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Quick Facts Name Northwestern State University Location Natchitoches, Louisiana Population 17,865 Founded 1884, as Louisiana Normal Affiliation Division I Conference Southland Enrollment 9,179 Nickname Lady Demons Colors Purple and White, Orange Trim President Dr. Jim Henderson Vice President, External Affairs Jerry Pierce Director of Athletics Greg Burke Ticket Office 318-357-4268
Team Information Program All-Time Record 386-234 First Season 1977 SLC Titles 4 (1989, 1994, 2010, 2014) SLC Tournament Titles 3 (2010, 2013, 2015) NCAA Regionals 3 (2010, 2013, 2015) 2015 Season Record 16-9 SLC Record/Finish 9-2/3rd NCAA Postseason 0-1, NCAA Tournament Letterwinners R/L 3/5 Newcomers 4 Seniors 1 Head Coach Olga Bazhanova (Northwestern State, 2012) Record/Years 16-9/2nd Record at NSU 16-9 Assistant Coach Patric DuBois (St. Bonaventure, 1987) Athletic Trainer Anita Miller Sports Information Director (Tennis contact) Doug Ireland Email ireland@nsula.edu Cell 318-471-2086 Assistant SID Jason Pugh SID Graduate Assistant Matt Vines SID Office Phone 318-357-6467 Website nsudemons.com Tennis Twitter @NSUDemonsWTN
Table of Contents 2016 NSU tennis Maintaining a Championship Tradition Quick Facts & Table of Contents 2016 Roster 2016 Season Outlook Coaching Staff & Athletes Head Coach Olga Bazhanova Assistant Coach Patric Dubois Assistants Tianyu Bao/Kateryna Piatakova Polina Ivanova Ilijana Ivic Barbora Kollarova Natalya Krutova Polina Mutel Iryna Vardanian Alzbeta Veverkova
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History & Records Series Records Individual and Career Records Year-by-Year Results NSU Tennis History Paddlin’ Professor
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University & Athletic Personnel President Dr. Jim Henderson Vice President Jerry Pierce Director of Athletics Greg Burke Athletics Administration Sports Information
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Northwestern State We are Northwestern State 31 City of Natchitoches 32 Academics 33 Campus Life 34 CHAMPS/Life Skills 36
2016 Media Guide Credits Editor, Design and Layout Jason Pugh and Matt Vines Covers Jason Pugh Editorial Assistance Doug Ireland Photography Gary Hardamon, NSU Photographic Services
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2016 Lady Demons Roster Name Polina Ivanova Ilijana Ivic Barbora Kollarova Natalya Krutova Polina Mutel Iryna Vardanian Alzbeta Veverkova
Ht. 5-9 5-7 5-8 5-6 5-8 5-5 5-2
Yr.-Exp. So.-1L Jr.-TR So.-1L Sr.-3L Fr.-HS Fr.-HS So.-TR
Hometown/Previous School Moscow, Russia/Moscow University of Economics Split, Croatia/Ekonomsko-Birotechnia Skola Split Hlohovec, Slovakia/Gymnazium Ivana Kupca Sevastopol, Ukraine/Sevastopol #19 Yaroslavl Russia/School Number 12 Kiev, Ukraine/Evening School Martin, Slovakia/Gymnazium J.C. Hronskeho
Head Coach: Olga Bazhanova (Northwestern State, 2012) Assistant Coach: Patric DuBois (St. Bonaventure, 1987) Volunteer Assistant: Tianyu Bao (Florida Gulf Coast, 2015) Student Assistant Coach: Kateryna Piatakova Athletic Trainer: Anita Miller Pronunciation Guide Polina Ivanova: PO-leena EE-va-nova Ilijana Ivic: ILL-e-YONNA EVE-ich Natalya Krutova: Na-TAL-ya CREW-tah-vah Mutel: MOO-tell Piatakova: Pea-at-uh-COVE-a Iryna Vardanian: EAR-ina Var-DANE-ian Alzbeta Veverkova: ALZ-betta VEV-ur-kova Bazhanova: bah-JOHN-uva DuBois: do-BWAH Bao: BOW
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NSU seeks another title in 2nd season under bazhanova One would be hard-pressed to find a first-year head coach that led a tennis roster containing just seven letters spread over four players to the NCAA Tournament. But that’s what Northwestern State’s Olga Bazhanova did in her inaugural season, guiding the Lady Demons to a 16-9 mark – 9-2 in Southland Conference play. As a No. 3 seed, the Lady Demons swept through the SLC tournament to win their fifth overall title since 2010 and earn the third NCAA Tournament appearance in that stretch. Even though Bazhanova has “lettered” as a head coach entering her second season, the Nikolaev, Ukraine, native will attempt to lead an even younger squad to another Southland Conference Tournament title and corresponding NCAA appearance. A total of five letters are spread over three players in the starting rotation, led by senior Natalya Krutova (three letters). “I cannot say my (second) season is easier, but I enjoy it and I want this very good group of girls to succeed,” Bazhanova said. “Every season is new and has different challenges, but we have a very good chance of succeeding. “This transition (to NCAA tennis) is easy for some girls and tough for others, but it’s important to find a happy medium and make sure they feel confident when it comes down to pressure situations. The girls work hard, and they’ve started well in the classroom and on the court. We’ve had a good fall season, but right now it’s about the (dualmatch spring season), and that’s a different experience.” Krutova is splashed across the NSU tennis record books, including ranking No. 10 in career singles wins (50-15), fifth in singleseason wins (19-4 in 2015) and fourth in career doubles winning percentage (.828).
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Krutova manned the No. 2 slot in singles and will replace Tatiana Larina (55-28 career record) as the top player. Krutova and Larina, both All-Louisiana and All-Southland Conference selections, won the SLC doubles title with Larina this past season. “(Krutova) has always been a strong leader on and off the court … and she’s ready to step up and lead our team,” Bazhanova said. “She has a strong mindset and a good work ethic. “She’s experienced and knows how everything works, and she puts those experiences back into the program with her strong communication with players and coaches.” Only two other players have previous NSU experience. Sophomores Polina Ivanova (13-6 – mostly at the No. 4 and No. 5 positions) and Barbora Kollarova (1-18 – mostly at the No. 4 slot) played in 19 singles matches. Ivanova and Kollarova teamed up to go 3-6 in doubles play as primary partners. NSU will miss the presence of Kateryna Piatakova on the court, who will be a student assistant coach as a senior because of injury. Piatakova posted a 6-5 record in singles play in 2015. Piatakova had a banner season in 2014, posting a 16-8 singles mark and was part of an 18-3 (10-0 in SLC) doubles pairing with Krutova. “(Kateryna) has been part of this team for three years, and she is helping girls adjust to their environment,” Bazhanova said. “She helps them improve and to see the positive aspects of being a studentathlete. “We have a good environment here filled with team spirit, and now we need to work on our individual games to improve
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strengths.” Bazhanova brought in a talented bunch of newcomers to help fill gaps left by more experienced players. Freshmen Iryna Vardanian (Kiev, Ukraine) and Polina Mutel (Yaroslavl, Russia) figure to play toward the top of the singles’ rotation. Vardanian ranked No. 577 in the world ITF Junior Rankings entering college tennis, including a win against ITF U-18 No. 6 Silvia Njiric. Mutel won a junior doubles national championship in Russia and was ranked in the top 10 in juniors in her home country. NSU head coach Olga Bazhanova huddles with her 2015 squad. Sophomore transfer Alzbeta Veverkova posted a 6-8 record as a freshman at Virginia Commonwealth after being a top-three juniors player in her native Slovakia. Junior Ilijana Ivic, a Split, Croatia, native who transferred from Laredo Community College, won the junior college national consolation tournament after falling in the national semifinals as a sophomore. Ivic was ranked the No. 6 junior college player after being a top-15 juniors player in Croatia and top-20 juniors player in Germany. “All of the girls definitely improved this fall, and the new girls are still adapting to a different environment,” Bazhanova said. “We saw a very good level of tennis this fall, and we’ll see how they play in a more pressure-filled environment this spring. “We’ll need to work more on doubles as that is a very important point in dual matches. We’ve got a good process, we just have to keep getting more consistent in the things we’ve been working on.”
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Olga Bazhanova Head Coach 4th season • 2nd as Head Coach Northwestern State (2012)
Second-year coach Olga Bazhanova Bazhanova, a 25-year-old native of Nikolaev, Ukraine, has bachelor’s helped rebuild the championship foun- and master’s degrees from NSU. dation of Northwestern State tennis as a player and an assistant coach, and she added one more brick in her first season as head coach in 2015. The Lady Demons won the Southland Conference Tournament as a No. 3 seed, the program’s third league tournament title and NCAA Tournament appearance in six seasons. NSU (16-9, 9-2 SLC) tied for the fourth-most wins in program history led by All-Louisiana selections Tatiana Larina and Natalya Krutova. The season was highlighted by winning streaks of six and seven matches. The six-match streak carried NSU to a conference tournament title highlighted by a 4-2 win against Nicholls, a team that had beaten the Lady Demons 4-0 in the regular season. Bazhanova has been an integral part of five total conference titles as a player or coach in the past six years. She was NSU’s No. 1 singles player and part of the No. 1 doubles pairing in her final three seasons from 2009-12, leading the 2010 squad to SLC regular season and tournament titles while posting the fewest losses in the country with a 21-2 record. As a senior, she finished 17-2 at No. 1 doubles, 9-2 in Southland Bazhanova vs. All Opponents Opponent Record play, while serving as team captain with five newcomers in 2012. 1-0 She won All-Southland honors as a sophomore in 2010 and a senior Abilene Christian Baylor 0-1 in 2012. Central Arkansas 2-0 As an assistant coach under then-head coach Patric DuBois, she Grambling 1-0 helped the 2013 Lady Demons win the SLC Tournament title and earn Incarnate Word 1-0 Lamar 1-0 another NCAA Tournament before the 2014 NSU team won the SLC 0-1 regular season title and advanced to the conference tournament finals. UL Monroe Louisiana Tech 0-1 Bazhanova was a two-time All-Southland Academic Team selection LSU 0-1 while posting a career doubles mark of 64-20, giving her the fourthMcNeese State 1-0 most dual match victories in school history. Her 48 singles wins (48-31) New Orleans 2-0 Nicholls 1-1 is tied for 13th on the NSU career list. She was first-team All-Southland North Texas 1-0 Conference in doubles in 2010 and 2012. Sam Houston State 1-0 “Olga has been a leader for the Lady Demon tennis program since Southeast Missouri State 1-0 she first set foot on campus (seven) years ago. As either a coach or play- SMU 0-1 er, she has been a part of three championship teams and understands Southeastern Louisiana 1-0 Southern Mississippi 1-0 the expectation of success that is so prevalent within the program,” said Stephen F. Austin 0-1 NSU athletics director Greg Burke. “She has learned under one of the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1-0 best in Patric DuBois and will be blessed to continue benefitting from Texas-San Antonio 0-1 his involvement. At the same time, she is ready to put her own personal Texas State 0-1 stamp on the program and sustain the championship culture which has Overall 16-9 been established.”
