2013 Northwestern State Track & Field Media Guide by Northwestern State Athletics

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Work Hard and Good things can happen for you at nsu As famous playwright William Shakespeare wrote, ‘all the world’s a stage.’ For Northwestern State track and field athletes that stage is within grasp. LaMark Carter and Kenta Bell are just the most recent NSU standouts among many to emerge as international competitors.

Trecey Rew Cody Fillinich

Kenta Bell LaMark Carter Robert Etheridge Latrell Frederick Brian Brown

2012 NCAA Champion - Discus Four-Time All-American & 2005 USA Juniors Runner-Up - Javelin 2004 & 2008 Olympic Games, Team USA - Triple Jump 2000 Olympic Games, Team USA - Triple Jump 2000 USA Juniors Champion - Long Jump 1999 USA Juniors Champion - Javelin 1990 NCAA Champion, 1989 USA Champion - High Jump

A Simple Formula for Success in Sports and in Life It’s all about respect. Respect for the sport. Respect for the student-athlete. Respect for the university each student-athlete represents and the community in which they live. When it comes to track and field at Northwestern State, there is a definite “big picture” approach. The NSU track and field coaching staff is anchored by one of the icons of collegiate track, Demon head coach Leon Johnson, a man legendary among his peers and beloved by his colleagues and athletes. The NSU track team is a family atmosphere with everyone receiving equal billing and pulling equal weight. The coaching team is comprised of some of the brightest young coaches in the sport who provide NSU athletes with the finest technical knowledge in a nurturing, positive teaching environment. It is about respect, after all; as well as continually striving to be better than you were yesterday - better as an athlete, as a student, as a person.

Conference Championships in the Leon Johnson Era 2002 Southland Conference Outdoors 2001 Southland Conference Indoors 1999 Southland Conference Outdoors 1998 Southland Conference Indoors 1994 Southland Conference Indoors 1993 Southland Conference Outdoors 1993 Southland Conference Indoors 1987 Gulf Star Outdoors 1985 Gulf Star Outdoors

2012 NCAA discus champion Trecey Rew with 1990 NCAA high jump champion Brian Brown.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS & QUICK FACTS

UNIVERSITY INFORMATION

2013 NSU TRACK & FIELD

School:................................ Northwestern State University Location:............................ Natchitoches, Louisiana Founded:............................ 1884 as Louisiana Normal Enrollment:....................... 9,447 Nickname:......................... Demons/Lady Demons President:........................... Dr. Randall J. Webb Vice President/External Affairs: Jerry Pierce Athletics Director:............ Greg Burke Affiliation:.......................... NCAA Division I Conference:....................... Southland Colors:................................ Purple & White, Orange trim Facility:............................... Walter P. Ledet Track Complex

NSU Track Tradition....................................1 Quick Facts-Table of Contents...................2 Walter P. Ledet..............................................3 2013 Preview.................................................4 Sports Information-Media Info..................6

COACHING STAFF & ATHLETES

TEAM INFORMATION

Head Coach-Men:........................... Leon Johnson Head Coach-Women:..................... Mike Heimerman Assistant Coaches:........................... Adam Malloy ........................................................... Dean Johnson ........................................................... Wesley Miller Strength Coach................................ Tony Dieppa Administrative Asst:........................ Elizabeth Holloway Track & Field Phone:....................... (318) 357-5252 Athletic Trainers:.................... Tracy Coleman, Danny Walen 2012 Indoor Results:....................... Men-10th ........................................................... Women-10th 2012 Outdoor Results:.................... Men-9th ........................................................... Women-7th 2012 Outdoor SLC Champion:.....Ashley Aldredge-Javelin Sports Information Director:......... Doug Ireland Assistant SID:................................... Matthew Fowler T&F Contact:................................... Kellie O’Brien Email:................................................ obrienk@nsula.edu SID Phone......................................... (318) 357-6467 Website:............................................. www.nsudemons.com Twitter:.............................................. @NSUDemons Facebook:.............................facebook.com/forkemdemons

2013 NSU T&F MEDIA GUIDE CREDITS

Editor:............................................... Kellie O’Brien Layout and Design:..........................Kellie O’Brien Editorial Assistance:.........................Doug Ireland SID, Matthew Fowler Assistant SID, Ronnette Pellegrin Administrative Assistant Photography:.....................................Gary Hardamon, NSU Photographic Services

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Head Coach Leon Johnson.........................7 Head Coach Mike Heimerman..................9 Assistant Coach Adam Malloy...................10 Assistant Coach Dean Johnson..................11 Assistant Coach Wesley Miller...................11 2013 Demon Roster.....................................12 Demon Profiles.............................................13 2013 Lady Demon Roster............................23 Lady Demon Profiles...................................24

UNIVERSITY & ATHLETIC PERSONNEL President Dr. Randall J. Webb....................36 Vice President Jerry Pierce..........................37 Director of Athletics Greg Burke................38 Athletic Administration..............................39 NSU Sports Medicine..................................41

HISTORY & RECORDS

Individual Conference Champs..................42 Conference Results.......................................43 NCAA Division I All-Americans...............44 NCAA Qualifiers..........................................45 Demon Top 5................................................46 Lady Demon Top 5.......................................46 NSU Invitational Records............................47 Walter P. Ledet Complex Records..............48 NORTHWESTERN STATE This is NSU....................................................49 Campus Life..................................................50 Academics.....................................................51 CHAMPS/Life Skills....................................52

