triple Jump 52-5.25 Eric Lancelin High Jump 6-10.75 1992 LaMark Carter Triple Jump 51-7 LaMark Carter Long Jump 25-4 Shane Culver Javelin 210-11 1600m Relay 3:11.01 (C. Walters, C. Thompson, S. Abernathy, F. Thompson) Janice Miller High Jump 5-6 Marlene Garner 100 Meters 11.74 1993 Marlene Garner 100 Meters 11.47 400m Relay 40.16 (M. Cervantes, S. Montague, F. Thompson, L. Carter) 1600m Relay 3:09.38 (C. Thompson, C. Matthews, C. Williams, F. Thompson) Clinton Williams 400 Hurdles 51.67 LaMark Carter Triple Jump 55-2.75 Eric Lancelin High Jump 7-1.75 1994 Ryan Martin Shot Put 55-1.5 Ryan Martin Discus 170-3 1995 Terrance Bean High Jump 7-1.75 1996 Niema Malone Long Jump 19-7 Terrance Bean High Jump 7-3 Mike Heimerman Shot Put 56-1 1997 Tabitha Johnigan Shot Put 49-7 1998 Ronnie Powell 100 Meters 10.27 Ronnie Powell 200 Meters 20.97 Kenta Bell Triple Jump 52-6.75 400m Relay 40.24 (M. Green, R. Powell, J. Coleman, H. Jones) 1600m Relay 3:41.67 (S. Kyles, C. Clabon, D. Thompson, J. Gibson) Felipe Apablaza High Jump 6-11.75 Shekerah Kyles 400 Meters 54.97 1999 Felipe Apablaza High Jump 7-2 Kenta Bell Triple Jump 54-2 Chad Miller 100 Meters 10.44 Regina Roe Javelin 166-9 Tiffany Cronin Triple Jump 42-0.25 Dasha Thompson 200 Meters 23.81 2000 Jacqueline Canton High Jump 5-10.5 Jacqueline Canton Triple Jump 40-1.5 Tyson Dillard Triple Jump 53-7.75 Hector Andujo 1500 Meters 3:55.39 Latrell Frederick Javelin 228-2 2001 Linette Stuart Javelin 141-8 Latrell Frederick Javelin 245-0 David Williams Triple Jump 51-10 400m Relay 40.12 (P. Stephens, E. Louis, R. Etheridge, H. Jones) 2002 Brittany Littlejohn 100M Hurdles 13.42 Stephanie Sowell Triple Jump 43-0 Issa Banna Shot Put 53-2.75 2003 Samantha Ford Javelin 161-8 Brittany Littlejohn 100M Hurdles 13.47 Stephanie Sowell Long Jump 20-10.5 Stephanie Sowell Triple Jump 42-6.25 Issa Banna Shot Put 57-1 Latrell Frederick Javelin 231-5 Cedric Scott Long Jump 24-9 Cameron Waugh High Jump 6-11.5 2004 Issa Banna Shot Put 59-04.25 2005 Derrion Harris High Jump 6-10.75 Stephanie Sowell Triple Jump 42-2.75 2006 Shanae Steward 100M Hurdles 13.67 2007 Ravyn Hayward 100 Meters 10.30 Cody Fillinich Javelin 237-01 2008 Trecey Rew Discus 151-06 2009 Michael Hill 110M Hurdles 13.95 Cody Fillinich Javelin 239-10 2010 4x100 Relay 45.52 (A. Kotun, S. VanBuren, C. Seibles,A. Forest) Trecey Rew Shot Put 54-04.50 Trecey Rew Discus 176-08 Justin Walker 200 Meters 20.49 Mike Green 400 Meters 46.66 4x400 Relay 3:07.68 (M. Batts, K. Taylor, J. Emery, M. Green) 2011 4x100 Relay 40.57 (R. Hatton, A. Smith, K. Perry, J. Walker) 2011 Trecey Rew Discus 180-01 Jessica Talley Javelin 145-11 2012 Ashley Aldredge Javelin 151-08 2013 Janae Allen Discus 161-07 Justin Walker 100M Dash 10.25 Hanoj Carter 200M Dash 20.73 2014 Consuela Lindsey 400M Hurdles 58.05 Por’sha Thomas Triple Jump 41-7 Rechelle Bessard Discus 163-5 Jessica Talley Javelin 157-11 Mawardi Berkhadley Heptathlon 3891 Justin Walker 100 Meters 9.95 Justin Walker 200 Meters 20.47 400m Relay 39.89 (S. Ryan, K. Jackson, J. Walker, T. Shilling) 2015 Emmanuel Williams Long Jump 24-10

NSU track coaches Jerry Dyes (left), Walter Ledet (middle) and Leon Johnson have combined to win 15 team titles.

Emmanuel Williams Por’sha Thomas Rechelle Bessard Ashley Aldredge

Triple Jump Triple Jump Discus Javelin

50-11 42-01.25 164-03 154-04

Indoor Year Athlete Event Result 1993 LaMark Carter 55M Dash 6.30 LaMark Carter Triple Jump 54-2 1600 Meter Relay (C. Thompson, R. Raphael, C. Matthews, F. Thompson) Robert Raphael 400 Meters 49.72 1994 Ryan Martin Shot Put 55-9 Eric Lancelin Triple Jump 51-10 Terrance Bean High Jump 7-1 1995 Terrance Bean High Jump 7-0 1996 Joe Rhyans 55M Hurdles 7.55 1997 Kenta Bell Triple Jump 49-2.25 Ronnie Powell 55 Meters 6.42 1998 Kenta Bell Long Jump 24-9.25 Kenta Bell Triple Jump 50-4.75 Ronnie Powell 55 Meters 6.30 Ronnie Powell 200 Meters 21.27 Janelle Gibson 400 Meters 55.31 1999 Dasha Thompson 200 Meters 24.95 Dasha Thompson 60 Meters 7.57 Ronnie Powell 60 Meters 6.86 Kendrick Turner Triple Jump 50-3.25 Felipe Apablaza High Jump 6-11 2000 Jacqueline Canton High Jump 5-8 2001 Brittany Littlejohn 60M Hurdles 8.66 Jacqueline Canton High Jump 5-8 2002 Shannon Joshua Triple Jump 49-8.25 Brittany Littlejohn 60M Hurdles 8.45 2003 Jacqueline Canton High Jump 5-10.25 Brittany Littlejohn 60M Hurdles 8.53 Stephanie Sowell Long Jump 20-10.5 Stephanie Sowell Triple Jump 43-0.25 Terry Gatson 400 Meters 48.16 Cameron Waugh High Jump 6-9 4x400m Relay 3:12.70 (M. Pitre, D. Pittman, J. Wolfe, T. Gatson) 2004 Stephanie Sowell Long Jump 20-03.5 Stephanie Sowell Triple Jump 42-09.5 TaMeshia Miller 60M Hurdles 8.60 2005 Issa Banna Shot Put 57-8.5 Ravyn Hayward 60 Meters 6.82 J.D. Henry 200 Meters 21.64 TaMeshia Miller 60 Meters 8.48 2006 Ravyn Hayward 60 Meters 6.80 Darrian Harris High Jump 2007 Ravyn Hayward 60 Meters 6.70 Shanae Steward 60 M Hurdles 8.51 2008 Trecey Rew Shot Put 49-9.25