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Patric Dubois Director of Tennis 15th season • 2nd as assistant coach St. Bonaventure (1987) Patric DuBois enters his 15th year as a member of the Lady Demon tennis program and second consecutive season as an assistant coach and tennis director. DuBois is one of the most successful tennis coaches in Southland Conference history and has a track record of developing nationally competitive teams and players who succeed on the court and in the classroom. As NSU’s head coach from 1989-94 and from 2006-2014, he led the Lady Demons to a combined six Southland Conference regular season and tournament titles. In 24 seasons of collegiate coaching, DuBois has led Northwestern State and Texas-Arlington to 13 Southland Conference titles. He returned to NSU in 2003 as the manager of the ultra-modern WRAC in 2003 and started his second stint as head coach before the 2006 fall season. DuBois knocked the rust off the NSU tennis program, guiding NSU to a 1010 mark after the Lady Demons had just one winning season from 1999-2006 with no championships. The Lady Demons won the SLC regular season and conference titles in 2010, starting a string of five total titles in four different seasons with three NCAA Tournament appearances. He recruited current head coach Olga Bazhanova (2009-12) as a player, guided her as she assumed assistant coaching duties and eventually head coaching duties when DuBois shifted his focus to the WRAC position and his family. The 2010 team recorded a program-record 20 wins (20-2), winning percentage (.909) and the program’s first NCAA Tournament trip. DuBois coached Martina Rubesova, who in 2010 became the first Lady Demon player to be invited and participate in the 64-woman NCAA Singles Championship, and was the Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year and the All-Louisiana Player of the Year. He guided Northwestern State to another Southland Conference tournament title in 2013 and the school’s second appearance in the NCAA Team Tournament, posting an overall 14-8 record while placing four members on the All-Southland teams. The 2014 Lady Demons matched the 20-win record (20-6) and won the SLC regular season title. Early in his coaching career, DuBois guided the 1994 Lady Demons to the SLC Championship before he picked up 11 more SLC crowns and five NCAA Tournament appearances coaching at Texas-Arlington. During his first stint at NSU, his teams won several Intercollegiate Tennis Association awards for their academic achievement. He recruited Lludmila Pavlov, who rose as high as No. 33 in the ITA singles rankings, and the doubles team of Karen Bacon and Emily Nichols, who rose as high as No. 20 in the ITA doubles rankings. That trio was the cornerstone of the Lady Demons’ 1994 SLC championship. Moving to UTA, he took over a men’s program which had never won an SLC title but went on to win six under his guidance before he was named director of tennis in 1997, taking on additional head coaching duties for the women’s program. In his third season in that capacity, the UTA women launched a 46-match
winning streak in conference play, winning four SLC championships and making three NCAA appearances. He coached Andy Leber, who was the NCAA Division I Senior National Player of the Year in 2002. Leber had a singles record of 44-3, was an NCAA All-American, and was ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation in Division I singles. His overall coaching record is 347-207, including a 162-40 mark in conference matches. DuBois was named SLC Coach of the Year nine times and his teams have won nine SLC Tournament championships to go with the 13 regular-season titles. He has coached more than 100 athletes who have earned first or secondteam All-SLC honors, including 10 SLC Tennis “Athletes of the Year.” DuBois has also seen 10 of his teams honored by the ITA for their outstanding academic achievements, posting a cumulative team grade point average of 3.2 or better. A Kingston, N.Y. native, DuBois was an outstanding tennis player at St. Bonaventure University in the Atlantic 10 Conference where he received his bachelor’s degree in health and physical education. DuBois then received his graduate degree in sports administration from Kent State in Ohio. DuBois’ wife, Lise, is an instructor in the department of Family and Consumer Sciences at Northwestern. They have one daughter, Mazie Catherine, who attends St. Mary’s High School.
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Tianyu Bao Volunteer Assistant Coach 1st season Florida Gulf Coast (2015) Former Florida Gulf Coast standout Tianyu Bao is in his first season as part of the Northwestern State tennis coaching staff. Bao, who also is an academic/life skills graduate assistant Northwestern State, graduated from Florida Gulf Coast with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication in May 2015. He served as the communication intern in the FGCU Athletic Communication office during his junior and senior years, working directly with all aspects in the office, including writing press releases, serving as the StatCrew operators in the home basketball games, maintaining the fgcuathletics.com website and promoting the teams on social media. Bao was a four-year member on the FGCU’s men’s tennis team as he played every position in both singles and doubles except No. 6 singles. Bao graduated as the FGCU’s winningest doubles player with 50 doubles wins and the second-winningest singles player with 64 wins, while his 114 total victories earned him a second place in the FGCU’s all-time wins list. The only player to receive at least one Atlantic Sun All-Conference honor in each of the four years he competed, Bao helped the program win its first Atlantic Sun Championship in 2015, earning an automatic bid into the 2015 NCAA Tennis championship. Over the course of his collegiate career, Bao helped the Eagles to many significant victories, including wins over Big 12 foe Oklahoma State, ACC powerhouse Miami and Big East institution UConn. During Bao’s senior year, the Eagles squad finished the season with a 17-6 record, a perfect 6-0 mark in A-Sun action and was ranked No. 75 in the last edition of the 2015 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Men’s Team Rankings.
Kateryna PIATAKOVA Student Assistant Coach 1st season Former Northwestern State All-Southland Conference performer Kateryna Piatakova enters her first season as a student assistant on the Lady Demons’ staff. Piatakova competed during the 2014 season for Northwestern State, posting a 16-8 overall singles record and 8-3 conference mark as NSU nabbed the Southland Conference championship. In doubles play, Piatakova teamed with Natalya Krutova and cruised to a 10-0 Southland Conference record, part of an 18-3 overall mark. Their efforts made them first-team All-Southland Conference performers. Additionally, Piatakova was named Southland Player of the Week on Jan. 21, 2014. In 2015, She posted a 6-5 mark as a singles player and a 5-3 mark as a doubles player. An injury forced her to forgo her senior season as a player and join the staff as a student assistant. A health and exercise science major, Piatakova was a Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll member in both 2014 and 2015. Prior to coming to NSU, Piatakova played one season at Auburn-Montgomery, helping the Warhawks to the NAIA national championship and its seventh consecutive Southern States Athletic Conference Tournament. As a junior, Piatakova was ranked 689th in the world in the ITF junior rankings. Piatakova, 23, is the daughter of Veronica Piatakova and Jgor Piatakov.
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Polina ivanova 5-9 • Sophomore Moscow, Russia Moscow University of Economics • 2015 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
2015 Season (RS Freshman) • Played No. 4 singles for majority of Southland Conference season, posting a 6-3 record overall at the position • overall record was 13-6 in 23 matches • appeared at the No. 5 spot as well, posting a 6-2 mark • took a set from Skylar Holloway and No. 37 LSU in three-set loss • in doubles, posted a 9-11 mark overall • went 5-2 in 10 matches with Kateryna Piatakova and 3-6 with Barbora Kollarova 2014 Season (Freshman) • Redshirted. High School • Graduated from School 97 in Moscow, Russia • earned a 4.0 GPA • participated in tennis and taekwondo. Personal: • Daughter of Irina Ivanova and Evgeniy Ivanov • born Oct. 27, 1997 • three sisters, Zoya, Galya and Alina • majoring in international business • after NSU, plans to start own business • life’s ambition is to win a Grand Slam.
Ivanova’s Career Stats Singles Total 2015 13-6 Totals 13-6 Doubles Total 2015 9-11 Totals 9-11
1 2 3 4 5 6 Dual -- -- -- 6-3 6-3 1-0 13-6 -- -- -- 6-3 6-3 1-0 13-6 1 2 3 Dual -- 8-8 1-3 9-11 -- 8-8 1-3 9-11
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Ilijana IVIC 5-7 • Junior Split, Croatia Ekonomsko-Birotehnica Skola Split Prior to NSU • One of the nation’s top junior college players at Laredo • won the national tournament consolation bracket after advancing to the semifinals at nationals as a sophomore • ranked as high as No. 6 nationally at the JUCO level • placed second in doubles at the regional tournament High School: • Won second place in regionals and qualified for the national tournament • placed second in regionals the next season as well • ranked in the top 15 as junior player in Croatia and a top-20 player in Germany. Personal • Daughter of Nada and Kazimir Ivic • one brother Leonard (24) • three sisters Ana (18), Marija (17) and Katica (14) • Leonard was the top U16 Croatian tennis player and was No. 3 in the world • father is a veterinarian • tourism/language major who graduated from Laredo with a 3.6 GPA • Wants to be successful and happy in whatever she does • Nickname is “Ile.”