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Walter P. Ledet

Legendary Head Track Coach

Walter P. Ledet 1919-2012

Walter Ledet, a 1995 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame inductee who was Northwestern State’s first All-American football player and a legendary coaching figure, passed away on Dec. 14, 2012 at the age of 1993. Ledet was a 1995 inductee in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and was the Hall’s oldest member at the time of his sudden passing. After earning Little All-America honors as a guard in 1938, Ledet turned down a contract to play for the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles and accepted a coaching position with the Demons under head coach Harry Turpin. From 1952-64, while continuing to serve as assistant football coach under Turpin and then Jack Clayton, he became a highly successful head track and field coach whose Demon teams won five straight Gulf States Conference Championships from 1953-57 and missed a sixth in a row by half a point. He helped shape the careers of three other Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame competitors, Charlie Tolar, Charlie Hennigan and Pro Football Hall of Fame member Jackie Smith, who came to Northwestern on a track scholarship offered by Coach Ledet. An Abbeville native who arrived at the age of 16 at what was then Louisiana Normal School in 1935, Ledet was a standout competitor in football and track and field. He remained in Natchitoches after graduation in 1938 “to keep an eye on my girlfriend” and accepted a position coaching the freshman football team and assisting Turpin with the varsity, which promptly went unbeaten in 1939. Coach Ledet married his college sweetheart, Betty Willis of Natchitoches. They celebrated their 71st wedding anniversary July 24 and he was nearing what would have been his 94th birthday Jan. 4. He is in Northwestern’s Long Purple Line Alumni Hall of Distinction and the Graduate N Club Hall of Fame for his athletic exploits. The track and field facility at NSU was named in his honor, the Walter P. Ledet Track Complex, in 1996. Ledet became the university’s registrar in 1966 and officially retired in 1980. He was a constant figure at university events and athletic competitions both at home and on the road, and community events. He was honorary referee of the 2011 Southland Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships hosted at the Ledet Complex, which is also the site of the annual Louisiana High School Athletic Association Cross Country Championships. An active member of Holy Cross Catholic Church who still helped tend to the church’s flower beds, Ledet was the last living founding member of the Kiwanis Club of Natchitoches. The university’s Catholic Student Organization recognized him in 2003 for his contributions to the university and its Catholic students. He also several years ago founded a morning coffee meeting of retirees that gathers each weekday at Merci Beaucoup Restaurant, and in 2011, that group officially adopted the name “Walter P. Ledet Coffee Club” in honor of its founder, an occasion marked by a sign on the restaurant’s wall. He served four years as a captain in the U.S. Air Force from 1942-46 during and after World War II. The Ledets have four children, Dr. Walter Ledet Jr., a surgeon in Sulphur; Elizabeth Kurz, of Shreveport; Camille Bolinger of Nacogdoches, Texas, and Dr. Ted Ledet, an internist, of Nacogdoches. There are 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Ledet being inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 1995. Website: www.nsudemons.com •

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Mix of Youth and Experience Fuels Anticipation for 2013 Season High expectations and optimism set the tone for the 2013 track and field season as men’s coach Leon Johnson and women’s coach Mike Heimerman believe that both teams have the potential to battle for the indoor and outdoor Southland Conference titles this year.

COACHING Legendary, venerable, unselfish, passionate. These are some of the words used to describe Demon track and field coach Leon Johnson. In his 31st year at the helm of the program, Johnson is the only active coach to have a meet named after him. This honor was bestowed upon him in 2011 when NSU gave its signature meet his namesake - The Leon Johnson NSU Invitational. With 52 All-America awards, nine Southland Conference titles and eight coach of the year honors, Johnson is unequivocally deserving of such praise. On the women’s side, the superbly talented Mike Heimerman begins his sixth season at the head coach position. Heimerman, a thrower for NSU in the mid-1990’s, has produced some of the best throwers in the history of NSU, including All-Americans Cody Fillinich, Trecey Rew and Jessica Talley. In 2011, he shared the Louisiana Women’s Coach of the Year honors with LSU’s Dennis Shaver after navigating the Lady Demons to their best-ever finish in Southland championship competition, second place, and coaching Rew to an NCAA discus title. Johnson’s son, Dean, also assists the track and field program and is considered one of the premiere jumps and sprints coaches in the sport. Dean is credited by U.S. Olympian, and Demon great, Kenta Bell with helping shape his outstanding career. Adam Malloy joined the NSU staff in 2012 as the head cross country coach and assistant track coach for distance runners. Malloy is an energetic addition who, having led the 2010 James Madison cross country team to its first Eastern College Athletic Conference championship in 10 years, has already accomplished his own success at the Division I level. LADY DEMONS Returning four school record-holders and several NSU top-five performers while also adding a promising recruiting class, the 2013 Lady Demons are a force to be reckoned with. “Our expectations are pretty high this year,” said Heimerman. “We have a mixed group of upper and lower classmen and the talent pool is about the same from top to bottom. We had a very good recruiting year and were able to bring in a lot of talent for this season.” Returning record-holders include senior Contance

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Seibles (200m) and Ali Fontenot (3000mSC) and juniors Consuela Lindsay (400mH) and Quiana Griffin (400m). Last season, Seibles, Griffin and Lindsay teamed up with the recently graduated Lawana Perkins to set a new school record in the 4x400 in addition to their individual records. The three standouts will team up with accomplished veteran Angelica Kotun and a talented freshmen group of Madison Morton, Keshira McKnight and Shannon Moore to round out a formidable sprint group. “Madison Morton is one newcomer that we are excited about this year,” said Heimerman. “She runs the 400 and did very well in high school. We call her either spark plug or firecracker because, while she is not big in stature, she is huge on the track. “Keshira ‘Kiki’ McKnight and Shannon Moore are two more freshmen that we brought in. Keshira will run the 60m and the 200m and Shannon will be in the 400. They can both run some pretty quick times so it will be fun to watch them.” Along with Fontenot, seniors Karensa Ellis and Sarah Emory headline the distance squad. Both Ellis and Emory will be vying for the school record in the 1500m as they currently hold personal records just one and two seconds shy, respectively. In the outdoor season, Emory will focus more on the 3000m, 5000m and 10000m runs and, seeing as she is already in the top four for each race, has the potential to break the school record in these events as well. Lady Demon squads are generally known for their talented throwers and this year is no exception. Senior Janae Allen, junior Keona Jackson and the sophomore javelin powerhouse duo of Ashley Aldredge and Jessica Talley are the key contributors for the 2013 campaign. Allen has proven to be one of the best throwers in NSU history with the second-best mark in the discus and third in the hammer throw. “Both Keona and Janae should be top three in the weight and Keona should do well in the shot as well.” In 2011, Talley earned All-America honors as a freshman