2009 None 2010 Trecey Rew Shot Put 2011 4x440 Relay (C. Seibles, C. Lindsy, A. Warren, Q. Griffin) Trecey Rew Shot Put Trecey Rew Weight 2012 None 2013 Jerrica Tillery Triple Jump Kendal Taylor 200M Dash 2014 Por’sha Thomas Triple Jump Mawardi Berkhadley Pentathlon Justin Walker 60 Meters Justin Walker 200 Meters Emmanuel Williams Long Jump Emmanuel Williams Triple Jump 2015 Brent Giddens 60 Meters Aaron Williams Triple Jump Aaron Williams Long Jump Cedric Paul Shot Put Por’sha Thomas Triple Jump Keona Jackson Shot Put

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52-02.50 3:49.30 50-08.75 58-00.25 40-02.25 21.51 39-9.25 2963 6.71 21.17 25-6 50-4.75 8.13 51-01 24-07.75 53-00.25 39-11.25 49-11.25

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Conference results Men’s Team Finishes

Outdoor Year Place 1949 5th 1950 6th 1951 5th 1952 2nd 1953 1st 1954 1st 1955 1st 1956 1st 1957 1st 1958 2nd 1959 2nd 1960 3rd 1961 5th 1962 4th 1963 4th 1964 3rd 1965 3rd 1966 3rd 1967 6th 1968 6th 1969 6th 1970 6th 1971 6th 1973 4th 1974 1st 1975 2nd 1985 1st 1986 2nd 1987 1st 1988 4th 1989 7th 1990 3rd 1991 4th 1992 4th 1993 1st 1994 4th 1995 5th 1996 3rd 1997 4th 1998 3rd 1999 1st 2000 4th 2001 3rd 2002 1st 2003 3rd 2004 5th 2005 4th 2006 8th 2007 7th 2008 10th 2009 7th 2010 6th 2011 6th 2012 9th 2013 5th 2014 5th 2015 7th

Coach Harry Turpin Harry Turpin Harry Turpin Walter Ledet Walter Ledet Walter Ledet Walter Ledet Walter Ledet Walter Ledet Walter Ledet Walter Ledet Walter Ledet Walter Ledet Walter Ledet Walter Ledet Walter Ledet Ernest Howell Ernest Howell John Thompson John Thompson John Thompson John Thompson Glen Gossett Jerry Dyes Jerry Dyes Jerry Dyes Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Mike Heimerman Mike Heimerman

Indoor Year Place Coach 3rd Leon Johnson 1989 4th Leon Johnson 1990 6th Leon Johnson 1991 6th Leon Johnson 1992 3rd Leon Johnson 1993 1st Leon Johnson 1994 1st Leon Johnson 1995 3rd Leon Johnson 1996 4th Leon Johnson 1997 3rd Leon Johnson 1998 1st Leon Johnson 1999 2nd Leon Johnson 2000 3rd Leon Johnson 2001 1st Leon Johnson 2002 4th Leon Johnson 2003 2nd Leon Johnson 2004 5th Leon Johnson 2005 6th Leon Johnson 2006 5th Leon Johnson 2007 9th Leon Johnson 2008 6th Leon Johnson 2009 9th Leon Johnson 2010 9th Leon Johnson 2011 10th Leon Johnson 2012 10th Leon Johnson 2013 5th Leon Johnson 2014 5th Mike Heimerman 2015 6th Mike Heimerman

Conf. Gulf States Gulf States Gulf States Gulf States Gulf States Gulf States Gulf States Gulf States Gulf States Gulf States Gulf States Gulf States Gulf States Gulf States Gulf States Gulf States Gulf States Gulf States Gulf States Gulf States Gulf States Gulf States Gulf States Gulf South Gulf South Gulf South Gulf Star Gulf Star Gulf Star Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Conf. 1988 Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

6th 5th 10th 8th 7th 8th 10th 7th 5th 2nd 7th 4th 3rd 3rd

Indoor Year Place 1988 8th 1989 6th 1990 7th 1991 7th 1992 6th 1993 4th 1994 4th 1995 4th 1996 9th 1997 6th 1998 5th 1999 3rd 2000 3rd 2001 3rd 2002 5th 2003 4th 2004 7th 2005 8th 2006 7th 2007 7th 2008 9th 2009 9th 2010 5th 2011 5th 2012 10th 2013 7th 2014 7th 2015 5th

Dean Johnson Dean Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Mike Heimerman Mike Heimerman Mike Heimerman Mike Heimerman Mike Heimerman Mike Heimerman Mike Heimerman Mike Heimerman

Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland

Coach Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Chris Maggio Chris Maggio Chris Maggio Chris Maggio Chris Maggio Dean Johnson Dean Johnson Dean Johnson Dean Johnson Dean Johnson Dean Johnson Dean Johnson Dean Johnson Dean Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Mike Heimerman Mike Heimerman Mike Heimerman Mike Heimerman Mike Heimerman Mike Heimerman Mike Heimerman Mike Heimerman

Conf. Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland

NSU thrower Latrell Frederick (three conference titles in javelin), sprinter/ jumper LaMark Carter (seven league titles) and jumper Kenta Bell (five league titles) are three of the program’s most accomplished performers.

NSU jumper Stephanie Sowell won eight Southland Conference titles in her four-year tenure as a Lady Demon (2001-04).

Women’s Team Finishes

Outdoor Year Place 1986 6th 1987 3rd 1988 7th 1989 7th 1990 8th 1991 8th 1992 5th 1993 3rd 1994 6th 1995 6th 1996 5th 1997 3rd 1998 4th 1999 3rd 2000 3rd 2001 7th

Coach Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Chris Maggio Chris Maggio Chris Maggio Chris Maggio Chris Maggio Dean Johnson Dean Johnson Dean Johnson Dean Johnson Dean Johnson Dean Johnson Dean Johnson

Conf. Gulf Star Gulf Star Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland

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Indoor

Year 2014 2014 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 Joe Delaney 2011 2011 2011 2010 2009 2007 2006 2006 2005 3rd 2003 5th Mark Duper 2003 5th 2001 8th 2000 7th 1999 1998 1997 1996 1994 Cross Country 1993 1975 Leo Gatson Cross Country 1993 Latrell Frederick 1974 Frank Trammel Cross Country 1993 1991 1990 1988 1988 1987 1987 1987 1987 Eric Lancelin Al Edwards Regina Roe Brian Brown 1987 1984 1984 1984 1984 1983 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1981 1981 1981 1981 1981 1980 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1974 NSU’s 1981 NCAA Outdoor National Championship 4x100 Relay 1973 Year 2015 2014 2004 2004 2003 2003 2000 1998 1998 1997 1996 1994 1993 1990 1989 1988 1988 1987 1987 1980 1976 1976 1975

Athlete Aaron Williams Emmanuel Williams Stephanie Sowell Stephanie Sowell Stephanie Sowell Stephanie Sowell Kenta Bell Kenta Bell Ronnie Powell Terrance Bean Terrance Bean Eric Lancelin LaMark Carter Brian Brown Brian Brown Brian Brown Llewellyn Starks Llewellyn Starks Al Edwards Jarrot Handy Ricky Thomas Mike Brown Mike Brown