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Barbora kollarova 5-8 • Sophomore Sevastopol, Ukraine Sevastopol #19 • 2015 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
2015 Season (Freshman) • Posted a 4-8 doubles record, mostly with Polina Ivanova (3-7) at the No. 2 doubles slot • went 1-18 in singles play in 23 matches • played at the No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 spots in singles. High School • Ranked as top 20 player in open women’s division in Slovakia in 2014 • holds several national junior tournament championships in singles and doubles • played on championship doubles team in national women’s league Personal • Graduated with perfect 4.0 GPA from Gymnazium Ivana Kupca in Hlohovec, Slovakia • three-sport athlete including basketball and track • helped high school to three straight local basketball championships • won sprint and long jump regional track and field titles and was regional bronze medalist • mother (Miroslav Kollar) is Hlohovec mayor and father is university professor
Kollarova’s Career Stats Singles Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dual 2015 1-18 -- -- 1-1 0-10 0-4 0-3 1-18 Totals 1-18 -- -- 1-1 0-10 0-4 0-3 1-18 Doubles Total 1 2 3 Dual 2015 4-8 -- 4-8 -- 4-8 Totals 4-8 -- 4-8 -- 4-8
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Natalya krutova 5-6 • Senior Sevastopol, Ukraine Sevastopol #19 Honors and Awards: • Southland Conference No. 1 Doubles Champion with Tatiana Larina • Southland Conference No. 2 Singles Champion • 2015 NSU Junior Academic Award winner, 4.0 GPA • 2015 CoSIDA Academic All-District 6 At-Large sports team • 2015 Academic All-Southland Conference • 2015 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll • 2015 All-Southland Conference First Team Singles and Doubles • 2015 LSWA All-Louisiana Women’s Collegiate Tennis Team • No. 77 ITA national doubles ranking among 90 tandems with Tatiana Larina • Southland Conference Player of the Week (3/3/2015) • Southland Conference Player of the Week (4/7/2015) • Southland Conference Player of the Week (4/21/2015) • 2014 All-Southland Conference First Team Singles and Doubles • 2014 Capital One Academic All-District • 2014 Academic All-Southland Conference • 2014 Southland Conference No. 2 Doubles Champion with Kateryna Piatakova • 2014 LSWA All-Louisiana Women’s Collegiate Tennis Team • 2014 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll • 2014 ITA Scholar-Athlete Award • 2013 First-Team All-Southland Conference Doubles • 2013 All-Southland Conference • 2013 First-Team LSWA All-Louisiana Women’s Collegiate Tennis Team • 2013 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll Entering 2016: • Tied for 10th on the all-time singles wins list, 17 shy of tying Vicky Sims’ school record of 67 • her 76.9 singles winning percentage is sixth on NSU’s all-time list • her 53 career doubles wins are 10th in school history • her 82.8 doubles winning percentage ranks third in school career history 2015 Season (Junior) • Posted a 19-4 overall mark in 26 matches, with all but one match coming at the No. 2 position. • went 12-0 in 13 conference matches • in doubles, posted a 19-3 mark in 24 matches • partnered mostly with Tatiana Larina, going 19-1 in 21 matches, including a perfect mark in conference play. 2014 Season (Sophomore): • Finished the season 17-4, including 9-1 Southland Conference record playing primarily at the No. 3 singles position • went 18-3 in doubles action at the No. 2 spot with teammate Kateryna Piatakova • finished a perfect 10-0 in SLC doubles action.
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2013 Season (Freshman) • Finished the season 14-7 at the No. 3 singles position • went 16-5 in doubles action at the No. 2 spot with teammate Polina Konop • the pair went a perfect 9-0 in Southland Conference doubles competition Four-Time Southland Conference Champions • Three-Time Southland Conference Tournament Champions
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High School • Lettered in tennis, volleyball and soccer • ranked in the top 10 in the 16-and-under division in Ukraine • graduated in 2012 with a 4.0 GPA and was named class valedictorian. Personal • Daughter of Olga and Oleg Krutova • has two sisters, Masha and Sasha • majoring in biology with a concentration in biomedical science • after NSU, plans to go to medical school and become an orthopedic surgeon or cardiologist • life’s ambition is to enjoy every moment and make everyone around her happy.
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Singles Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dual 2015 19-4 1-0 18-4 -- -- -- -- 19-4 2014 17-4 -- 1-0 12-2 2-1 2-1 -- 17-4 2013 14-7 -- --- 14-7 -- -- -- 14-7 Totals 50-15 1-0 19-4 26-9 2-1 2-1 -- 50-15 Doubles Total 1 2 3 Dual 2015 19-3 19-1 0-2 -- 19-3 2014 18-3 -- 18-3 --- 18-3 2013 16-5 -- 16-5 -- 16-5 Totals 53-11 19-1 34-10 -- 53-11 Four-Time Southland Conference Champions • Three-Time Southland Conference Tournament Champions
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Polina mutel 5-8 • Freshman Yaroslavl, Russia School Number 12
High School: • Won junior national championship in doubles in Russia • ranked top 10 in juniors in Russia Personal: • Daughter of Ekaterina and Pavel Mutel • one brother Semen (13) • finance major who just wants to study in the USA and be useful to her team • aspires to find a job and be strong.
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Iryna vardanian 5-5• Freshman Kiev, Ukraine Evening School High School: • Ranked 577 in the world in the ITF junior rankings • best win came against Silvia Njiric (ITF U18 No. 6 and WTA No. 398) • reached two ITF semifinals in singles and doubles Personal: • Daughter of Ganna and Artur Vardanian • one brother Garnik (16) • a business major who aspires to hold a master’s degree in the field • nickname is “Ira” • born March 16, 1997
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Alzbeta Veverkova 5-2 • Sophomore Martin, Slovakia Gymnazium J.C. Hronskeho Prior to NSU: • Posted a 6-8 record as a freshman at VCU, who won their third straight Atlantic 10 Conference title • most common slot was No. 6, where she compiled a 2-8 mark • other wins came at the No. 2 slot, the No. 3 slot (twice) and the No. 4 slot High School: • Ranked top three in juniors and top 23 in Slovakia’s women’s national rankings. Personal: • Daughter of Mariana and Milan Veverkova • one sister Katarina (25) • mom was part of a famous dancing group and now works in dentistry • dad speaks eight languages • sister played tennis at a national level and is now a doctor • aspires to be a dentist • nickname is “Betka”
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2016 m ed ia g uid e Well into its sixth decade of service, the Southland Conference continues to be a model of innovation, stability and consistent achievement as it celebrates the academic and athletic accomplishments of its member institutions and approximately 4,200 studentathletes. Having commemorated its 50th anniversary in 2013, the Southland Conference has transformed itself into a dynamic and respected consortium of 13 member universities in three states. Beginning with a historic meeting of five institutions in Dallas on March 15, 1963, the Southland Conference set on an extraordinary course that has proven successful well into the 21st Century. The successful transformation continues, as the Southland Conference welcomed four additional members in 2013: Abilene Christian University, Houston Baptist University, the University of Incarnate Word in San Antonio, and the University of New Orleans. In addition to its newest members, the Southland also consists of the University of Central Arkansas, Lamar University, McNeese State University, Nicholls State University, Northwestern State University, Sam Houston State University, Southeastern Louisiana University, Stephen F. Austin State University and Texas A&M UniversityCorpus Christi. An original Southland member from 1963-73, Abilene Christian rejoined the league as one of the most decorated athletic programs in NCAA history, and the addition of Houston Baptist, UIW and New Orleans gives the Southland a regular competitive presence in the key metropolitan areas of Houston, San Antonio and New Orleans. Southland cities encompass approximately 14 million people, and six of its television markets rank among the top 100 in the U.S. All told, the membership of the Southland encompasses nearly 140,000 current students and an alumni base of nearly 800,000. Famous alums from current Southland Conference schools include former CBS news anchor Dan Rather (Sam Houston State), NBA executive Joe Dumars (McNeese State), ABC news anchor Robin Roberts (Southeastern Louisiana), Major League Baseball star Wade Miley (Southeastern Louisiana), NBA legend Scottie Pippen (Central Arkansas), and track and field Olympians Kenta Bell (Northwestern State), and Bobby Morrow and Billy Olson (both Abilene Christian). Other notable alums from current members include Grammy Award-winning musicians Frank Ocean (New Orleans), Don Hen-
2015 All-Southland Women’s Tennis Teams First Team Singles
Stpehanie Barnett, Nicholls Renee Villarreal, Southeastern Louisiana Natalya Krutova, Northwestern State Vivienne Kulicke, Stephen F. Austin Julia Kral, McNeese State Klaudia Gawlik, McNeese State Second Team Singles Malena Gordo, Stephen F. Austin Isla Brock, Nicholls Tatiana Larina, Northwestern State Celia Rodriguez, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Nataly Yoo, Central Arkansas Madier Martin, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi First Team Doubles Natalya Krutova/Tatiana Larina, Northwestern State Brittney Reed/Kaysie Hermsdorf, Abilene Christian Stephanie Barnett, Klara Skopac, Nicholls Second Team Doubles Erin Walker/Whitney Wlliams, Abliene Christian Valeria Terentyeva/Vivienne Kulicke, Stephen F. Austin Klaudia Gawlik/Anastasija Trubich, McNeese State
ley and Rodney Crowell (both Stephen F. Austin), and Ronnie Dunn (Abilene Christian), television personality and actress Ellen DeGeneres (New Orleans), current NFL standouts Lardarius Webb (Nicholls State), Terrence McGee (Northwestern State), and Daniel Manning (Abilene Christian), professional golfers Shawn Stefani and Chris Stroud (both Lamar) and Colin Montgomerie (HBU), award-winning filmmaker Richard Linklater (Sam Houston State), American Idol winner Kris Allen (Central Arkansas), NFL Hall of Famer Jackie Harris (Northwestern State), former NFL standouts Bobby Hebert (Northwestern State), Gary Barbaro (Nicholls State), Wilbert Montgomery (Abilene Christian) and Gary Reasons (Northwestern State), former MLB stars Darryl Hamilton (Nicholls State) and Kevin Millar (Lamar), NCAA football coach Charlie Strong (Central Arkansas), actors John Larroquette (New Orleans), Ricardo Chavira (UIW) and Jesse Borrego (UIW), and the late NFL coaching legend O.A. “Bum” Phillips (Lamar and Stephen F. Austin). The Southland sponsors 17 full championship sports, all at the NCAA Division I level. The eight men’s sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, tennis, and indoor and outdoor track and field. The women compete for nine championships in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, and volleyball. The conference earns automatic qualification to NCAA championships in baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, football, men’s and women’s golf, women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, and volleyball. The Southland Bowling League, an affiliated Conference sport, originated in 2015, and four of its members filled out half of the eight-team bracket, with Stephen F. Austin advancing to the national title match.