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2013 preview when she placed ninth at the NCAA National Meet. Talley redshirted last season after undergoing Tommy John surgery for a loose Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) and should return to competition this spring. Last year, Aldredge dominated the conference and came within nine inches of the school record mark with her NCAA 14th best loft of 166-0. Aldredge was also forced to undergo Tommy John surgery at the end of the season after tearing her UCL at the Drake Relays. “Ashley threw her last two meets at conference and NCAA regionals with a completely torn UCL, which is very painful; I don’t know how the javelin went as far as it did,” said Heimerman. “She had the surgery in July and has been rehabbing and recovering throughout the offseason.” In the jumping events, the Lady Demons have three strong long jumpers and two talented triple jumpers. Senior Sarah Jones, sophomore Kenyah McDaniel and freshman Porsha Thomas each have the ability to jump in the 19 to 20 foot range. “Each of these ladies could potentially break 20 feet in the long jump, which is huge since we have only had two athletes break 20 feet in school history,” said Heimerman.” Jones will also compete in the triple jump along with sophomore Jerrica Tillery. These two will be very competitive in conference match-ups and have the ability to become NSU top-five performers. DEMONS The men return a handful of very capable athletes for the 2013 campaign. In the sprints, school record-holder junior Justin Walker returns after an injury kept him off the track in 2012. Walker currently holds the school record for both the 100m and 200m. “Justin is back and is training very well,” said coach Leon Johnson. “He is not 100 percent yet but he will compete if he is capable.” Joining Walker in the highly talented sprint group will be seniors Kendal Taylor and Quincy Davison, junior Karllis Perry, sophomore Keenan Jackson and freshmen Hanoj Carter and Gabe White. Taylor left the track ablaze last season, finishing second in both the 100m and 200m at the SLC Outdoor Championships, and Johnson says he is on pace for another great season this year. Davison, Perry and Jackson were all members of the 4x200 team last season that recorded the fifth best performance in NSU history. Davison and Perry were also a part of the third-best sprint medley team which returns all four of it’s members for 2013. In the mid-distance and distance group, the Demons return juniors Antwone Cobbin and Travis Plumb and sophoWebsite: www.nsudemons.com •

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mores Albert Gladney, Lawrence Jackson and Matt Rodell. Gladney and Cobbin make up the second half of the third-best sprint medley team that NSU has ever seen. Cobbin also joins Jackson and Plumb as three of four members of the second-best 4x800 team. Jackson had a stellar performance in the 800m at the SLC outdoors last season, barely missing a third place finish by just .02 second. Freshman Mitch Landry joins the distance squad after being one of the top high school distance runners in the state of Louisiana. “Mitch’s goals are to contribute as much as possible,” said Malloy. “He is realistic with his abilities and is very talented so his goal is to be top three in the 5k and 10k outdoor and to place high in the 5k indoor.” Wayne Douglas returns for his senior season as a top jumper for NSU. He finished out the 2012 season with an injury and still managed to place eighth in the triple jump at the Southland outdoors. In 2011 he was runner-up at the conference meet. Having cleared 50-feet, he has the longest range of the jumpers on this year’s group. Joining Douglas are sophomore twins Aaron and Emmanuel Williams. Emmanuel had a great freshman season where he took seventh in the triple jump and ninth in the long jump at conference. After a leap of 48-11.5 at the SLC outdoors last season, Emmanuel has the potential to break the 50-foot mark this year. Aaron also had a promising start last season as he finished 10th at the conference meet. Sophomore John Carpenter will throw the javelin for NSU this season. Carpenter placed 12th at the SLC’s in 2012. The Demons throwing team will consist of freshmen Chris Devers, Jr. and Gerrod Hilliard.

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Doug Ireland

Assistant AD/Sports Information Director

In charge of athletic media relations at his alma mater since January of 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 Executive Director and Chairman of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. Ireland assumed

that post in April 1991. 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. He was recently awarded the Distinguished American Award” by the S.M. McNaughton Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. 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, SID at Lamar; Dart Volz, former SID at Southeastern Louisiana; Melissa Reynaud, former assistant SID at LSU; Kenny Lannou, SID at Kansas 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 fulltime assistant, and Adam Jonson, NSU’s former ticket manager, 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. 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 JonesboroHodge High School, where he was a wingback for the Tigers’ 1977 Class AA state football finalists coached by Don Shows.

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Daily Newspapers -Ray Partsch, Bob Tompkins, Warren Hayes, Randy Benson Sports, Alexandria Daily Town Talk, P.O. Box 7558, Alexandria, LA 71306 (318-487-6351, fax 487-6315) - Roy Lang III, Jason Pugh, Sports, The Times, 222 Lake Street, Shreveport, LA 71101 (318-459-3296, 800-462-6436, fax 459-3301) - Joe Schiefelbein, Sports, Baton Rouge Morning 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 (318-747-7900, fax 747-5298) - Leesville Daily Leader, P.O. Box 619, Leesville, LA 71446 (318-239-3444, fax 318-238-1552) - Natchitoches Times, 904 Hwy. 1 South, Natchitoches, LA 71457 (318-352-3618, fax 352-7842)

Non-Daily Newspapers - NSU Current Sauce, Kyser Hall, Natchitoches, LA 71497 (318-357-5456, fax 357-6564) - Sports, New Orleans Times Picayune, 3800 Howard Ave., New Orleans, LA 70140 (504-826-3405, fax 826-3401)