Event Triple Jump Long Jump Long Jump Triple Jump Long Jump Triple Jump Triple Jump Triple Jump 55M Dash High Jump High Jump Triple Jump Triple Jump High Jump High Jump High Jump Long Jump Long Jump 55M Dash Triple Jump Long Jump Long Jump Long Jump

Place 14th 4th 2nd 8th 7th 11th 3rd 8th 3rd 5th 3rd 8th 3rd Nat’l Champion

team of Joe Delaney, Mark Duper, Victor Oatis and Mario Johnson

Outdoor

Athlete Justin Walker Justin Walker Justin Walker Hanoj Carter Kendall Taylor Gabriel White Janae Allen Trecey Rew Trecey Rew Jessica Talley Trecey Rew Cody Fillinich Cody Fillinich Cody Fillinich Ravyn Hayward Cody Fillinich Samantha Ford Latrell Frederick Latrell Frederick Latrell Frederick Kenta Bell Ronnie Powell Ronnie Powell Terrance Bean Eric Lancelin LaMark Carter LaMark Carter Eric Lancelin LaMark Carter Brian Brown Brian Brown Llewellyn Starks Brian Brown Al Edwards Kenneth DeWitt Edgar Cooper Cedric Evans Mario Johnson Edgar Washington Cedric Evans Percy McGlory Steve Stockton Mark Duper Mark Duper Mario Johnson Edgar Washington Ray Brown John Campbell Joe Delaney Mark Duper Victor Oatis Mario Johnson Steve Stockton Jarrot Handy Robert Hardwell Robert Hardwell Robert Hardwell Andrew Morning Mike Brown Ricky Thomas Frank Trammel Leo Gatson Bobby McIntosh Randy Moore John Barrier Mike Brown Mike Brown

Event 200M Dash 100M Dash 4x100 Relay 4x100 Relay 4x100 Relay 4x100 Relay Discus Discus Shot Put Javelin Shot Put Javelin Javelin Javelin 100M Dash Javelin Javelin Javelin Javelin Javelin Triple Jump 100M Dash 100M Dash High Jump Triple Jump Triple Jump Long Jump Triple Jump Triple Jump High Jump High Jump Long Jump High Jump 4x100M Relay 4x100M Relay 4x100M Relay 4x100M Relay 4x100M Relay 4x100M Relay 4x100M Relay 4x100M Relay Javelin 100M 4x100M Relay 4x100M Relay 4x100M Relay 4x100M Relay Shot Put 4x100M Relay 4x100M Relay 4x100M Relay 4x100M Relay Javelin Long Jump 100M 200M 4x100M Relay 4x100M Relay 4x100M Relay 4x100M Relay 10,000M 1500M Triple Jump 3000M Steeplechase Pole Vault Long Jump Long Jump

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Place 3rd 4th 11th 11th 11th 11th 10th Nat’l Champion 15th 9th 9th 8th 4th 9th 10th 10th 12th 12th 5th 5th 8th 7th 7th 9th 7th 4th 10th 8th 8th 5th 6th 3rd 5th 8th 8th 8th 8th 6th 6th 6th 6th 2nd 4th 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 5th Nat’l Champion Nat’l Champion Nat’l Champion Nat’l Champion 3rd 5th

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Athlete Aaron Williams Emmanuel Williams Stephanie Sowell Stephanie Sowell Jacqueline Canton Stephanie Sowell Stephanie Sowell Stephanie Sowell Jacqueline Canton Kenta Bell Kenta Bell Kenta Bell Tyson Dillard Felilpe Apablaza Regina Roe Tiffany Cronin Tabitha Johnigan Ronnie Powell Kenta Bell Kenta Bell Kenta Bell Ronnie Powell Terrance Bean Kenta Bell Terrance Bean Terrance Bean Brian Brown Brian Brown Brian Brown Kenneth DeWitt Mario Johnson Athlete Ashley Aldredge Justin Walker Justin Walker Justin Walker Justin Walker Hanoj Carter Kendall Taylor Gabriel White Janae Allen Trecey Rew Trecey Rew Cody Fillinich Chad Leath Cody Fillinich Ravyn Hayward Cody Fillinich Ravyn Hayward Samantha Ford Cody Fillinich Shane Curlee Loren Martin Cameron Waugh Dawn Comeaux Samantha Ford Latrell Frederick Brittany Littlejohn Cedric Scott

Indoor

Marcus Pitre 4x400 Relay 2003 3:06.89 David Pittman 4x400 Relay 2003 Justin Wolfe 4x400 Relay 2003 Terry Gatson 4x400 Relay 2003 Brittany Littlejohn 100M Hurdles 2002 Camille Pouncy 100M Dash 2002 Justin Walker Stephanie Sowell Triple Jump 2002 Latrell Frederick Javelin 2001 Craig Nall Javelin 2001 Jacqueline Canton High Jump 2001 Latrell Frederick Javelin 2000 Regina Roe Javelin 2000 Tiffany Cronin Triple Jump 1999 Tabitha Johnigan Shot Put 1999 Trecey Rew Regina Roe Javelin 1999 Tabitha Johnigan Shot Put 1998 Regina Roe Javelin 1998 Tabitha Johnigan Shot Put 1997 Ronnie Powell 100M Dash 1997 Terrance Bean High Jump 1997 Sidney Montague Long Jump 1996 Terrance Bean High Jump 1996 Chad Leath Terrance Bean High Jump 1995 Adrian Kirk Triple Jump 1995 Emily Rudan Triple Jump 1995 Marlene Garner 100M Dash 1993 Joe Rhyans 110 Hurdles 1993 Michael Greer High Jump 1993 Michael Cervantes 400M Relay 1993 Sidney Montague 400M Relay 1993 Camille Pouncy Fred Thompson 400M Relay 1993 LaMark Carter 400M Relay 1993 LaMark Carter Triple Jump 1992 LaMark Carter 400M Relay 1991 Shane Abernathy 400M Relay 1991 Outdoor John Tappin 400M Relay 1991 Event Year Mark Fred Thompson 400M Relay 1991 Javelin 2015 158-0 Brian Brown High Jump 1990 100M Dash 2014 10.31 Jacqueline Canton Damon West 200M Dash 1990 200M Dash 2014 20.47 Damon West 100M Dash 1990 100M Dash 2013 10.33 Brian Brown High Jump 1988 4x100 Relay 2013 40.00 Edgar Cooper 400M Relay 1988 4x100 Relay 2013 40.00 Al Edwards 400M Relay 1988 4x100 Relay 2013 40.00 Kenneth DeWitt 400M Relay 1988 4x100 Relay 2013 40.00 Chester Davis 400M Relay 1988 Discus 2013 176-2 Brian Brown High Jump 1987 Shot Put 2010 53-06.50 Tabitha Johnigan Llewellyn Starks Long Jump 1987 Discus 2010 179-0 Kelvin Barber Long Jump 1985 Javelin 2009 225-1 Eric Barber Long Jump 1985 400M Hurdles 2008 51.26 Eric Barber Triple Jump 1985 Javelin 2007 237-02 Steve Stockton Javelin 1985 100M Dash 2007 10.29 Edgar Washington 200M Dash 1983 Javelin 2006 230-09 Wilson Brown 400M Relay 1983 100M Dash 2006 10.25 Percy McGlory 400M Relay 1983 Javelin 2006 160-09 Kenta Bell Mario Johnson 400M Relay 1983 Javelin 2005 218-0 Edgar Washington 400M Relay 1983 Javelin 2005 215-05 Rick Schweitzer Decathlon 1982 Javelin 2005 210-02 Joe Delaney 200M Dash 1981 High Jump 2004 6-11 Victor Oatis 400M Relay 1980 Javelin 2004 148-9 David Fuller 400M Relay 1980 Javelin 2003 161-8 Joe Delaney 400M Relay 1980 Javelin 2003 261-3 Mark Duper 400M Relay 1980 100M Hurdles 2003 13.13 Mark Duper 200M Dash 1980 Triple Jump 2003 52-6.75 LaMark Carter Facebook: Northwestern State • Twitter: @NSUDemons • #ForkEmDemons • Website: nsudemons.com Event Triple Jump Long Jump Long Jump Triple Jump High Jump Long Jump Triple Jump Triple Jump Triple Jump Triple Jump Triple Jump Long Jump Triple Jump High Jump Javelin Triple Jump Shot Put 100M Dash Long Jump Triple Jump Triple Jump 55M Dash High Jump Long Jump High Jump High Jump High Jump High Jump High Jump 200M Dash 55M Dash