2015 Tournament (Corpus Christi, Texas) Quarterfinals No. 1 Nicholls 4, No. 8 Southeastern Louisiana 0 No 4 McNeese State 4, No. 5 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1 No. 3 Northwestern State 4, No. 6 Central Arkansas 0 No. 7 New Orleans 4, No. 2 Stephen F. Austin 3 Semifinals No. 1 Nicholls 4, No. 4 McNeese State 3 No. 3 Northwestern State 4, No. 7 New Orleans 2 Championship No. 3 Northwestern State 4, No. 1 Nicholls 2
Player of the Year: Stephanie Barnett, Nicholls Freshman of the Year: Vivienne Kulicke, Stephen F. Austin Newcomer of the Year: Dhanielly Quevedo, Stephen F. Austin Coach of the Year: Meenakshi Sundaram, Nicholls Four-Time Southland Conference Champions • Three-Time Southland Conference Tournament Champions
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Opponent ABILENE CHRISTIAN Abraham Baldwin AIR FORCE Alabama Alabama-Birmingham ALCORN STATE Arkansas-Little Rock ARKANSAS TECH Arkansas State Auburn Baylor Bethune Cookman Centenary CENTRAL ARKANSAS* Drury East Texas Baptisti East Texas State Florida Atlantic Florida Gulf Coast GRAMBLING Gustavus Adolphus Houston Houston Baptist INCARNATE WORD* Illinois State Jacksonville Kansas State LAMAR* Louisiana College UL Lafayette ULM LOUISIANA TECH LSU LSU-Alexandria MCNEESE STATE* Memphis Memphis State Middle Tennessee State Mississippi State Mississippi Valley State Miss. Univ. for Women Mobile College Murray State NEW ORLEANS* NICHOLLS* Northern Iowa No. Carolina-Wilmington North Texas Notre Dame Oklahoma City Oklahoma State Ole Miss Oral Roberts Prairie View-A&M Purdue Rice Samford SAM HOUSTON STATE* Schreiner South Alabama Southeast Missouri State SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA* Southern Southern Arkansas SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN METHODIST STEPHEN F. AUSTIN* TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI* Texas-Arlington
All-Time Series Records
W L Last 3 1 2014 0 1 1999 FIRST MEETING 0 2 2013 0 2 2014 FIRST MEETING 10 11 2011 1 0 2014 7 6 2013 0 1 2014 1 4 2010 1 0 2009 26 7 2008 10 0 2015 1 0 2012 2 0 1985 1 0 1987 1 0 2009 1 0 2009 10 0 2015 1 0 1979 3 5 2012 2 2 1986 2 0 2015 1 0 1983 2 0 1992 1 0 1986 16 13 2015 4 0 1982 20 22 2014 14 16 2015 35 9 2015 0 16 2015 2 0 1978 28 9 2015 1 1 2008 3 1 1984 0 1 1993 2 0 2012 1 0 2001 0 1 1999 0 1 1992 0 1 2003 11 7 2015 23 3 2015 1 0 1983 1 0 1992 8 6 2015 1 0 1982 3 0 1993 0 1 1983 0 1 1978 2 1 2014 1 0 2014 0 1 1979 0 4 2009 1 0 2004 26 2 2015 1 0 1990 0 4 1992 1 0 2015 21 8 2015 2 0 1990 3 0 1983 8 6 2015 1 2 2015 20 10 2015 9 4 2015 10 11 2012
Opponent Texas Christian Texas-El Paso Texas-Pan American Texas-Permian Basin TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO Texas-Tyler TEXAS STATE Texas Tech Tulane Vanderbilt West Florida West Texas State Wichita State TOTALS
W L Last 0 1 1987 1 0 2011 6 0 2012 1 0 1987 9 11 2015 3 3 1989 17 7 2015 0 1 1990 3 17 2010 0 1 1979 2 1 1999 1 0 1984 0 1 1981 386 224
BOLD denotes 2016 Opponents * Southland Opponents
Four-Time Southland Conference Champions • Three-Time Southland Conference Tournament Champions
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Individual and Career Records Career Singles wins Name 1.Vicky Sims 2. Bianca Schulz 3. Shayne Fitzwilliam 4. Andrea Nederostova 5. Shirley Echaiz 6. Karen Patel 7. Tatiana Larina 8. Babette Cramer 9. Daniela Posada 10. Natalya Krutova 11. Nanette Beasley 12. Jane Paterson
Record 67-19 65-21 63-14 60-23 58-35 56-23 55-28 53-36 51-26 50-15 50-23 50-30
Career Doubles wins Years 1989-92 2008-11 1986-89 2010-13 1979-82 1988-91 2012-15 1987-88 2006-09 2013-Present 1979-81 1988-91
Season Singles wins Name 1. Marie Jeanne Huyben 2. Carin Roux 3. Shayne Fitzwilliam 3. Shirly Echaiz 5. Martina Rubesova 5. Natalya Krutova 5. Andrea Nedorostova 5. Bianca Schulz 5. Nannette Beasley
Record 30-4 23-3 20-0 20-7 19-3 19-4 19-4 19-4 19-7
Years 1979 1980 1986 1979 2011 2015 2011 2008 1979
Name 1. Andrea Nederostova 2. Tatiana Larina 3. Bianca Schulz 4. Kathrin Lange 5. Olga Bazhanova 6. Karen Patel 7. Barbara Tons 8. Adna Curukovic 9. Shayne Fitzwilliam 10. Natalya Krutova
Record 71-11 68-13 67-21 65-21 64-20 63-22 57-13 57-26 55-19 53-11
Years 2010-13 2012-15 2008-11 2008-11 2009-12 1988-91 1986 89 2008-11 1986-89 2013-Present
Season Doubles wins Name 1. Siw Johnson 2. Tatiana Larina 3. Andrea Nedorostova 3. Martina Rubesova 5. Andrea Nedorostova 5. Natalya Krutova 5. Bianca Schulz 8. Martina Rubesova 8. Vicki Sims 8. Karen Patel 8. Jane Paterson
Record 28-13 21-2 20-3 20-3 19-0 19-3 19-4 18-0 18-7 18-1 18-1
Years 1990 2015 2011 2011 2010 2015 2009 2010 1990 1988 1988
Top Singles Career Percentage Top Doubles Career Percentage (minimum 20 matches) (minimum 20 matches) Name Pct. Record Years Name Pct. Record Years 1. Carin Roux .885 23-3 1980 1. Andrea Nedorostova .866 71-11 2010-13 2. Marie Jeanne Huyben .882 30-4 1979 2. Kateryna Piatakova .857 18-3 2014 3. Tory Plunket .829 34-7 1985-86 3. Tatiana Larina .839 68-13 2012-15 4. Shayne Fitzwilliam .828 63-14 1986-89 4. Natalya Krutova .828 53-11 2013-Pres. 5. Vicky Sims .780 67-19 1989-92 5. Barbara Tons .814 57-13 1986-89 6. Natalya Krutova .769 50-15 2013-Pres. 6. Dragana Colic .800 28-7 2008-11 7. Barbara Tons .766 46-22 1986-89 7. Jane Paterson .765 52-16 1988-91 8. Bianca Schulz .756 65-21 2008-11 8. Bianca Schulz .761 67-21 2008-11 9. Diane Raybon .741 20-7 1978 9. Kathrin Lange .755 65-21 2008-11 10. Andrea Nederostova .723 60-23 2010-13 10. Tory Plunkett .744 29-10 1985-86 11. Kim Tollet .698 44-19 1983-85 12. Nanette Beasley .685 20-23 1979-81 Top DOubles Season Percentage (minimum 15 matches) Top Singles Season Percentage Name Pct. Record Years (minimum 15 matches) 1. Andrea Nedorostova 1.000 19-0 2010 Name Pct. Record Years 1. Martina Rubesova 1.000 18-0 2010 1. Shayne Fitzwilliam 1.000 20-19 1986 3. Karen Patel .947 18-1 1988 2. Marie Jeanne Huyben . 882 30-4 1979 3. Jane Paterson .947 18-1 1988 3. Matina Rubesova .864 19-3 2011 5. Tatiana Larina .913 21-2 2015 4. Bianca Schulz .850 17-3 2008 6. Olga Bazhanova .895 17-2 2009 4. Tory Plunkett .850 17-3 1986 6. Olga Bazhanova .895 17-2 2012 6. Tatiana Larina .840 16-3 2012 6. Polina Konop .895 17-2 2012 6. Polina Konop .840 16-3 2012 9. Andrea Nedorostova .870 20-3 2011 8. Natalya Krutova .826 19-4 2015 9. Martina Rubesova .870 20-3 2011 8. Andrea Nedorostova .826 19-4 2011 11. Daniela Posada .867 13-2 2009 8. Bianca Schulz .826 19-4 2008 12. Natalya Krutova .864 19-3 2015 11. Kathrin Lange .810 17-4 2010 13. Natalya Krutova .857 18-3 2014 11. Tory Plunkett .810 17-4 1985 13. Kateryna Platakova .857 18-3 2014 11. Natalya Krutova .810 17-4 2015 Four-Time Southland Conference Champions • Three-Time Southland Conference Tournament Champions
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Year- by-year results 1977 No records available
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1978 (10-4) LSU-Alexandria Centenary Southern Arkansas Southwestern La. North Texas State Houston Ole Miss McNeese State Southeastern La. Tulane Louisiana Tech Tulane Northeast La. Centenary McNeese State Centenary McNeese State LSU Northeast La. LSU-Alexandria Northeast La.