Television Stations - Chris Bailey, Mo Carter, Sherman Desselle KALB-TV, 605 Washington St., Alexandria, LA 71306 (318-445-6397 exts. 516, 523; fax 442-7427) - Colin McElroy, Adria Goins, Christina Jenkins, KSLA-TV, 1812 Fairfield Ave., Shreveport, LA 71104 (318-677-6709, fax 677-6705) - Brandon Dunn, Lance Snow, KTAL-TV, 3150 N. Market St., Shreveport, LA 71107 (318-629-7134, 7133, fax 318-629-7171) - Tim Fletcher, Tatum Everett 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 - Todd Lamb, 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, New Jersey City, NJ 07311 (800-367-8935)

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Matthew Fowler, in his fifth year as a member of the Northwestern State sports information staff, was named assistant sports information director in June 2012 Fowler has worked as the primary media contact for the Lady Demon soccer program and has been the secondary contact for Demon baseball. He assisted with production of NSU’s award-winning football, baseball and men’s basketball media guides, as well as game programs for several sports and other promotional materials. He has been the official scorer and statistician for football, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball and soccer. In 2010, Fowler became the fourth NSU student assistant to receive the prestigious Ace Higgins Award that is presented annually by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association to the outstanding student assistant SID in the state. Fowler, a Homer native, graduated from NSU in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in general studies with a concentration in arts and communication. He also minored in sports management. Prior to joining the sports information staff as a student worker, Fowler was a member of the Spirit of Northwestern marching band as a trumpet player. Fowler was also very active in campus activities including serving as President of the Baptist Christian Ministry and participating in intramural athletics. At Homer High School, Fowler was Claiborne Parish student of the year in his senior year and valedictorian of his graduating class. Fowler married Whitney Brandon, a NSU graduate and a Florien native who is a teacher at Natchitoches Central High School.

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SID Intern/Track and Field Contact Kellie O’Brien is in her first year as a member of the NSU

sports information staff and second as an SID intern. The Burlington, Iowa native graduated from the University of Iowa in May of 2011 with a degree in communication studies. Prior to joining the NSU staff, O’Brien was an intern at Idaho State University. She is the primary contact for NSU volleyball, cross country, tennis and track and field. O’Brien is also the official Stat Crew scorer for women’s basketball and assists with gameday operations for men’s basketball.

Support Staff

Brittany Russ SID Grad. Asst.

Jimmie Walker SID Grad. Asst.

Ronnie Pellegrin SID Admin. Asst.

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Leon Johnson Men’s Head Coach • 31st Season The phrase “legendary” gets tossed around too easily when discussing athletic personalities, but nobody who’s competed for, worked with, or competed against Leon Johnson would disagree that he’s approaching legendary status as a track and field coach. In his 31st season in charge of track and field at Northwestern State, he retains the same joy for coaching and teaching, the same burning competitive drive to excel and the same humble and diligent approach to every day. Those who are called “legends” in their chosen field always carry with them a passion for what they do, and they consistently achieve at a level that exceeds the grandest expectations. So it is with Johnson, whose stature is already “legendary” in Louisiana High School track and field circles, and in collegiate track and field, he’s an icon among his peers across the nation. When disagreement erupted at the 2005 NCAA Mideast Regional Championships over how to restart the rain-delayed competition in the prelims of the 200 meter dash, a room full of coaches and NCAA officials quickly turned to hear Johnson’s perspective. At Southland Conference championship events over the past 24 years, league and meet officials have always sought Johnson’s counsel on rules and administrative issues. The Louisiana High School Athletic Association has been holding its all-classifications state cross country championships at Northwestern for more than two decades, relying on Johnson and his staff for smooth management of a massive event involving thousands of competitors from every corner of the state. In January 2010, the LHSAA gave him its “Distinguished Service Award.” In two of the last three Olympic Games, one of Johnson’s athletes has competed for Team USA -- both triple jumpers, LaMark Carter in the 2000 Sydney Games and Kenta Bell in the 2004 Athens Games, and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. In 2011, NSU’s biggest home meet was renamed in his honor. Texas has the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays each year, and Northwestern will always host the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational at the Walter Ledet Track Complex. The only coach or athletic staff member who has been around NSU longer became president. That would be 37-year (1913-1950) head basketball coach H. Lee Prather, for whom Prather Coliseum, NSU’s arena, is named. Johnson’s son, Dean, who has spent more than 18 seasons working under his father after competing for him at NSU, is today regarded by USA Track and Field as one of the nation’s bright horizontal jumps coaches.

Johnson also tutored Lady Demon head coach Mike Heimerman, who also competed for the Demons in the mid-1990s in the shot and discus. Heimerman has emerged as one of the country’s top young throws coaches. Speaking of All-Americans, Johnson has produced 52 in his 29 previous seasons as coach. In track and field, there’s no subjectivity -- that honor is earned by placement at the national meet, measured against every Division I competitor in the country in each event. In his fifth decade of coaching, Johnson still brings a youthful energy to each day. Watching him at practice or in a competition, he is constantly in motion, offering encouragement, motivation and technical advice to his athletes. He is, as well, part of the heart and soul of the Northwestern athletic department. Johnson’s persona and professionalism has made him a role model to coaches and staff in every sport during the past decade. Basketball coach Mike McConathy invited Johnson along with the team on a 2006 trip to Hawaii as a token of admiration for his mentorship, friendship, selflessness and loyalty –qualities that can’t be taken for granted in today’s environment. Whether or not the word “legendary” fits him yet (and he wouldn’t accept that idea), there’s been no doubt for years that “unselfish” does, along with the description as “a team player” and a “caring colleague and coach.” He’s won a wall full of Coach of the Year honors in the longest tenure of any track coach in Northwestern sports history. Johnson has become the dean of track and field coaches at Northwestern and in the state of Louisiana. During those years, he has not only continued, but enhanced the reputation of NSU as a program that has remained remarkably competitive nationally, standing the test of time. Johnson has coached NSU to Top 20 finishes in both the indoor and outdoor NCAA Division I Champion-

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Coach Johnson getting doused with water after the Demons climched the Gulf Star Conference championship in the mid-80’s.