Year 2015 2014 2004 2004 2003 2003 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1997 1997 1996 1995 1990 1989 1988 1987 1983

Mark 52-4.50 25-6 20-10.50 42-10.25 5-10.75 20-10.50 43-1 41-8.50 41-2.50 54-3.50 54-8.50 26-4.50 52-7.25 7-3 166-9 42-1.25 49-7.75 10.13 25-10.25 52-6.50 52-0 6.17 7-3 25-2 7-4.50 7-2 7-5.75 7-6 7-6.5 21.48 6.28

3:06.89 3:06.89 3:06.89 13.42 11.41 43-0 245-0 227-11 5-11.25 229-2 148-05 42-1.25 49-7.75 166-9 49-5.50 153-2 49-7 10.25 7-3 25-10 7-3.75 7-3-.50 51- 8.50 41-4.25 11.46 13.87 7-3 40.04 40.04 40.04 40.04 53- 9 39.96 39.96 39.96 39.96 7-5 20.74 10.36 7-5 39.70 39.70 39.70 39.70 7-4.25 26-2 25-10.50 26-3 53-8 254-4 20.80 39.93 39.93 39.93 39.93 7653 20.65 39.48 39.48 39.48 39.48 20.70

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4. Mike Hill 5. Eric Lee Tommy Mitchell

13.95 14.10 14.10

(2009)

400M HURDLES 1. Chad Leath 2. Clinton Williams 3. Carlos Minor 4. Wayne Jackson 5. Vince William

50.53 51.67 51.99 52.06 52.38

(2008) (5/15/93) (4/25/81) (4/21/90) (5/5/79)

100 METERS 1. Justin Walker Ronnie Powell 3. Mark Duper 4. Ravyn Howard 5. Joe Delaney

10.13 (5/1/10) 10.13 (6/11/14) 10.13 (4/25/98) 10.21 (4/15/82) 10.25 (4/8/06) 10.26 (5/22/81)

200 METERS 1. Justin Walker 2. Hanoj Carter 3. Joe Delaney 4. Damon West 4. Kendall Taylor

20.47 20.64 20.64 20.74 20.76

(5/11/14) (3/16/13) (5/2/81) (4/28/90) (5/13/12)

3000M STEEPLECHASE 1. Randy Moore 2. Leo Gatson 3. Tim Rosas 4. Nathanial McReynolds 5. John Been

400 METERS 1. Andrei Moore 2. Michael Green 3. Tommy Swacker 4. Tommy Thomas 5. Kendall Taylor

45.90 46.13 46.65 46.71 46.85

(4/30/76) (5/10/09) (5/21/76)

MARATHON 1. Mark Bolt 2. John Been 3. Frank Trammel 4. Windell Bonner

800 METERS 1. Leo Gatson 2. Bob Dufalo 3. Windell Bonner 4. Mark Spikes 5. Randy Robinson

1:49.24 1:49.60 1:50.37 1:50.23 1:50.37

(5/21/76) (5/8/65) (5/4/81) (4/21/90) (5/3/80)

1500 METERS 1. Billy Green 2. Leo Gatson 3. Paul Trueman 4. Randy Moore 5. Mark Spikes

3:46.45 3:46.93 3:49.60 3:50.40 3:52.45

(5/30/81) (5/22/76) (5/10/69) (5/10/75) (4/28/90)

3000 METER RUN 1. Josh Wilkins 2. Mitch Landry 3. Robert McCormack 4. Noah Murgor 5. Mark Dotson

8:41.83 9:06.07 9:06.47 9:09.57 9:10.16

(3/21/15) (3/16/13) (3/3/99) (2004, SLC) (3/10/12)

5000 METER RUN 1. Paul Trueman 2. Randy Moore 3. Frank Trammel 4. Billy Green 5. Jonah Chelimo

14:21.40 14:33.80 14:34.80 15:00.54 15:02.32

(1969) (1976) (3/8/75) (1981) (2002, SLC)

10,000 METER RUN 1. Frank Trammel 2. Leo Gatson 3. Damien Rosado 4. John Been 5. Al Hernandez

29:10.0 31:09.00 31:16.40 31:34.00 31:03.45

(5/22/76) (3/14/73) (1993) (3/24/73) (1993)

110M HURDLES 1. Joe Rhyans 2. Jamie Horn 3. J.D. Henry

13.85 13.88 13.93

(1993) (5/11/88) (3/11/05)

(5/1/10)

8:52.00 8:57.70 8:57.84 9:05.83 9:08.10

2:38:40.5 2:41:05.0 2:43:04.7 2:45:34.0

(5/6/77)

(4/3/76) (1974) (1996) (2009) (1974)

(5/24/76) (5/24/74) (1/27/73) (12/3/77)

Field Events JAVELIN 1. Latrell Frederick 2. Cody Fillinich 3. Craig Nall 4. Jeremy Lofton 5. Trevor Aldredge DISCUS 1. Allen Smith 2. Ryan Martin 3. Keith Armond 4. Paul Oenbrink 5. William Budro

261-9 239-10 228-8 219-9 219-6

180-8 175-11 176-3.75 176-0 173-5

(2001) (2009) (2001) (2002, SLC) (5/19/91)

(5/11/96) (5/15/93) (3/25/89) (2003)

SHOT PUT 1. John Campbell 2. Mike Heimerman 3. Issa Banna 4. Kevin Johnson 5. Ryan Martin

65-8.75 62-4.50 59-4.25 58-7 57-1

(6/5/82)

HIGH JUMP 1. Brian Brown 2. Terrance Bean 3. Michael Greer Felipe Apablaza 5. Eric Lancelin