W, 9-0 W, 8-1 W, 9-0 W, 6-3 W, 7-2 L, 1-8 L, 0-9 W, 8-1 W, 8-1 L, 1-8 W, 9-0 L, 4-5 L, 0-9 W, 8-1 W, 9-0 W, 8-1 W, 9-0 L, 2-7 L, 0-9 W, 9-0 L, 2-4
1979 (14-8) Louisiana College Southwestern La. Vanderbilt Purdue LSU Lousiana Tech Memphis State Stephen F. Austin Southeastern La. Louisiana Tech McNeese State Gustavus Adolphus Southeastern La. South Alabama South Alabama Tulane McNeese State LSU Tulane Centenary Northeast La. Centenary
W, 6-0 W, 8-1 L, 3-6 L, 4-5 L, 0-9 W, 6-3 W, 9-0 W, 8-1 W, 9-0 W, 9-0 W, 8-1 W, 8-1 W, 9-0 L, 4-5 L, 4-5 L, 3-6 W, 8-1 L, 1-8 L, 3-6 W, 8-1 L, 0-9 W, 7-2
1980 (16-5) Southern Arkansas Louisiana College Lamar Southwestern La. McNeese State Centenary Southwestern La. Southwestern La. Memphis State Louisiana Tech Northeast La. Southeastern La. Louisiana Tech LSU Arkansas-Little Rock Centenary Louisiana Tech LSU Southeastern La. LSU Tulane
W, 9-0 W, 9-0 W, 5-4 W, 3-1 W, 9-0 W, 5-2 W, 9-0 W, 9-0 W, 6-3 W, 9-0 L, 0-9 W, 9-0 W, 9-0 L, 3-5 W, 9-0 W, 7-2 W, 6-3 L, 2-7 W, 9-0 L, 1-8 L, 3-6
1981 (12-10) @ Stephen F. Austin L, 2-6 @ Centenary L, 4-5 McNeese State W, 6-3 @ Tulane L, 1-8 @ Southwestern La. W, 8-1 Arkansas-Little Rock W, 8-1 #Oral Roberts L, 4-5 #Alabama L, 4-5 Wichita State L, 3-6 @ Houston Baptist W, 9-0 @ McNeese State W, 9-0 Southwestern La. W, 9-0 Louisiana Tech W, 6-3 Stephen F. Austin L, 0-5 Grambling W, 9-0 Houston Baptist W, 7-2 @ Arkansas-Little Rock W, 8-1 @ Louisiana Tech W, 6-3 Centenary L, 3-6 ##McNeese State W, 5-4 ##LSU L, 0-9 ##Tulane L, 1-8 #LSU Team Tournament ##LAIAW State Tournament, placed 4th
1982 (9-9) @ Louisiana College @ Tulane Centenary @ Grambling Notre Dame #New Orleans #Sam Houston #Stephen F. Austin Arkansas-Little Rock McNeese State Louisiana Tech Stephen F. Austin Southwestern La. Louisiana College Louisiana Tech Grambling McNeese State @ Southwestern La. #SFA Tournament, placed 3rd
W, 9-0 L, 0-9 L, 2-7 W, 9-0 W, 5-4 L, 4-5 W, 5-4 L, 0-9 W, 7-2 L, 3-6 L, 0-9 L, 2-7 W, 6-3 W, 7-2 L, 3-6 W, 8-1 W, 6-3 L, 4-5
1983 (11-11) 2/26 @ Southern Arkansas 2/28 @ Stephen F. Austin 3/2 McNeese State 3/3 @ Southwestern La. 3/6 @ Houston 3/7 Stephen F. Austin Illinois State 3/10 #Lamar 3/10 #Louisiana Tech 3/11 #Oklahoma State 3/11 #Memphis State 3/12 #Northeast La. Northern Iowa 3/15 @ Grambling 3/19 @ New Orleans 3/20 @ Tulane 4/8 @ Louisiana Tech 4/15 Southwestern La. 4/16 Lamar 4/18 Arkansas-Little Rock Louisiana Tech 4/23 Grambling #NLU Invitational, placed 4th
W, 9-0 W, 7-2 W, 8-1 L, 1-7 L, 0-9 W, 7-2 W, 6-3 L, 0-9 L, 3-6 L, 1-8 L, 3-6 L, 1-8 W, 8-1 W, 7-2 W, 7-2 L, 0-9 L, 4-5 W, 5-4 L, 1-8 W, 5-4 L, 4-5 W, 8-1
1984 (11-9) @ Nicholls State @ Tulane Southwestern La. Arkansas-Little Rock #Arkansas State #Memphis State #Northeast La. #Arkansas-Little Rock West Texas State Nicholls State @ Southwestern La. Louisiana Tech @ Centenary @ McNeese State @ Stephen F. Austin LSU Tulane Stephen F. Austin McNeese State @ Louisiana Tech #NLU Invitational, placed 4th
W, 5-4 L, 3-6 L, 4-5 L, 3-6 W, 8-1 W, 5-4 L, 1-8 L, 3-6 W, 6-3 W, 8-1 W, 5-4 W, 5-4 W, 5-4 W, 5-4 L, 4-5 L, 2-7 L, 4-5 W, 7-2 L, 4-5 W, 5-4
1985 (14-4, 4-1 GSC) 2/9 East Texas Baptist 2/20 @ East Texas Baptist 2/23 @ Tulane 2/24 @ New Orleans 2/26 Lamar 3/1 @ McNeese State 3/10 @ Southwestern La. 3/12 @ Centenary 3/17 Tulane 3/19 Louisiana Tech 3/25 *@Sam Houston 3/31 McNeese State 4/1 *Stephen F. Austin 4/2 @ Arkansas-Little Rock 4/6 *@ Nicholls State 4/8 *Southeastern La. 4/13 *@Southwest Texas 4/22 @Louisiana Tech Finished 2nd in Gulf States Conference
W, 9-0 W, 9-0 L, 1-8 W, 7-0 W, 8-1 W, 7-2 W, 8-1 W, 6-2 L, 1-8 W, 6-3 W, 8-1 W, 5-4 L, 3-6 L, 3-6 W, 9-0 W, 7-2 W, 5-4 W, 5-4
1986 (13-4) GULF STAR CHAMPIONS New Orleans Southern Miss Louisiana Tech Mississippi State Houston Baptist Southwestern La.
W, 9-0 W, 9-0 W, 6-3 W, 6-3 L, 3-6 L, 2-7
Lamar Kansas State Louisiana Tech Sam Houston Houston Baptist Stephen F. Austin McNeese State Southeastern La. Northeast La. Texas-Tyler Tulane
W, 6-3 W, 8-1 W, 9-0 W, 9-0 L, 3-6 W, 6-3 W, 6-3 W, 9-0 W, 8-1 L, 4-5 W, 5-4
1987 (12-7) 2/14 Northeast La. 3/6 #Texas-Permian Basin 3/6 #Texas-San Antonio 3/7 #Texas-Tyler 3/10 @ Northeast La. 3/13 Southwestern La. 3/18 @ LSU 3/25 @ New Orleans 3/26 @Tulane 3/27 *@ Nicholls State 3/31 @ McNeese State 4/1 @ Texas-Tyler 4/4 @ Southwestern La. 4/7 McNeese State 4/8 Louisiana Tech 4/11 *@ Sam Houston 4/12 @ Baylor 4/13 @ Texas Christian 4/14 @ East Texas State # Texas-Tyler Invitational
W, 5-4 W, 8-1 W, 9-0 L, 2-5 W, 6-3 L, 2-7 L, 1-8 W, 9-0 L, 2-7 W, 7-2 W, 5-4 L, 4-5 L, 0-9 W, 6-3 W, 7-2 W, 7-2 W, 5-4 L, 0-9 W, 8-1
1988 (12-5, 2-2 SLC) 2/24 @ Louisiana Tech 2/27 @ Nicholls State 2/28 @ New Orleans 3/1 @ Centenary 3/13 LSU 3/16 Texas-Tyler 3/20 New Orleans 3/22 Louisiana Tech Lamar 3/27 *Southwest Texas Southwestern La. 4/9 *Sam Houston 4/11 *@ North Texas State 4/15 Tulane 4/17 @ Southwestern La. 4/19 Centenary 4/23 *Northeast La. Finished 2nd in Southland Conference
W, 7-2 W, 9-0 W, 8-1 W, 6-3 L, 1-5 W, 9-0 W, 9-0 W, 7-2 L, 4-5 L, 3-6 W, 6-3 W, 8-1 W, 5-4 L, 4-5 W, 8-1 W, 8-1 L, 4-5
2/22 3/3 3/3 3/4 3/8 3/27 4/2 4/5 4/6 4/10 4/17 4/20 4/21 4/23
1989 (13-2, 3-0 SLC) SOUTHLAND CO-CHAMPIONS Texas-Tyler W, 5-3 New Orleans W, 9-0 Louisiana Tech W, 9-0 Southeastern La. W, 8-1 LSU L, 0-9 Southwestern La. L, 4-5 *Sam Houston W, 9-0 Grambling W, 9-0 Southern W, 9-0 Grambling W, 9-0 *North Texas W, 7-2 Southwestern La. W, 7-2 Texas-Tyler W, 8-1 *Northeast La. W, 8-1
1990 (9-9, 4-0 SLC) 2/11 @ Baylor 2/18 @ Louisiana Tech 2/24 @ Arkansas-Little Rock 2/26 @ Southwestern La. 3/1 #Texas Tech 3/2 #Texas Pan-Am 3/3 #Schreiner 3/6 @ Lamar 3/9 @ Centenary 3/17 @ Tulane 3/22 Centenary 3/24 Tulane 3/27 *Northeast La. 3/31 @ North Texas 4/1 *@ Texas-Arlington 4/4 Southern 4/7 *Southwest Texas 4/8 *Sam Houston Finished 4th in Southland Conference
2/9 2/10 2/17 2/22 2/24
1991 (15-5, 3-2 SLC)
@ LSU Southwestern La. Southeastern La. Arkansas-Little Rock Lamar
L, 0-9 W, 7-2 L, 4-5 L, 1-8 L, 1-8 W, 7-3 W, 9-0 W, 7-2 L, 2-7 W, 5-4 W, 9-0 L, 4-5 W, 5-4 L, 4-5 W, 9-0 W, 9-0 W, 5-4 W, 5-4
2/25 Centenary 3/6 Louisiana Tech 3/11 @ Centenary 3/15 Nicholls State 3/20 Oklahoma City 3/24 @ South Alabama 3/28 @ Jacksonville 3/29 @ West Florida 3/30 @ Southern Miss 4/2 @ Louisiana Tech 4/6 *@ Southwest Texas 4/10 *@ Northeast La. 4/13 *Texas-Arlington 4/16 *Sam Houston 4/18 *@ North Texas Finished 4th in Southland Conference 2/8 2/14 2/20 2/28 2/29 3/1 3/3 3/4 3/18 3/20 3/21 3/22 3/25 4/1 4/4 4/5 4/7 4/11 4/12 4/20
1992 (13-7, 6-1) @ Southeastern La. @ Centenary @ Louisiana Tech @ Mobile College @ South Alabama @ West Florida @ Jacksonville #N. Carolina-Wilimington Oklahoma City Southwestern La. *Sam Houston *Nicholls State Centenary *Northeast La. *Texas-San Antonio *Southwest Texas Louisiana Tech *@ Texas-Arlington *@ North Texas @ Southwestern La.