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ships. He has led the Demons to nine conference championships and been named conference Coach of the Year eight times. As a prep coach, he was named state Coach of the Year three times. He’s served as meet referee for the prestigious Oklahoman Daily Classic Indoor Meet and served on the NCAA Championships Throws Jury. At Northwestern, he started the Lady Demon track and field program. In 1999, Johnson was inducted in the Graduate N Club Hall of Fame in tribute to his accomplishments and dedication to NSU and its track and field program. For 16 consecutive seasons from 1989-2005, the Demons finished in the top half of the men’s team standings at the Southland Conference Outdoors. For 10 straight years, 1996-2005, Northwestern was the top scoring Louisiana team in the SLC men’s standings. After Johnson has shaped a tremendous recruiting classes in the last three years, the Demons are returning to form. Prior to being appointed head coach at NSU in the fall of 1982, Johnson coached at De-Ridder High School. While there, he won the Louisiana Class AAA state title and was named the high school track and field coach of the year in 1982. During this stint, he twice led the Dragons to second place finishes in the state cross country competition. Before going to DeRidder, Johnson coached at Opelousas High School from 1970 until 1974 where he established a tradition of dominant track and field teams which still exists today. After being appointed as head coach in 1970, Johnson’s Opelousas teams dominated the Class AAAA state ranks like no other team in Louisiana, winning state titles in 1971 and 1972 and finishing as state runners-up in 1973 and 1974. During this time period Johnson worked with legendary coach Claude Paxton who coached 1972 Olympic gold medalist Rodney Milburn at Southern. Johnson began his career at Grand Valley (CO) High School on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains where he coached cross country, basketball and track for two years. His stay was highlighted by a fourth place finish in the state basketball tournament during his first campaign. A devotee of the sport, Johnson continues to be a source of information for many high school coaches who consult with him on an individual basis. Johnson was one of the first coaches to become Level I and Level II certified by USA Track and Field in the Sprints, Hurdles and Relays. A native of Elmore City, Oklahoma, Johnson graduated from the University of Southwestern Louisiana where he was a distance runner on the cross country and track teams and also went out for football. In 1971 he returned to earn his master’s in secondary education. He is married to the former Elaine Waters of Lafayette with whom he has four children: sons Dean and Kendon and daughters Darla and Molly. He is a proud grandfather and a member of the Church of Christ.

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Coach Johnson Quick Facts: At NSU:

•Nine Conference Championships

-1985 -1987 -1993 -1993 -1994 -1998 -1999 -2001 -2002

Gulf Star Conference Gulf Star Conference Southland Conference Indoor Southland Conference Outdoor Southland Conference Indoor Southland Conference Indoor Southland Conference Outdoor Southland Conference Indoor Southland Conference Outdoor

• Eight-time SLC Coach of the Year

•52 NCAA Division I All-America awards

Coaching Experience:

•1982-Present Head Coach, Northwestern State •1974-82 Head Coach, De-Ridder High School •1970-74

Head Coach, Opelousas High School

Education:

•University of Southwestern Louisiana -Bachelor’s in physical education -Master’s in secondary education

Coach Johnson receiving a plaque denoting the first annual Leon Johnson NSU Invitational in April of 2011.

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Mike Heimerman

(NSU, 1998)

Women’s Head Coach • Throws • 16th Season Mike Heimerman’s technical expertise and passion for coaching have been key attributes in his rise in collegiate track and field coaching circles. They combine with his love for his alma mater and his tremendous work ethic, among other qualities, which led to him being named head women’s track and field coach at Northwestern State in August 2007. The 2012 season saw yet another Heimermancoached thrower rise to the top of the sport as javelin thrower Ashley Aldredge lofted an NCAA 14th-best, and NSU second-best, mark of 166-0 and later won the Southland Conference Championship. The 2011 season was spectacular for the Lady Demon track and field program, with Trecey Rew’s NCAA discus championship and the team’s best-ever finish, a runner-up showing, at the Southland Conference Outdoor Championships. It was no surprise that Mike Heimerman was voted women’s Coach of the Year on the All-Louisiana Team in 2011, sharing the honor with LSU’s Dennis Shaver. Even before taking the helm of the program, he was a key factor in helping the Lady Demons make the most consistently high finishes at Southland Conference championships of any Louisiana team. This has been true since Heimerman joined the NSU coaching staff in the late 1990s. Since Heimerman wrapped up his own outstanding competitive career and joined the coaching staff, NSU has consistently produced nationally competitive throwers. Ten of NSU’s last 11 All-America awards have been won by Heimerman-trained competitors. He’s coached 19 athletes who have reached the NCAA Outdoor Championships. In the last six years, 11 javelin throwers (three in 2007, two in 2011) surpassed the NCAA qualifying standard. When Cody Fillinich won his fourth All-America award at the 2009 NCAA meet it was also the ninth time in 11 years that Northwestern had either a male or a female javelin thrower reach the NCAA Outdoors. All of the athletes have been Louisiana prep products and four previously — Regina Roe, Latrell Frederick, Samantha Ford and Fillinich— won All-America honors by virtue of their performances at the national meet. Ford reached the 12-woman USA Olympic Trials Finals in 2008. 2011 provided the most unlikely member of the NSU javelin All-America contingent. Jessica Talley walked on in November, having never thrown over 130 feet in high school. She added almost 30 feet to her throw under Heimerman’s guidance, recording a mark of 158-6, and finishing 11th at the NCAA Championships to earn All-America honors. Heimerman helped Rew develop into a legendary