7-8 7-4.50 7-3 7-3 7-1.75

(3/9/90) (1996)

LONG JUMP 1. Kenta Bell Llewellyn Starks Jarrot Handy 4. Eric Barber 5. Mike Brown

26-4.50 26-4.50 26-4.50 26-3 26-2

(1999) (4/24/87) (6/6/80)

TRIPLE JUMP 1. LaMark Carter 2. Kenta Bell

55-2.75 54-8.25

(1993) (1999)

3. Eric Lancelin 4. Eric Barbier 5. Tyson Dillard

54-8 53-08.00 (4/25/85) 53-7.75

POLE VAULT 1. John Barrier 2. Ted Methvin 3. Chad Barrios 4. Keith Porrier 5. Richard Whitaker Bill Mitchell

16-8.5 16-1 16-0 15-11 15-6 15-6

(3/20/79)

HAMMER THROW 1. Daniel Yarbrough 2. Hunter Brunet 3. Morgan Redmon

187-5 141-3 139-01

(2009)

(2/2/74)

(3/20/10)

WEIGHT THROW (Indoor) 1. Daniel Yarbrough 61-04.75 (2/20/09) 2. Cedric Paul 51-10 (1/22/16) 3. Morgan Redmon 47-10.50 (1/22/09) 4. Marquise Foster 43-9.50 (1/16/16) 5. Triston Dodd 40-07.50 JAVELIN (Old) 1. Steve Stockton 2. Glenn Ermatinger 3. Brian Mitchell 4. Ramon Triche 5. Lou Leipin

271-10 242-2.75 223-1.50 220-10 216-3

(6/6/83) (1996) (5/3/74) (1971) (1958)

DECATHLON 1. Rick Schweitzer 2. John Barrier 3. Paul Papillion 4. Trey Guillory 5. Terry Douglas

7,653 7,489 6,448 6,423 6,396

(5/23/82) (3/24/79) (5/17/99) (5/17/99)

HEPTATHLON 1. Jarrot Remo 2. Deylon Key

4,096 4,045

(2/16/16) (2/16/16)

(2004, SLC)

(4/24/99) (1993)

(4/10/76)

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Relays

4x100M RELAY 1. 39.03 Mario Johnson, Edgar Washington, Ray Brown, Mark Duper 2. 39.32 Victor Oatis, Joe Delaney, Mario Johnson, Mark Duper 3. 39.48 Victor Oatis, Joe Delaney, David Fuller, Mark Duper 4. 39.54 Mario Johnson, Joe Delaney, Ray Brown, Mark Duper 39.54 Mario Johnson, Percy McGlory, Edgar Washington, Mark Duper

(6/5/82) (6/6/81) (4/26/80) (4/25/81) (4/2/82)

4X200M RELAY 1. 1:22.08 Mario Johnson, Edgar Washington, Mark Duper, Percy McGlory 2. 1:22.50 Mario Johson, David Fuller, Joe Delaney, Mark Duper 3. 1:22.64 Percy McGlory, Edgar Washington, Mario Johnson, Cedric Evans 4. 1:23.35 Gabriel White, Hanoj Carter, Justin Walker, Kendall Taylor 5. 1:23.35 Mario Johnson, Percy McGlory, Edgar Washington, David Fuller

(4/23/82) (4/3/81) (4/7/84) (3/30/13) (4/2/82)

4x400M RELAY 1. 3:06.89 Marcus Pitre, David Pittman, Justin Wolfe, Terry Gatson 2. 3:07.06 Mike Batts, Kendall Taylor, Jeremy Emery, Mike Green 3. 3:07.56 Edgar Washington, Tommy Thomas, Donald Toussaint, Wilson Brown 3:07.56 Chris Carter, Clarence Walers, Adrian Hardy, Chris Casteal 5. 3:07.91 Kennan Jackson, Gabriel White, Amir James, Anthony Taylor

(2003, SLC) (4/3/10) (5/4/85) (4/21/90) (5/10/15)

4X800M RELAY 1. 7:20.70 Randy Robinson, Billy Green, Vic Bradford, Windell Bonner 2. 7:37.58 at Texas Relays 3. 7:39.59 DJ Beyette, Antwonne Cobbin, Lawrence Jackson, Travis Plumb 4. 7:40.30 Keith Carter, Randy Robinson, Kelvin Stewart, Windell Bonner 5. 7:45.49 Austin McCauslin, Lawrence Jackson, Antwonne Cobbin, Matt Rodell

(4/25/81) (4/1/99) (3/29/12) (1978) (3/28/13)

SPRINT MEDLEY 1. 3:17.07 Mike Brown, Robert Hardwell, Andrei Moore, Leo Gatson 2. 3:19.45 Robert Hardwell, Andrew Morning, Andrei Moore, Leo Gatson 3. 3:22.43 William Dunn, Mark Duper, Tommy Swacker, Windell Bonner 4. 3:29.22 Raymond Hatton, Quincy Davison, Dezrick Williams, Karllis Perry 5. 3:29.97 Gabriel White, Amir James, Anthony Taylor, Grant Butts

(4/3/76) (4/2/76) (1978) (3/26/11) (3/14/15)

DISTANCE MEDLEY 1. 9:57.20 Chris Digrazia, Leo Gatson, Frank Trammel, Randy Moore 2. 9:59.70 Terry Skaggs, Andrei Moore, Leo Gatson, Frank Trammel 3. 10:02.70 Windell Bonner, Victor Bradford, Tommy Swacker, Billy Green 4. 10:07.10 John Taylor, Ricky Thomas, Frank Trammel, Randy Moore 5. 10:08.30 Randy Robinson, Keith Carter, Windell Bonner, Billy Green

(4/5/75) (2/8/74) (3/14/81) (1974) (4/16/78)

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2. Jacqueline Rushford 11:47.15 (5/9/15) 3. Courtney Hershberger 11:58.11 (3/14/09) 4. Emily Sitarz 12:26.03 (3/28/15)

100 METERS 1. Camille Pouncy 2. Marlene Garner 3. Anna Forest 4. Dasha Thompson 5. Cynthia Owens

11.41 11.47 11.61 11.69 11.72

(2002, SLC) (4/24/93) (5/1/10) (5/19/98) (1994)

200 METERS 1. Contance Seibles 2. Anna Forest Dasha Thompson 4. Marlene Garner 5. De’Shayln Jones 5. Cynthia Owens

23.67 23.71 23.71 23.98 23.99 24.19

(5/01/10) (5/1/10) (4/25/98) (4/24/93) (4/25/15) (3/19/94)

400 METERS 1. Quianna Griffin 2. De’Shayln Jones 2. Shekerah Kyles 3. Janelle Gibson 4. Deidra Truss 5. Constance Seibles Regina Shaw

53.63 54.80 54.97 55.13 55.18 55.38 55.38

(5/13/12) (4/11/15) (5/19/98) (5/18/98) (5/13/06) (5/1/11) (5/6/91)

Field Events JAVELIN 1. Regina Roe 2. Ashley Aldredge 3. Samantha Ford 4. Jessica Talley 5. Kelsey Frank