1993 (11-9, 4-3 SLC) 1/29 @ Lamar 1/30 @ Texas-Pan Am 2/6 Baylor 2/7 Southeastern La. 2/9 Centenary 2/27 Middle Tennessee State 2/28 @ Arkansas-Little Rock 3/6 Arkansas-Little Rock 3/7 Centenary 3/14 *@ Sam Houston 3/17 Oklahoma City 3/18 Louisiana Tech 3/20 *North Texas 3/21 *@ Texas-Arlington 3/27 @ Southwestern La. 3/28 *@ Nicholls State 4/1 *@ Northeast La. 4/9 *@ Texas-San Antonio 4/10 *@ Southwest Texas 4/16 Southwestern La. Finished 4th in Southland Conference
1/29 1/30 2/5 2/25 2/26 3/4 3/13 3/15 3/19 3/20 3/30 4/1 4/2 4/9 4/10 4/14 4/16
W, 5-4 W, 9-0 L, 4-5 W, 6-1 W, 5-4 L, 1-5 W, 9-0 W, 9-0 W, 7-2 W, 6-0 W, 6-3 L, 2-7 W, 9-0 W, 8-1 L, 3-6
L, 5-1 L, 4-5 W, 8-1 L, 4-5 L, 1-5 W, 6-3 W, 7-2 W, 5-1 W, 5-1 L, 2-7 W, 8-1 W, 5-4 W, 5-4 L, 0-9 W, 5-4 W, 5-4 W, 6-0 W, 8-1 W, 5-4 L, 1-8 W, 5-1 W, 9-0 L, 3-6 W, 5-4 W, 7-2 L, 3-5 L, 3-6 W, 7-2 L, 4-5 W, 9-0 W, 6-3 W, 8-0 W, 7-2 W, 9-0 L, 2-7 L, 3-6 L, 4-5 L, 1-8 W, 8-1 L, 1-8
1994 (13-4, 8-0) SOUTHLAND CHAMPIONS @ Rice L, 0-6 @ Houston W, 5-4 @ Baylor L, 3-6 Arkansas State W, 5-4 Lamar W, 7-2 @ Southwestern La. L, 1-5 *@ Texas-Arlington W, 9-0 Centenary W, 5-1 *@ Stephen F. Austin W, 9-0 @Sam Houston W, 9-0 *Northeast La. W, 5-4 *Nicholls State W, 7-2 *McNeese State W, 9-0 *Southwest Texas W, 8-1 *Texas-San Antonio W, 7-2 Southwestern La. L, 3-6 *@ North Texas W, 8-1
1995 No records available 1996 No records available 1997 No records available 1998 No records available
L, 0-9 W, 5-4 W, 5-4 W, 5-4 W, 7-2
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Year- by-year results 1999 (7-12, 4-6 SLC) 2/6 @ Centenary 2/12 #ABAC 2/13 #Miss. Univ. for Women 2/13 #West Florida 2/20 @ New Orleans 2/27 Centenary 2/28 Tulane 3/6 *@ Texas-San Antonio 3/7 *@ Southwest Texas 3/14 *@ Stephen F. Austin 3/20 *Southeastern La. 3/21 *Nicholls State 3/27 *@ McNeese State 3/31 @ Southwestern La. 4/2 *Sam Houston 4/3 *Texas-Arlington 4/5 *Northeast La. 4/9 Louisiana Tech 4/11 *@ Lamar #West Florida Spring Fling 2/1 2/5 2/20 2/26 3/2 3/4 3/5 3/8 3/11 3/12 3/14 3/18 3/25 3/28 4/1 4/2 4/10 4/10
2000 (6-12, 3-7 SLC) Centenary @ Rice New Orleans @ Arkansas State @ Centenary *@ Texas-Arlington *@ Stephen F. Austin @ North Texas *Lamar *McNeese State *@ Louisiana-Monroe *@ Nicholls State *Sam Houston Louisiana Tech *Southwest Texas *Texas-San Antonio *@ Southeastern La. @ Louisiana-Lafayette
W, 8-1 L, 2-5 L, 2-3 L, 0-6 L, 1-8 W, 7-2 L, 0-9 L, 2-7 W, 8-1 L, 3-6 W, 9-0 L, 3-6 L, 0-9 L, 1-5 W, 8-1 L, 0-9 W, 9-0 W, 8-1 L, 4-5
W, 9-0 L, 0-9 L, 1-5 L, 1-8 W, 6-3 L, 2-7 L, 3-6 L, 1-8 L, 3-6 W, 7-2 W, 5-4 W, 5-4 L, 2-7 W, 4-3 L, 0-5 L, 0-6 L, 0-5 L, 1-5
2001 (8-12, 4-6 SLC) 2/2 @ North Texas L, 1-6 2/10 @ Louisiana-Lafayette L, 0-7 2/11 @ New Orleans L, 0-7 2/13 Centenary W, 5-2 2/17 Southern Miss L, 1-6 2/17 @ Mississippi Valley State W, 7-0 2/21 Arkansas State L, 2-5 2/23 @ Arkansas-Little Rock L, 1-6 3/3 *@ Texas-San Antonio L, 2-5 3/4 *@ Southwest Texas W, 5-2 3/10 *@ Lamar W, 5-2 3/11 @ Texas-Pan Am W, 6-1 3/17 *Southeastern La. L, 2-5 3/18 *Nicholls State W, 5-2 3/20 *Louisiana-Monroe L, 2-5 3/24 *@ McNeese State L, 1-6 3/25 *@ Stephen F. Austin (!) W, 5-2 3/31 *Texas-Arlington L, 0-7 4/1 * Sam Houston W, 4-3 4/16 @Louisiana Tech W, 6-1 !- Won on court but lost by forfeit on appeal 2002 (8-11, 5-5 SLC) 1/26 @ North Texas L, 1-6 2/1 @ Arkansas-Little Rock L, 1-6 2/2 @ Arkansas State L, 1-6 2/25 New Orleans L, 0-7 2/27 @ Centenary W, 7-0 3/2 Texas-Pan Am W, 6-1 3/5 *Louisiana-Monroe L, 1-6 3/9 *Texas-San Antonio L, 1-6 3/10 *Southwest Texas L, 3-4 3/16 *@ Sam Houston W, 4-3 3/17 *@ Texas-Arlington L, 0-7 3/23 *Lamar W, 6-1 3/24 *Stephen F. Austin W, 6-1 4/3 Louisiana-Lafayette L, 1-6 4/6 *@ Nicholls State W, 5-2 4/7 *@ Southeastern La. W, 7-0 4/12 Louisiana Tech W, 6-1 4/14 *McNeese State L, 1-6 1/8 2/15 2/21 2/22 3/7 3/8 3/15 3/16 3/18 3/23 3/27 3/29 3/30 4/2
2003 (8-12, 5-5 SLC) @ Southern Miss North Texas Arkansas State @ New Orleans @ Memphis @ Murray State *Southeastern La. *Nicholls State *Louisiana-Monroe *@ Stephen F. Austin Arkansas-Little Rock *@ Southwest Texas *@ Texas-San Antonio Centenary
L, 2-5 W, 4-3 L, 0-5 L, 1-6 L, 1-6 L, 0-7 W, 4-3 W, 6-1 L, 1-6 W, 4-3 L, 1-6 L, 1-6 L, 0-3 W, 6-1
4/5 4/6 4/12 4/13 4/19
*Sam Houston *Texas-Arlington *@ McNeese State *Lamar Louisiana Tech
2004 (14-5, 9-1 SLC) 1/23 @ Arkansas-Little Rock 1/24 @ Arkansas State 1/30 @ Centenary 2/15 Grambling 2/28 @ Southern Miss 2/29 @ Samford 3/6 *@ Texas-Arlington 3/7 *@ Stephen F. Austin 3/13 *Lamar 3/14 *McNeese State 3/16 *@ Louisiana-Monroe 3/20 *@ Nicholls State 3/21 *@ Southeastern La. 3/27 *Sam Houston 4/3 *Texas State 4/4 *Texas-San Antonio 4/10 @ Louisiana Tech 4/17 Louisiana-Lafayette 4/25 $McNeese State $ - Southland Conference Tournament 1/29 2/4 2/4 2/5 2/19 2/20 3/5 3/6 3/10 3/12 3/19 3/20 3/22 3/26 4/2 4/3 4/9 4/10 4/15
2005 (6-13, 3-7 SLC) @ Louisiana-Lafayette @ Texas A&M-CC @ Texas-Pan Am @ Abilene Christian Southern Miss Arkansas State *@ Texas-San Antonio *@ Texas State @ Texas A&M-CC *@ Lamar *@ Southeastern La. *Nicholls State *Louisiana-Monroe @ Louisiana Tech *@ McNeese State *@ Stephen F. Austin *@ Texas-Arlington *Sam Houston @ Arkansas-Little Rock
W, 6-1 L, 1-6 L, 2-5 W, 5-2 W, 4-3 L, 0-6 L, 5-1 W, 4-2 W, 5-2 W, 5-2 W, 4-3 L, 1-6 W, 5-2 W, 4-3 W, 4-3 W, 5-2 W, 6-1 W, 4-3 W, 6-1 W, 5-2 W, 4-3 L, 2-5 W, 4-3 L, 4-0
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2006 No records available 2007 (10-10, 5-6 SLC) 2/3 @ Louisiana-Lafayette L, 1-6 2/10 Arkansas State W, 4-3 2/11 Southern Miss L, 1-6 2/15 @ LSU L, 1-6 2/28 Louisiana Tech W, 5-2 3/1 Centenary W, 7-0 3/2 *Central Arkansas W, 7-0 3/10 *@ Lamar L, 2-4 3/11 *@ McNeese State W, 5-2 3/16 @ Louisiana Tech W, 6-0 3/18 Nicholls State W, 4-3 3/19 #59 Southeastern La. L, 0-7 3/24 *@ Stephen F. Austin W, 4-3 3/25 *@ Sam Houston State L, 3-4 3/31 *Texas State L, 3-4 4/1 *Texas-Arlington L, 2-5 4/4 *@ Texas A&M-CC L, 2-5 4/5 Texas-San Antonio W, 5-2 4/11 Arkansas-Little Rock L, 3-4 4/12 @ Louisiana-Monroe W, 5-2 2/3 2/4 2/5 2/9 2/10 2/16 2/17 2/23 2/23 3/1 3/2 3/8 3/9 3/15 3/20 3/25 3/30 4/5 4/6 4/12 4/13 4/19 4/25 4/26
2008 (16-8, 9-2 SLC) @ Arkansas State *@ Central Arkansas @ Arkansas-Little Rock @ Alabama-Birmingham @ Southern Miss @ Rice @ Houston Louisiana Tech Centenary *@ Texas State *@ Texas-Arlington *Texas A&M-CC *Texas-San Antonio Memphis Louisiana-Monroe #71 Louisiana-Lafayette *@ Nicholls State *Stephen F. Austin *Sam Houston *Lamar *McNeese State *@ Southeastern La. $Sam Houston $Lamar
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$ - Southland Conference Tournament 2009 (15-8, 8-3 SLC) 2/7 @ Tulane 2/8 @ New Orleans 2/14 Houston 2/16 Southern Miss 2/21 @ Florida Gulf Coast 2/22 @ Bethune Cookman 2/23 @ Florida Atlantic 2/28 *Texas State 3/1 *Texas-Arlington 3/7 *@ Texas A&M-CC 3/8 *@ Texas-San Antonio 3/17 @ Louisiana-Lafayette 3/28 *Southeastern La. 3/29 *Nicholls State 4/1 Louisiana-Monroe W, 5-2 4/4 *@ Lamar 4/5 *@McNeese State 4/8 *Central Arkansas 4/11 @ Rice 4/15 *@ Stephen F. Austin 4/16 *@ Sam Houston 4/24 $Texas State 4/25 $Texas-Arlington $ - Southland Conference Tournament
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2010 (20-2, 11-0 SLC) SOUTHLAND CHAMPIONS Southland Tournament Champions 2/2 @ Louisiana Tech W, 7-0 2/17 Tulane L, 3-4 2/19 New Orleans W, 7-0 2/21 @ Houston W, 6-1 2/27 *Lamar W, 5-2 2/28 *McNeese State W, 7-0 3/6 *Stephen F. Austin W, 6-1 3/7 *Sam Houston W, 6-1 3/13 *@ Central Arkansas W, 7-0 3/14 @ Arkansas-Little Rock W, 6-1 3/27 *Texas A&M-CC W, 6-1 3/28 *Texas-San Antonio W, 7-0 4/2 *@ Southeastern La. W, 6-1 4/4 *@ Nicholls State W, 5-2 4/8 *@ Texas State W, 6-1 4/11 *@ Texas-Arlington W, 6-1 4/14 @ Louisiana-Monroe W, 4-3 4/16 Louisiana-Lafayette W, 5-2 4/23 $Stephen F. Austin W, 4-0 4/24 $Texas-Arlington W, 4-3 4/24 $Lamar W, 4-0 5/14 $$#1 Baylor L, 0-4 $ - Southland Conference Champions $$ - NCAA Tournament (Waco, Texas) 2011 (18-6, 8-4 SLC) 2/11 Arkansas-Little Rock 2/13 Southern Mississippi 2/13 Central Arkansas 2/18 Louisiana-Monroe 2/20 Houston 2/26 Arkansas State 2/26 Louisiana Tech 3/6 *Texas-Arlington 3/12 *at *Texas A&M-CC 3/13 *at Texas San-Antonio 3/16 at Louisiana-Lafayette 3/25 #Texas State 3/26 # Texas-El Paso 3/27 #North Texas 4/2 *Southeastern La. 4/3 * Nicholls 4/3 Grambling 4/9 *@Stephen F. Austin 4/10 *@ Sam Houston 4/16 *@ Lamar 4/17 *@McNeese State 4/29 $ Texas A&M CC 4/30 $ Lamar 5/1 $ Texas-Arlington $- Southland Conference (3rd) #- North Texas Invitiational 2012 (14-5, 8-3 SLC) 2/5 @ Mississippi State 2/11 @ Houston 2/19 @ Southern Miss. 2/25 Louisiana-Lafayette 2/26 Texas-Pan American 3/3 Texas A&M-CC 3/4 Texas-San Antonio 3/12 @ Texas State 3/16 @ Arkansas State 3/17 @ Central Arkansas 3/17 @ Drury 3/23 @ Stephen F. Austin 3/28 @ Texas Arlington 4/1 @ Sam Houston