competitor in school and Southland Conference history. She first achieved national prominence in 2007 as a freshman when she qualified for the USA Junior Nationals in two events and made the USATFCCA (coaches’ association) All-Academic Team. She capped her career in 2011 with All-America honors in the shot and discus, eight Southland titles, being named Academic All-America, USATFCCA National Field Events Scholar-Athlete of the Year and claiming the NCAA discus crown. It is not just technical knowledge that makes Heimerman a great coach, but also his competitive fire and his ability to instill the same fire in his athletes. After capping his competitive career with an eighthplace finish at the 1998 USA Outdoor Championships in the shot put, Heimerman emerged as a highly regarded throws coach who has now made a major impact on NSU track and field history. The 1996 Southland Conference Outdoor champion in the shot put, Heimerman is credited with significantly shaping the record-shattering careers of Rew, Fillinich, along with Frederick, also the 1999 USA Junior Champion; Ford and USATF Junior All-America javelin throwers Dawn Comeaux (2004) and Randy Fauntleroy (2006). Heavy scoring in the shot put helped the 2001 Demons win the SLC Indoor title. Big point totals in the shot and javelin spearheaded the drive to the 2002 SLC Outdoor crown for the NSU men. A junior college All-American at Hutchinson (Kan.) CC, Heimerman is a Wichita, Kan. native. His wife, NSU alumna Farrah Reyna, is a former TV news anchor and first runner-up in the Miss Louisiana pageant.

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Adam Malloy

(Millersville, 2009)

Assistant Coach • Distance • 2nd Season

Hired in 2011 as the head women’s cross country coach, Adam Malloy is now the head coach for both men’s and women’s cross country as well as the assistant track coach for distance runners. “Adam has been great addition to our staff,” said long-time NSU track and field head Leon Johnson. “He has great knowledge about distance running and is doing a wonderful job with the runners. With time, I know he could lead us to the top of the conference.”

Prior to NSU, Malloy was a volunteer assistant for the James Madison women’s cross country team. During his time at JMU, the Dukes captured several team and individual championships, including their first Eastern College Athletic Conference team and individual championship in 10 years. Malloy also helped lead the Dukes to the 2009-10 Colonial Athletic Association steeplechase championship and the 2010 CAA cross country team championship. The Ephrata, Penn. native graduated from James Madison in 2011 with an M.S. degree in kinesiology-sport leadership. A 2009 graduate of Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Malloy was a standout student-athlete and twotime NCAA qualifier on the cross country team. He was a top finisher for the cross country team on several occasions and cemented his spot in the Marauders’ record books as a top 25 all-time finisher in the 8k (13th) and 10k (24th) courses. Malloy also contributed on the track, setting school records in the 4x400, 4x800 (second), 400m (sixth), 800m and 3,000m steeplechase (10th). He earned the top spot on the 2009 all-conference 3,000m steeplechase outdoor team.

dean johnson

Assistant Coach • Sprints • 15th Season

Among the nation’s most highly regarded horizontal jumps coaches, Dean Johnson is in his sixth season back on the track and field staff at his alma mater. Head women’s track and field coach for nine seasons, Johnson left the NSU staff after the 2003 season to take a teaching and coaching position at adjacent Natchitoches Central High School, where three of his five daughters were attending. He remains a teacher at NCHS, having seen a fourth daughter reach high school. He is the son of venerable head men’s track and field coach Leon Johnson, and while he’s worked with his father for most of the past two decades since competing for him, Dean has risen from the formidable shadow of his dad’s accomplishments and forged a name for himself in the sport. Coaching two Olympic triple jumpers will do that for you – USA team members LaMark Carter in 2000 and Kenta Bell in 2004 and 2008. Bell told reporters after qualifying for his second Olympics that in his training, he uses the strategy “WWDD” -- “what would Dean do?” Johnson’s expertise helped the NSU men win seven Southland Conference titles from 1992-2002 while he worked with the heavy-scoring jump stable for the Demons. As head women’s coach, he guided Lady Demon teams to their best-ever point totals in Southland Conference championship competition – 112 for third place, best at the time in school history, in 1997; 84 points (fourth place) in 1998; and 108 points for third place in 1999. The 2000 squad was also third place, scoring 97 points. Johnson has earned national recognition through USA Track and Field. He was certified as a Level Two Coach in the sprints, hurdles and relays in 1988 and in 1994 received Level Two certification in the multi-events. He has also been part of a select group of jump coaches invited to attend USA Track and Field’s elite jumps seminars for long and triple jumpers, and has spoken to state coaching clinics in Louisiana and Missouri. Johnson is a DeRidder native and DHS graduate. He has five daughters: Loren, Keagan, Lindsey, Morgan and Lillie.

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Wesley Miller

Volunteer Assistant • Jumps • 1st Season Welsey Miller is in his first season as a volunteer assistant for the Northwestern State track and field coaching staff. Miller joined the NSU staff last season as a graduate assistant. He is experienced in several different levels of track and has Level 1 USATF certification. A graduate of Texas San Antonio, Miller received his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology with an emphasis in physical education. Miller is married to Kyle Zambrana of San Antonio.

tony dieppa

Strength & Conditioning GA • 1st Season Tony Dieppa begins his first year as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at Northwestern State University where he will be the primary strength coach for the men’s and women’s cross country and track and field teams as well as an assistant strength coach to the football team. A graduate of North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, Dieppa earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education. Prior to coming to NSU, Dieppa served as an assistant football and wrestling coach at Lake Park High School where he implemented strength and conditioning programs for his teams. The Carol Stream, Ill. native also completed a strength and conditioning internship at Oregon State University during the 2010-11 season. While at OSU, Dieppa aided in developing daily workouts for the football, wrestling, baseball, swimming and cross country teams.

tracey coleman Sports Medicine GA • 1st Season

Tracy begins his first year as a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Northwestern State University, where he is working towards his master’s degree in sport administration and will be the primary athletic trainer for the men’s and women’s cross country and track and field teams. A 2012 graduate of Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts, Coleman earned his bachelor’s degree in athletic training. While at Merrimack, he worked with the softball team his sophomore year and the women’s soccer team as a junior. His senior year he was assigned to work with Merrimack’s men’s ice hockey team. A native of Crownsville, Maryland, Coleman is a 2008 graduate of Indian Creek Upper School in Crownsville, where he lettered in soccer and ice hockey. Born February 13, 1990, he is the son of Tracy and Suzanne Coleman. He has two sisters, Amy and Kate.