166-09 (5/17/99) 166-00 (4/6/12) 162-07 (2006) 159-03.25 (3/14/15) 155-0 (4/25/15)

800 METERS 1. Christal Traylor 2. Malissa Carr 3. Andrea Warren 4. Carla Davison 5. Taylor Utsey

2:11.38 2:12.26 2:12.44 2:12.74 2:12.76

(5/3/98) (3/15/97) (5/10/09) (1993) (3/19/11)

DISCUS 1. Trecey Rew 2. Janae Allen 3. Rechelle Bessard 4. Shakemia Johnson 5. Keona Jackson

192-04 176-02 174-11 156-01 152-08

(6/8/11) (6/6/13) (4/11/15) (3/28/13) (3/28/15)

1500 METERS 1. Christal Traylor 2. Malissa Carr 3. Karensa Ellis 4. Sarah Emory 5. Molly Magill

4:40.61 4:41.12 4:41.90 4:42.37 4:43.29

(4/25/98) (3/22/97) (3/17/12) (4/6/12) (3/22/97)

SHOT PUT 1. Trecey Rew 2. Keona Jackson 3. Tabitha Johnigan 4. Peggy Lewis 5. Chantell Bratton

57-0.25 50-00.50 49-7.75 48-5.25 47-11.25

(6/16/11) (4/25/15) (5/28/99) (5/21/91) (4/6/12)

3000 METER RUN 1. Maryalyce Walsh Judy Norris 3. Molly Magill 4. Sarah Emory 5. Jody Gowdy

10:22.16 10:22.16 10:25.23 10:29.48 10:31.32

(3/29/92) (1993) (4/26/97) (4/6/12) (5/17/99)

HIGH JUMP 1. Jackie Canton 2. Christin Carter 3. Janice Miller 4. Tonya Wilson 5. Keyera Thomas

5-11.25 5-10.75 5-8.50 5-08 5-07.75

(2001) (2001-02) (5/19/91)

POLE VAULT 1. Haley Blount 2. Angel Villa 3. Danielle Moss

11-6.25 (2006) 10-11.75 10-11.75

184-08.75 (3/14/15) 184-08 (4/26/14) 183-7 (5/29/09) 178-07 (4/18/15) 174-11 (4/19/13)

100M HURDLES 1. Brittany Littlejohn 2. Yetta James 3. TaMeshia Miller 4. Shanae Steward 5. Braneshia Payton

13.13 13.40 13.55 13.60 13.87

(2003) (5/9/87) (2006) (5/26/06) (5/10/15)

HAMMER THROW 1. Rechelle Bessard 2. Rechelle Bessard 3. De’Jon Griffin 4. Keona Jackson 5. Janae Allen

400M HURDLES 1. Consuela Lindsay 2. Lakeisha Henderson 3. Makele Carr 4. Angela Penzi 5. Rachel Hoffman

58.05 1:01.89 1:01.98 1:03.01 1:03.12

(5/11/14) (1998) (4/24/99) (5/17/94) (4/22/06)

WEIGHT THROW (Indoor) 1. Rechelle Bessard 64-05.25 2. Keona Jackson 61-05 3. Rechelle Bessard 58-08.00 4. Trecey Rew 57-09.75 5. Janae Allen 56-10.00

(1/16/15) (2/16/15) (2/24/14) (1/15/11) (2/15/13)

HEPTATHLON 1. Mawi Berkhadley

(3/28/14)

4,068

(3/13/11)

5000 METER RUN 1. Maryalyce Walsh 2. Sarah Emory 3. Naumy Bor 4. Jody Gowdy 5. Robin Meyers

17:46.40 17:59.66 18:13.20 18:18.89 18:29.74

(2/17/95) (4/21/12) (3/25/06) (4/17/99) (4/27/96)

LONG JUMP 1. Stephanie Sowell 2. Kenyah McDaniel 3. Jessica Tuck 4. TaMeshia Miller 5. Niema Malone

20-10.50 20-5.25 20-3.50 19-11.75 19-11.50

(2003-04) (4/26/14) (2006) (2006) (1996-97)

10,000 METER RUN 1. Maryalyce Walsh 2. Danielle Schaeffer 3. Sarah Emory 4. Julie Lessiter 5. Jody Gowdy

37:05.93 37:24.66 39:05.25 40:00.69 40:00.87

(1993) (1996) (5/11/12) (5/17/98) (4/1/97)

TRIPLE JUMP 1. Stephanie Sowell 2. Por’sha Thomas 3. Tiffany Cronin 4. Por’sha Thomas 5. Emily Rudan

43-01 42-06.25 42-1.25 41-07 41-4.5

(2003) (4/18/15) (1999) (5/11/14) (4/30/94)

3000 METER STEEPLECHASE 1. Allison Fontenot 11:28.70 (3/24/12)

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Relays 4x100M RELAY 1. 44.68 Erica Casanove, Kim Pouncy, Camille Pouncy, Shadashaila Thompson 2. 45.25 Angelica Kotun, Shamaigun VanBuren, Constance Seibles, Anna Forest 3. 45.29 shekerah Kyles, Kim Pouncy, Camille Pouncy, Shadashaila Thompson 4. 45.53 Amanda Freeman, Jasmin Williams, Jessica Tuck, Anna Forest 5. 45.79 Tameisha Miller, Shanae Steward, Jessica Tuck, Deidre Truss

(2000) (5/16/10) (4/3/99) (2009) (2006)

4X200 RELAY 1. 1:37.22 Angelica Kotun, Quiana Griffin, Constance Seibles, Consuela Lindsay (3/31/12) 2. 1:39.55 Marlene Garner, Rhonda Ellis, Jackie Sheppard, Alicia Cousins (3/10/93) 3. 1:40.17 Angelica Kotun, Constance Seibles, Quiana Griffin, Titi Oden Shobayo (3/10/12) 4. 1:40.24 at NSU Relays (3/11/92) 5. 1:40.80 Keshira McKnight, Jaynisha Berry, Kenyah McDonald, Quiana Griffin (3/15/14) 4X400M RELAY 1. 3:38.26 Quiana Griffin, Constance Seibles, Lawana Perkins, Consuela Lindsay 2. 3:40.71 Quiana Griffin, Andrea Warren, Lawana Perkins, Consuela Lindsay 3. 3:41.67 Shekerah Kyles, Crystal Clabon, Shadashaila Thompson, Janelle Gibson 4. 3:42.74 Constance Seibles, Andrea Warren, Lawana Perkins, Anna Forrest 5. 3:43.20 Shekerah Kyles, Missy Pollard, Janelle Gibson, Crystal Clabon

(5/13/12) (3/24/11) (5/18/98) (5/16/10) (1997)

4X800M RELAY 1. 9:33.03 Allison Coughlin, Karensa Ellis, Sarah Emory, Lawana Perkins 2. 9:36.01 Carla Davison, Judy Norris, Karen Current, Joylene Levingston 3. 9:39.55 at Ty Terrell Relays 4. 9:55.74 (Er. Sitarz, E. Wrozek, A. Adams, Em. Sitarz) 5. 11:29.46 at Ruston

(3/10/12) (3/9/94) (3/27/99) (3/14/15) (4/15/89)