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4/6 @ Lamar 5-2 4/7 McNeese 4/14 Southeastern La. 4/15 Nicholls 6-1 $-Southland Conference
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2013 (14-8, 6-3 SLC) Southland Tournament Champions 1/26 @ LSU L, 4-3 2/1 Abilene Christian W, 6-1 2/9 Southern Mississippi W, 7-0 2/11 @ Southern Methodist L, 6-1 2/16 @ Texas State W, 4-3 2/17 @ UTSA L, 4-3 3/2 Arkansas State W, 5-2 3/3 @ Louisiana-Lafayette W, 6-1 3/9 AMCC L, 4-3 3/14 Louisiana Tech L, 4-3 3/16 @ Central Arkansas W, 7-0 3/17 @ Oral Roberts W, 7-0 3/22 Sam Houston State W, 4-3 3/29 @ Stephen F. Austin W, 4-3 4/6 Southeastern La. L, 4-3 4/7 Nicholls W, 6-1 4/13 @ Lamar L, 4-3 4/14 @ McNeese W, 4-3 4/26 ^Stephen F. Austin W, 4-1 4/27 ^Southeastern La. W, 4-1 4/28 ^AMCC W, 4-1 5/10 #9 Alabama* L, 4-0 ^-Southland Conference Tourn. *-NCAA Tournament (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 2014 (20-6, 11-1 SLC) Southland Conference Champions 1/26 @ SMU W, 4-3 2/8 @ Southern Mississippi W, 4-3 2/9 @Alabama-Birmingham L, 4-3 2/15 *vs. Auburn L, 4-0 2/16 @ LSU L, 5-0 2/22 UL Lafayette W, 6-1 2/23 Texas-San Antonio W, 4-3 2/23 Prairie View W, 7-0 3/2 Texas State W, 4-2 3/8 @ Oral Roberts W, 7-0 3/9 @ Central Arkansas W, 6-1 3/9 !vs. Arkansas Tech W, 6-1 3/15 Incarnate Word W, 7-0 3/16 AMCC W, 5-2 3/21 @ Abilene Christian W, 4-3 3/29 Stephen F. Austin W, 4-3 3/30 @ Louisiana Tech L, 7-0 4/5 New Orleans W, 5-2 4/12 @ Nicholls W, 5-2 4/13 @ McNeese State L, 4-3 4/18 Lamar W, 4-0 4/19 Sam Houston State W, 6-1 4/22 Southeastern Louisiana W, 4-0 4/25 ^Lamar W, 4-0 4/26 ^Stephen F. Austin W, 4-1 4/27 ^AMCC L, 4-2 *-at New Orleans !-at Conway, Ark. ^-Southland Conference Tourn. 2015 (16-9, 9-2 SLC) Southland Tournament Champions 1/31 @LSU L, 7-0 2/3 ULM L, 4-3 2/6 Louisiana Tech L, 5-2 2/14 @North Texas W, 4-3 2/15 @SMU L, 6-0 2/21 @Texas State L, 4-3 2/22 @UTSA L, 5-2 2/28 Southern MIss W, 4-1 3/7 Central Arkansas W, 4-1 3/7 Grambling W, 5-0 3/14 @Incarnate Word W, 5-2 3/15 @Texas A&M-Corpus Christi W, 4-3 3/19 Southeast Missouri State W, 6-1 3/22 Abilene Christian W, 5-2 3/28 @Stephen F. Austin L, 4-1 4/3 @New Orleans W, 4-3 4/4 Southeastern Louisiana W, 5-2 4/10 Nicholls L, 4-0 4/11 McNeese State W, 4-1 4/19 @Lamar W, 5-2 4/20 @Sam Houston State W, 4-3 4/24 ^Central Arkansas W, 4-0 4/25 ^New Orleans W, 4-2 4/26 ^Nicholls W, 4-2 5/9 #8 Baylor* L, 4-0 !-at Conway, Ark. ^-Southland Conference Tourn. *-NCAA Tournament (Waco, Texas)
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Tennis at Northwestern State dates to the earliest days of the institution. Dating back to the early 1900s, there are photos of students playing tennis, in a day when all but a few students at Louisiana Normal School were women training to be teachers. More than a century later, with plenty of history in place, women’s tennis is annually one of the strongest sports at what is now Northwestern State University. An official intercollegiate women’s team dawned in the late 1970s as additional women’s sports popped up in college tennis around the country, thanks to the creation of Title IX spurring formalized competition in many women’s sports that were previously contested on the club level. During those days, NSU had an extremely strong men’s tennis program -- so strong that in the late 1970s, the Demons were ranked in the NCAA’s Top 20 and played in the NCAA Division I Championships in Athens, Georgia. Under coach Johnnie Emmons, the Demons produced All-Americans Gregg Manning and Ricardo Acuna. Among several players who became professionals, Acuna reached the game’s greatest levels. In 1985, he was a singles quarterfinalist at Wimbledon. He was voted by his peers to serve on the Association of Tennis Professionals board and remained in that capacity for several years. He was ranked as highly as No. 47 in the world in March 1986, won three ATP doubles titles in his career, and since has been associated with the ATP as a coach and player development official after his playing career wound up. Acuna was NSU’s first NCAA All-American (Manning won the honor in the NAIA) and never lost to a Louisiana opponent during his career. A former Lady Demon standout, Emily Nichols, has been in the highest of tennis circles around the pro courts. She was part of a No. 19 nationally-ranked doubles team for NSU in 1993 and helped the 1994 Lady Demons win the Southland Conference championship. After going home to England, she worked for the Lawn Tennis Association for five years, as a press officer working with, among other events, the Wimbledon Championships. She is currently a senior account director for Progressive Sports and Entertainment, working with the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, and has worked with the International Tennis Federation, the 2004 Olympic Games, the French Tennis Federation (French Open), Tennis Australia and with the Davis Cup series.
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Ricardo Acuna was NSU’s first NCAA All-American and advanced to the Round of 8 at the 1985 Wimbledon Championships Modern-day tennis at Northwestern was launched in 1970 when Emmons, hired as a football assistant coach, was named head tennis coach for a men’s program. He soon developed a friendship with Nick Bollettieri and attended the Junior Orange Bowl Championships each year, looking for international prospects. It led to a tradition of global influence producing a strong program that continues at NSU today. In 1972, Carlos Blanco, a Bolivian native, became the first in a long line of foreign tennis players to attend NSU, bringing the Demons one of the strongest programs in the region. Many recruits and three years later, NSU became a force to be reckoned with, winning the school’s first conference championship (Gulf South) and fashioning a 23-4 record. With Acuna, Manning, Willie Paz and Blanco among the stars, NSU developed into a powerhouse that lost just four matches over three years -- going 24-1 in 1976, 22-1 in 1977 and 16-2 in 1978. Emmons remembers the players from that era fondly. “As any coach knows, the number one reason for success is the material that you have to work with. Gregg Manning, Juan Lopez, Luis Varela, Steve Fricker, Mike Phillips, Jose deCamino and Ricardo Acuna - those players put Northwestern State on the map.” Emmons is most proud of the fact that his teams had just two losing seasons in 17 years. But that is just one item on a long list of accomplishments. “Every player that played here for four
years graduated and all are successful in life. Some are judges, lawyers, engineers, and tennis pros. All of my players were hard workers and were respectful of everyone. They gave the alumni of Northwestern a winning program and one that could be identified with.” That tradition transferred to the Lady Demons program. Emmons took over as head baseball coach in his final three seasons (1986-89) and relied upon graduate assistants to help run the women’s team which won the Southland championship in 1989 under Emmons and Alex Kukaros. He was followed by Patric DuBois, who became the first fulltime women’s tennis coach and had a strong run of success from 1990-94 culminating with the 1994 Southland crown as Ljudmila Pavlov ranked as highly as No. 33 nationally in singles. DuBois moved on, only to return in 2007 to create a renaissance for NSU tennis -- which is back where it’s often been, a program regionally and nationally respected, bringing in players from near and far bonding to produce championship play and the highest level of academic success. DuBois again receded to the background in September, transitioning to an assistant coaching position and being named director of tennis. DuBois’ replacement was one of his former players, Olga Bazhanova, who took over the lead role with the program in September. In her first season, Bazhanova extended Northwestern State’s winning tradition, guiding the squad to the SLC Tournament title and an NCAA Tournament berth at Baylor.