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2013 demon roster

2013 Demon Roster Name Jahvez Barnes John Broughton John Carpenter Hanoj Carter Kaymin Carter Jarrod Charles Antwone Cobbin Quincy Davison Chris Dever, Jr. Wayne Douglas Jeremy Elliot Lionel Ellison Brent Giddens Albert Gladney Quinton Helaire Gerrod Hilliard Keenan Jackson Lawrence Jackson Mitch Landry Austin McCauslin Thomas Moore Sherif Omtunwashe Karllis Perry Travis Plumb Zhaquan Porter Matt Rodell Kendal Taylor Cody Wager Justin Walker Alex Washington Gabriel White Aaron Williams Dezrick Williams Emmanuel Williams Christian Willis

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

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Hometown (Previous School) Zachary, La. (Zachary HS) Shreveport, La. (Calvary Baptist Academy) Labadieville, La. (ED White HS) Shreveport, La. (C.E. Byrd Magnet HS) Shreveport, La. (C.E. Byrd Magnet HS) Opelousas, La. (Northwest HS) Lancaster, Texas (Eastern New Mexico) Humble, Texas (Atascocita HS) Houston, Texas (Northshore HS) Prairieville, La. (St. Amant HS) Shreveport, La. (C.E. Byrd Magnet HS) Marrero, La. (Archbishop Shaw HS) Hughes Springs, Texas (Hughes Springs HS) Shreveport, La. (Captain Shreve HS) Natchitoches, La. (Natchitoches Central) Livingston, Texas (Livingston HS) Lafayette, La. (Northside HS) Houston, Texas (Hastings HS) Doyline, La. (Haughton HS) Natchitoches, La. (Natchitoches Central) Bossier City, La. (Parkway HS) Houston, Texas (Elsik HS) Alexandria, La. (Alexandria Senior HS) Huffman, Texas (Hargrave HS) Alexandria, La. (Peabody Magnet HS) Killeen, Texas (Killeen HS) Slidell, La. (Northshore HS) Diana, Texas (New Diana HS) Slidell, La. (Northshore HS) Lafayette, La. (Ruston HS) Shreveport, La. (Captain Shreve HS) Duson, La. (Acadiana HS) Natchitoches, La. (Natchitoches Central) Duson, La. (Acadiana HS) Shreveport, La. (C.E. Byrd Magnet HS)

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Jahvez Barnes

Sprints • 6-0 • R-Fr. Zachary, La. Zachary HS High School: Lettered four years in track and football…district champion in the 100m and 200m his senior season...placed fifth in the 100m at the state meet and eighth in the 200m as a senior. Personal: Son of Alicia Tennell…born May 15, 1994… plans to major in computer science and has aspirations of designing video game software.

John Broughton

Distance • 5-10 • So. Shreveport, La. Calvary Baptist Academy 2012 Season: Indoor- Competed in the 3000m run…finished 13th at the McNeese Cowboy Invite (9:48.94)…placed 21st at the Jeff David Bank McNeese Invite with a personal-best time of 9:42.58. High School: Lettered in track and cross country two years…finished eighth in District 1-2A is cross country his junior year and 12th his senior year…finished sixth in track in the 3200m. Personal: Son of Sarah and Dennis Broughton…born Feb. 7, 1992…has one brother, Matthew, and one sister, Jessi…majoring in biology. Broughton’s Personal Bests Indoor 3000m 9:42.58 Jeff Davis Bank McNeese (2/3/12)

John Carpenter Javelin • 6-2 • So. Labadieville, La. E.D. White HS

2012 Season: Registered a personal-best javelin throw of 180-02 at the LSU Alumni Gold meet, placing 13th…recorded four top-10 finishes…placed 12th at the SLC Championships with a mark of 144-00. High School: Lettered in cross country and track three seasons...placed fifth at districts his junior and senior years with throws of 138-0 and 148-0, respectively. Personal: Son of Kevin and Mary Carpenter…born Dec. 11, 1992…has one brother, Mark…majoring in health and physical education…active member of the Kappa Alpha Order…plans to teach health and physical education at the high school level. Carpenter’s Personal Bests Outdoor Javelin 180-02 LSU Alumni Gold Website: www.nsudemons.com •

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Hanoj Carter

Sprints • 5-10 • Fr. Shreveport, La. C.E. Byrd Magnet HS High School: Lettered in track all four years and football two years... state champion in the 100m (10.67) and 200m (21.23) his senior season…regional champion and fourth place finisher at state in the 200m and 6th at state in the 100m as a sophomore…district and regional champion in the 100m and 200m his junior and senior seasons…placed second in the 100m (10.47) and 200m at the state meet his junior year. Personal: Son of Lysandra Carter…born June 26, 1994… has one brother, Michael Buckner, and one sister, Makkala Carter…majoring in psychology.

Kaymin Carter

Hurdles • 6-1 • Fr. Shreveport, La. C.E. Byrd Magnet HS High School: Ran a personal-best 300m hurdle time of 41.0 seconds as a junior and a personal-best 110m hurdle time of 15.2 seconds as a senior. Personal: Son of LaMark and Crystal Carter…has three younger brothers, Korde, Keaton and Kole…born on Dec. 31, 1993… father was a four-time All-American while at NSU and U.S. Olympian in the triple jump in 2000...majoring in biology.