1600 SPRINT MEDLEY 1. 3:55.92 at Ty Terrell Relays (4/2/99) 2. 3:58.75 Angelica Kotun, Constance Seibles, D. Nowak, Andrea Warren (4/6/11) 3. 4:00.57 Shamaigun Van Buren, Anna Forest, Constance Seibles, Andrea Warren (4/24/10) 4. 4:00.60 Jessica Tuck, Anna Forest, Constance Seibles, Andrea Warren (4/2/10) 5. 4:02.00 Quiana Griffin, Andrea Warren, Lawana Perkins, Consuela Lindsay (3/26/11) DISTANCE MEDLEY 1. 12:31.57 Carla Davison, Dorlisa Landry, Danielle Schaeffer, Maryalyca Walsh 2. 12:31.82 at NSU Relays 3. 12:53.53 at Ty Terrell Relays 4. 13:56.00 at Stephen F. Austin

(2/11/95) (3/11/94) (3/27/99) (4/1/89)

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NSU Leon Johnson Invitational Meet Records Men’s Records 100M: 10.13 Justin Walker Northwestern State 10.13 Ronnie Powell Northwestern State 200M: 20.77 Ron Clark Stephen F. Austin 400M: 46.34 Mike Green Northwestern State 800M: 1:49.56 Geryl House Lamar 1500M: 3:52.6 Mark Mosley Ouachita Baptist 3000M: 8:53.63 Sam Stabler Lamar 5000M: 14:25.6 Doug Keller Mankato State 10,000M: 31:46.24 Jonathan Granger USL 110M Hurdles: 13.9 James McCrainey Southern 400M Hurdles: 51.56 Chad Leath Northwestern State 3000M SC: 8:57.1 John Kebirio Abilene Christian 4x100M Relay: 39.69 Northwestern State (J. Tappin, S. Abernathy, C. Walters, L. Carter) 4x400M Relay: 3:09.61 Northwestern State (M. Batts, K. Taylor, J. Emery, M. Green) 4x400M JV Relay: 3:16.0 Prairie View A&M High Jump: 7-3 Neil Guidry Nike West Pole Vault: 17-6.5 Jeff Rodriguez UT-Tyler Long Jump: 26-5 Vernon George Unattached 26-5 Kenta Bell Unattached Triple Jump: 56-6.75 Kenta Bell Unattached/NSU Shot Put: 62-11 John Campbell Northwestern State Discus: 215-03 Jason Morgan Unattached Hammer: 222-01 Adonson Shallow Southeastern La. Javelin: 239-10 Cody Fillinich Northwestern State

5/1/10 4/25/98 4/27/91 5/1/10 4/17/86 3/18/80 4/6/12 3/18/80 4/28/92 3/11/78 4/10/08 3/11/78 4/27/91 5/1/10 3/11/78 4/28/92 4/6/12 4/28/92 4/23/00 4/23/00 4/15/82 4/6/12 5/1/10 4/25/09

Women’s Records 100M: 200M: 400M: 800M: 1500M: 3000M: 5000M: 10,000M: 100M Hurdles: 400M Hurdles: 3000M SC: 4x100M Relay: 4x400M Relay: High Jump: Pole Vault: Long Jump: Triple Jump: Shot Put: Discus: Hammer: Javelin:

11.47 Marlene Garner Northwestern State 23.12 Quanisha Sales Louisiana Tech 54.23 Monique Wright Louisiana Tech 2:12.72 Esther Abuto Texas-Arlington 4:40.61 Christal Traylor Northwestern State 10:05.32 Tami Micham Northeast Louisiana 10:48.38 Kendall Mears Southern Arkansas 41:14.46 Christine Blanchard McNeese State 13.27 Antoinette Cobb Louisiana Tech 1:00.73 Ernie Middleton New Orleans 11:28.03 Meredith Blocker Stephen F. Austin 45.25 Northwestern State (A. Kotun, S. VanBuren, C. Seibles, A. Forest) 3:43.21 Texas-Arlington (Smith, Cubertson, Baldwin, Turner) 5-10.50 Avanna Walker Louisiana Tech 5-10.50 Jacqueline Canton Northwestern State 13-3 Jennie Sewell Sam Houston State 21-8.25 Marita Hunt Unattached 41-10.50 Natasha Barber McNeese State 56-11.50 Trecey Rew Unattached/NSU 192-09 Trecey Rew Unattached/NSU 208-06 Cristal Kostiew NY Athletics Club 170-10 Samantha Ford Unattached/NSU

Walter P. Ledet Track Complex

4/24/93 5/1/10 5/1/10 5/1/10 4/25/98 4/28/92 4/10/08 4/27/91 5/1/10 4/24/93 4/10/08 5/1/10 4/16/11

The Northwestern State track team competed on a cinder oval in old Demon (Football) Stadium until the early 1970s, when the stadium underwent major renovations. A new facility exclusively for track and field was constructed adjacent to the football stadium and opened in 1977. The track was resurfaced in 1987 and 1995, but drainage problems near the third turn resulted in damage that prevented its use for home meets from 2002-06, although NSU was able to train at the track for all but one fall. The facility underwent a redesign, relocating some event venues and enhancing others, with installation of a world-class track, and reopened for competition for the 2007 season. In 2013, a new mondo surface was added to maintain the complex, which is named after legendary NSU athlete and coach Walter Ledet. Ledet was the first All-American athlete in the history of Northwestern State University, making the All-American football team in 1938. After his graduation, he became an assistant football and track coach, then was named the head track coach in 1952 and built a program which dominated the state for more than a decade. He guided the Demons to five straight Gulf States Conference chamionships from 1953-57. He retired as track coach in 1964. He was among the inaugural class of inductees for the Graduate ‘N’ Club Hall of Fame and was elected to the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 1995. He was also selected as a member of the NSU Top 100 Football Players of the Century in 2006.

4/23/00 4/23/00 4/14/07 4/25/98 4/24/93 4/6/12 4/6/12 4/16/11 4/25/09

Marking the 25th anniversary of Northwestern State’s 1981 NCAA 4x100 meter relay victory, coach Jerry Dyes and the four All-American sprinters on the fabled team were enshrined on Oct. 28, 2006 in the Graduate N Club Hall of Fame, the highest honor Northwestern affords its former athletes and coaches. Pictured, left to right, are Dyes, Mark Duper, Victor Oatis, Carolyn Delaney, widow of Joe Delaney, and Mario Johnson. In the 1981 race, the Demons were an obvious crowd favorite, lining up against Georgia, Tennessee, Arizona State, San Jose State, Florida State, Arizona, Oklahoma and Baylor in the final

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Running Events Event 100M 200M 400M 800M 1500M 3000M 5000M 10,000M 3000M SC 110 Hurdles 400 Hurdles

Athlete Justin Walker Ronnie Powell Justin Walker Andrei Moore Leo Gaston Billy Green Josh Wilkins Paul Trueman Frank Trammel Randy Moore Joe Rhyans Chad Leath

Mark/Time 10.13 10.13 20.47 45.9 1:49.24 3:46.45 8:41.83 14:21.4 29:10.0 8:52.0 13.86 50.53