Four-Time Southland Conference Champions • Three-Time Southland Conference Tournament Champions
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H a r r y B r i g g s . . . N S U ’s “ P a d d l i n’ P r o f e s s o r ” For the past 15 years, the “Paddlin’ Professor” has aided the NSU Women’s tennis program Briggs, a Marine Corps veteran of World War II battles in the Pacific Theatre at Saipan, Tinian and Okinawa, is an adjunct political sciwith a scholarship fund in memence professor at NSU’s Leesville-Fort Polk campus. ory of his wife and avid tennis His swims are designed to bring attention to the Northwestern Lady Demon tennis team and to raise funds for the Lydia Briggs player. “The Paddlin’ Professor,” 94-year-old Northwestern State adjunct political science instructor Dr. Harry Briggs has used his favorite hobby to benefit the NSU Lady Demon tennis program for the past 12 years.
Tennis Scholarship and the Harry Briggs Tennis Support Fund at NSU.
“There are two reasons to do it, and the first is selfish,” he said. “I want to see if I can still do it. People get older and too often, lose the desire to challenge themselves.” “Secondly, but more important, it’s a chance to help Northwestern State and the Lady Demon tennis program. It’s a great university, and I say that as a fellow who’s been all over this country and all around the world. Getting involved with the tennis team has been an outstanding experience.” Briggs, no novice swimmer, is a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame in recognition of his 43 long-distance swims. In 1998 on his 77th birthday he spent 14 hours crossing Tampa Bay, swimming seven miles against the current. His most notable swimming feat was becoming the first person to swim across Lake Erie in 1947. Briggs swam for 35 hours, 55 minutes and covered 32 miles from Sandusky, Ohio, to Point Pelee, Ontario. Acclaimed author Gay Talese, writing a profile of Briggs for the New York Times in the early 1950s, gave him the nickname “The Paddlin’ Professor.” He appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show” after his swim and was featured in Sports Illustrated. Now, he’s content knowing his annual outings don’t get that kind of attention – although Shreveport, Alexandria and Lake Charles media outlets have covered some of his annual challenges -- but in any case, they have lasting impact by providing scholarship opportunities for NSU students. Eight years ago, as the centerpiece of a series of three swims, Briggs did eight miles on Cane River Lake. Since then, he’s done two miles each year in Natchitoches. In 2006, Briggs completed three two-mile swims on the Red River in Shreveport, Alexandria, and Natchitoches. Two summers ago, he covered two miles on Cross Lake in Shreveport in 3:16, appropriately beginning his swim at the American Legion outpost. “This was my toughest challenge yet,” said Briggs. “But the great thing was that I felt better after I finished than I did before I started.” Briggs made his swim in 2007 despite learning a few weeks earlier than he was suffering from prolonged carbon monoxide poisoning. “Harry is one of the most remarkable people anyone could meet,” Lady Demons director of tennis and assistant coach Patric DuBois said. “The experiences and accomplishments he has had in life could fill volumes. We are very fortunate to have a friend to our team in Harry Briggs. He is an inspiration to all of us.” Just recently Briggs was honored by Tufts University, where he attended school, when they retired his No. 9 hockey jersey. He later coached at Tufts and pursued a professional hockey career. To contribute to the Briggs Scholarship, in any amount, contact Adam Jonson in the NSU Athletic Association at 318-357-4295 or at jonsona@nsula.edu.
Four-Time Southland Conference Champions • Three-Time Southland Conference Tournament Champions
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Dr. Jim Henderson
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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.
Four-Time Southland Conference Champions • Three-Time Southland Conference Tournament Champions
Jerry Pierce
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Vice President • External Affairs Few people have served Northwestern State as long as alumnus Jerry Pierce has, and nobody has done so in a more understated manner. In his 50th year on the university’s staff, Pierce’s impact on NSU and the city of Natchitoches is indelible. He’s never wanted or gotten top billing, but consistently, he gets results to benefit the university. He is in his 25th year as vice president of external affairs at Northwestern. A significant aspect of his job is oversight of intercollegiate athletics. Pierce works closely with athletic director Greg Burke and all NSU coaches and staff members to keep Northwestern athletics competing at a championship level week 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 dozen state championships, five regional titles and one national championship. Well before moving into the executive position, Pierce had already served his alma mater, adopted hometown and state with distinction. In his role as vice president, he oversees university operations in athletics, alumni and development, public and media relations and assists NSU Athletic Council President Dr. Jim Henderson in governmental affairs activities. Many of Jody Biscoe (Chair) those duties were his since the 1970s as he worked under five previous Hall Adams presidents as Northwestern advanced from NAIA to NCAA College Division LaCarsha Babers to NCAA Division I athletic status in 1977. Brittany Blackwell A 1961 graduate of Northwestern, Pierce served as trainer/manager Cole Gentry for the Demon football team during his college years, working closely with Baylee Gray (Student) legendary coach Jack Clayton. After earning his journalism degree, Pierce Kelee Grimes 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 In 1965, he chose to raise his two sons in Natchitoches and returned Dr. Jack Pace Dr. Charles Pellegrin to NSU as sports information director. He was promoted to news bureau Christie Price director two years later and assumed additional responsibilities in athletKelee Roddy ics, alumni affairs and other areas through the years. Steve Story He founded, in 1972, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame facility in Sabri Thompson (Student) Prather Coliseum on the NSU campus, providing a home for an entity created 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 years until his promotion to vice president in April 1990 forced him to step Carrie Greene aside from the volunteer post. Dustin Eubanks Roxanne Freeman He helped guide Northwestern into three athletic conferences (Trans Dr. Patrice Moulton America, 1979; Gulf Star, 1983; Southland, 1987) and NCAA Division I staDr. Vicki Parrish tus in 1977. He is a past president of the Southland and has served the Jerry Pierce conference through other offices and committee positions. Dr. Randall Webb In 1994, he was named one of Louisiana’s 20 most influential sports figures by the Times-Picayune. Also on the list were New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson, LSU athletic director Joe Dean and basketball coach Dale Brown, and Grambling football coaching legend Eddie Robinson. His salesmanship and managerial skills were instrumental in convincing Tri-Star Productions to film the 1989 smash hit movie “Steel Magnolias,” with an all-star cast including Julia Roberts, Sally Field and Dylan McDermott in Natchitoches and on the NSU campus. The movie’s impact on tourism in Natchitoches continues to resonate more than two decades later. Pierce is regarded as one of the most effective legislative liaisons for Louisiana’s higher education 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.
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Highlights of NSU athletics under the leadership of Vice President Jerry Pierce and Director of Athletics Greg Burke 24 Southland Conference Championships (8 sports) Football (1997, 1998, 2004), basketball (2005, 2006), women’s basketball (1999, 2004), baseball (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005), women’s soccer (2000), softball (1998, 1999, 2000, 2015), women’s tennis (2010, 2014), men’s track and field (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002). All-Sports (1997-98). 18 Southland Conference Tournament Championships (5 sports) Basketball (2001, 2006, 2013), women’s soccer (1997, 2000, 2002, 2005), women’s basketball (2004, 2014, 2015), softball (1998, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2014), women’s tennis (2010, 2015), volleyball (2014). 24 NCAA Postseason Appearances (7 sports) Football - FCS Division I playoffs (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004); basketball (2001, 2006, 2013); women’s basketball (2004, 2014, 2015); baseball (2005); softball (1998, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2014); women’s soccer (2000, 2002, 2005), women’s tennis (2010, 2015), volleyball (2014). Women’s basketball also played in the 1999 WNIT. Track and field qualifications are for individuals, not entire teams. 84 NCAA Postseason Individual Participants (5 sports) Men’s indoor track and field 14 (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2014, 2015), men’s outdoor track and field 36 (1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014), women’s indoor track and field 9 (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004), women’s outdoor track and field 24 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015), women’s tennis 1 (2010). 75 National Awards (7 sports) All-America awards - track and field (29), football (26), baseball (1). Academic All-America honors – softball (2), baseball (3), football (2), women’s track and field (1). U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Women’s Field Evens Scholar-Athlete of the Year (1). National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete (2); AFCA Allstate Good Works Team (1), NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship (1). Basketball - 2006 Pontiac Game Changing Performance $100,000 Scholarship. NCAA Academic Progress Rates Public Recognition, top 10 percent nationally, (3, 2 by basketball, 1 by women’s soccer) 3 Olympic Competitors (2 sports) Track and field alumni LaMark Carter (2000) Kenta Bell (2004 and 2008) represented the USA in the Olympic Games in the triple jump. Former Demon basketball player Dr. Gayle Hatch was the USA’s head men’s weightlifting coach in the 2004 Athens Games.
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Greg Burke
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.
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Four-Time Southland Conference Champions • Three-Time Southland Conference Tournament Champions
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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.
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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.
Four-Time Southland Conference Champions • Three-Time Southland Conference Tournament Champions
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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
Four-Time Southland Conference Champions • Three-Time Southland Conference Tournament Champions
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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)
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Four-Time Southland Conference Champions • Three-Time Southland Conference Tournament Champions
2016 m ed ia g uid e
Four-Time Southland Conference Champions • Three-Time Southland Conference Tournament Champions
lady dem on t e n n i s
Four-Time Southland Conference Champions • Three-Time Southland Conference Tournament Champions
2016 m ed ia g uid e
Four-Time Southland Conference Champions • Three-Time Southland Conference Tournament Champions
lady dem on t e n n i s
Four-Time Southland Conference Champions • Three-Time Southland Conference Tournament Champions