Field Events Event Javelin-Old Javelin-New Long Jump Triple Jump High Jump Pole Vault Shot Put Hammer Discus Decathalon

Athlete Steve Stockton Latrell Frederick Kenta Bell Lewellyn Starks Jarrot Handy LaMark Carter Brian Brown John Barrier John Campbell Daniel Yarbrough Allen Smith Rick Schweitzer

Mark/Time 271-10 261-3 26-4.25 26-4.25 26-4.25 55-2.75 7-8 16-8.5 65-8.75 187-5 180-8 7653

Relays Event 4x100 Relay 4x200 Relay 4x400 Relay 4x800 Relay Sprint Medley Distance Medley

Athlete Johnson, Washington, Brown, Duper Johnson, Washington, McGlory, Duper Pitre, Pittman, Wolfe, Gatson Robinson, Green, Bradford, Bonner Brown, Hardwell, Moore, Gatson Dizgrazia, Gaston , Trammel, Moore

Mark/Time 39.03 1:22.08 3:06.89 7:20.70 3:17.07 9:57.2

Year 2010, 2014 1988 2014 1976 1976 1981 2015 1969 1976 1976 1993 2008 Year 1983 2001 1999 1987 1980 1993 1990 1979 1982 2009 1996 1982 Year 1982 1980 2003 1981 1976 1975

Lady Demon Records

Running Events Event 100M 200M 400M 800M 1500M 3000M 3000 SC 5000M 10,000M 100 Hurdles 400 Hurdles

Athlete Camille Pouncy Constance Seibles Quiana Griffin Christal Traylor Christal Traylor Maryalyce Walsh Allison Fontenot Maryalyce Walsh Maryalyce Walsh Brittany Littlejohn Consuela Lindsay

Mark/Time 11.41 23.67 53.63 2:11.38 4:40.61 10:22.16 11:28.50 17:45.46 37:05.93 13.13 58.05

Field Events Event Javelin Long Jump Triple Jump High Jump Pole Vault Shot Put Hammer Discus Weight (Indoor) Heptathlon

Athlete Regina Roe Stephanie Sowell Stephanie Sowell Jacqueline Canton Haley Blount Trecey Rew Rechelle Bessard Trecey Rew Rechelle Bessard Yetta James

Mark/Time 166-9 20-10.5 43-1 5-11.25 11-6.25 57-0.25 184-08.75 192-04 64-05.25 5306

Year 2002 2010 2012 1998 1998 1992 2012 1995 1993 2003 2014 Year 1999 2003,04 2003 2001 2006 2011 2015 2011 2015 1988

Relays Event 4x100 Relay 4x200 Relay 4x400 Relay 4x800 Relay Sprint Medley Distance Medley

Athlete Casanave, Pouncy, Pouncy, Thompson Griffin, Kotun, Seibles, Lindsay Griffin, Seibles, Perkins, Lindsay Davison, Norris, Bradford, Bonner Kotun, Seibles, Nowak, Warren Davison, Landry, Schaeffer, Walsh

Mark/Time 44.68 1:37.07 3:38.26 3:41.67 3:58.75 12:31.57

Year 2000 2011 2012 1998 2011 1995

Walter P. Ledet Complex Records

Men Event 100M 200M 400M 800M 1500M 3000M 3000 SC 5000M 10,000M 110 Hurdles 400 Hurdles Javelin Long Jump Triple Jump High Jump Pole Vault Shot Put Hammer Discus Decathalon 4x100 Relay 4x200 Relay 4x400 Relay 4x800 Relay Sprint Medley Distance Medley

Athlete (School) Justin Walker (NSU) Ronnie Powell (NSU) Elston Cawley (UTA) Leonard Byrd (UTSA) Bill Jones (UTA) Russell Mangum (ULM) Jordan Neil (McNeese) Frank Montevallo (Lamar) John Sharp (Oklahoma State) Randy Arias (Texas State) Kevin Ellis (SFA) McClinton Neal (UTA) Breaux Greer (ULM) Andre Ester (ULM) Kenta Bell (Unattached/NSU) Brian Brown (Southern Cal Cheetahs) Russ Butler (Asics) Frank Cate (La. Tech) Adonson Shallow (SLU) Jason Morgan (Unattached) Mario Sategna (Unattached) Louisiana Tech Northwestern State Louisiana-Lafayette Louisiana-Monroe Northwestern State Louisiana-Lafayette

Mark/Time 10.13 10.13 20.37 44.88 1:49.49 3:47.89 8:37.58 8:53.60 14:19.98 31:13.64 13.68 50.25 255-1 26-7 56-6.75 7-6 18-4.75 65-3.75 222-01 200-00 7920 39.34 1:23.90 3:07.17 7:30.25 3:22.49 9:53.80

Women Event 100M 200M 400M 800M 1500M 3000M 3000 SC 5000M 10,000M 100 Hurdles 400 Hurdles Javelin Long Jump Triple Jump High Jump Pole Vault Shot Put Hammer Discus Heptathlon 4x100 Relay 4x200 Relay 4x400 Relay 4x800 Relay Sprint Medley Distance Medley

Athlete (School) Tameka Roberts (UTSA) Quanisha Sales (La. Tech) Christine Amertil (SLU) Christine Amertil (SLU) Janice Turner (Texas State) Janice Turner (Texas State) Sita Waru (McNeese) Amanda King (Lamar) Sita Waru (McNeese) Stacy Poole (UTSA) Antoninette Cobb (La. Tech) Yamelis Ortiz (Lamar) Samantha Ford (Unattached/NSU) Marita Hunt (Unattached) Cheryl Henry (ULM) Jacqueline Canton (NSU) Jennie Sewell (Sam Houston) Trecey Rew (Unattached/NSU) Cristal Kostiew (NY Athletics Club) Trecey Rew (Unattached/NSU) Jennifer Hoppe (SFA) Northwestern State Northwestern State Grambling Stephen F. Austin Stephen F. Austin Louisiana-Monroe

Mark/Time 11.32 23.12 23.12 52.77 2:08.60 4:33.38 9:46.38 10:34.81 17:24.78 35:49.08 13.27 58.17 175-10 21-8.25 42-0 5-11.25 13-3 56-11.50 208-06 192-04 5288 45.25 1:23.90 3:40.28 9:35.02 1:46.07 12:18.33

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Date 5/1/10 4/25/98 5/15/00 5/18/96 4/30/85 5/17/86 3/15/08 3/8/80 3/15/80 5/13/00 5/18/96 4/30/88 3/10/97 5/11/88 4/28/00 4/27/96 5/27/08 3/8/86 5/1/10 5/1/10 5/11/97 5/11/88 5/10/84 5/11/88 3/14/81 3/7/90 3/14/81 Year 5/18/96 5/1/10 5/15/00 5/15/00 5/18/96 5/18/96 5/14/00 4/14/07 5/15/00 5/16/96 5/1/10 5/15/00 5/17/08 4/25/09 3/8/86 4/27/01 4/14/07 4/6/12 4/16/11 4/6/12 5/14/00 5/16/10 5/10/84 3/8/86 3/10/93 3/10/93 3/11/92

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