Jarrod Charles Sprints • 5-10 • So. Opelousas, La. Northwest HS

2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the 400m dash and 4x400 relay…registered a season-best time of 50.64 in the 400m at the Southeastern Lions Invitational, placing 18th…finished sixth in the 4x400 at the Southeastern Lions Invitational (3:22.37). Indoor- Placed second in the 400m at the MSSU Lion Invite (51.35) and the McNeese Cowboy Indoor Invite (52.00)… member of the first-place distance medley relay team at the McNeese Invite (10:50.08). 2011 Season: Outdoor- ran the 400 meters and was a member of the 4x400 relay team... clocked in at 49.30 for an eighth place finish in the 400m the Louisiana Classics... member of the 4x400 relay team that placed second at the NSU Leon Johnson Invitational with a time of 3:13.44. Indoor- ran the 400m dash and was clocked at a 50.51 at the Texas A&M Challenge. High School: Competed three years in track and football at Northwest High School in Opelousas… a member of BETA, science and social studies club, and in honor’s English. Personal: Born Feb. 15, 1992… son of Alvin and Zedra Charles…has three brothers, Alvin King, Jerrell Charles and #ForkEmDemons • Facebook: facebook.com/forkemdemons

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50.51

Texas A&M Challenge (1/15/11)

Antwone Cobbin

Mid-Distance • 5-11 •Jr. Lancaster, Texas Eastern New Mexico/Mountain View College 2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the 800 meter run and was also a member of the 4x400, 4x800 and 1600 Sprint Medley Relay teams…ran a personal-best 800m time of 1:57.03 at the Cole-Lancon Invitational on April 28…placed first in the 1600 sprint medley and second in the 4x400 at the Cowboy Relays with times of 3:35.59 and 3:17.76, respectively. Indoor- ran an indoor season-best 800m time of 1:58.21 at the MSSU Lion Invite on Jan. 28…placed 22nd in the 800m at the Southland Conference Championships. High School: Lettered in track three years and cross country two years... coached by Greg Williams and Mogon Morris. Personal: Son of Jackie and Rodney Moore...born April 5, 1991...has one brother, Rodney, and one sister, Anisha...majoring in criminal justice...hopes to become a lawyer or sports agent. Cobbin’s Personal Bests Outdoor 800m 1:57.03 Cole-Lancon Invitational (4/28/12) 4x400 3:17.76 Cowboy Relays (3/10/12) 4x800 7:39.59 Texas Relays (3/29/12) 1600 Medley 3:35.23 Cowboy Relays (3/10/12) Indoor 800m 1:58.21 MSSU Lion Invite (1/28/12) 4x400 3:29.69 Jeff Davis Bank McNeese (2/3/12) Dist. Med. 10:39.04 MSSU Lion Invite (1/28/12)

Quincy Davison Sprints • 5-5 • Sr. Humble, Texas Atascocita HS

Demon profiles medley at the Cowboy Relays on March 10. Indoor- competed in the 55, 60 and 200 meter races…ran a season-best 55 meter time of 6.84 at the Jeff Davis Bank McNeese Invite II on Feb. 3. 2011 Season: Outdoor– Competed in the 100 and 200 meters and was also a member of the 4x100 relay and 1600 sprint medley relay squads...ran a 10.88 in the 100 meters at the Demon invitational, just 0.06 second off his best time... placed fifth in the 4x100 relay at the Texas Relays and had a fourth place finish in the 1600 sprint medley relays with a time of 3:29.22 at the LSU Relays. Indoor- ran a season-best 6.64 in the 60 meters at the McNeese Indoor (2/5/12)...did not place in the conference meet. 2010 Season: Competed in the 100m, 200m and the 4x100...had two top ten finishes in the 100m with a personal best of 10.82 at the Louisiana Classics...recorded a personal best of 22.51 in the 200m at the Ty Terrell Relays...member of a 4x100 relay team that had seven top 10 finishes...placed first at Ty Terrell Relays with a time of 40.84...recorded a personal best with a 40.58 time at the NSU Invitational while placing fourth. High School: Lettered three years in football... freshman year, member of Freshman A-team district championship... sophomore year, football team recorded first win in school history before getting first district win in junior season...senior year, football team went 5-3 for its first playoff berth... won 100m dash district championship junior year... senior season, repeated as district champion in 100m dash, recording a personal-best 10.59 and 21.7 in the 200m...100m Regional bronze medalist, 800m relay regional gold medalist...800m relay state silver medalist.   Personal: Son of Sandra and Allen Davison...born Dec. 4, 1991...has two sisters, Tera Marburgh and Kristen Davison... majoring in business administration with a minor in health and exercise science...plans to pursue a master’s in sports management. Davison’s Personal Bests Outdoor 100m 10.83 Louisiana Classics (3/20/10) 200m 22.31 Leon Johnson NSU Inv. (4/6/12) 4x100 40.92 Louisiana Classics (3/17/12) 4x200 1:26.90 Cowboy Relays (3/10/12) Indoor 60m 200m

6.64 23.33

McNeese Indoor (2/5/11) MSSU Lion Invite (1/28/12)

Chris Dever, Jr.

Throws • 6-2 • R-Fr. Houston, Texas Northshore HS

2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the 100 and 200 meter dash and was a member of the 4x100, 4x200 and 1600 sprint medley relay teams…ran a season-best 100m time of 11.01 at the Cole-Lancon Invitational…finished third in the 4x100 relay at the Louisiana Classics with a seasonbest time of 40.92…took first place in the 4x200 and 1600 sprint

High School: Lettered three years in football and two years in track…recorded a throw of 45-3 in the shot put as a sophomore…was named most improved in the shot put as a junior for his longest throw of 52-9…. selected 1st team All-District and All-Academic and team offensive MVP in football…member of the National Honor Society, participated in the Chess Club and served as Sunday School Youth Superintendent and church drummer.  Personal: Son of Christopher, Sr. and Angela Dever…

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Wayne Douglas Jumps • 5-10 • Sr. Prairieville, La. St. Amant HS

2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the long jump and the triple jump…finished eighth at in the triple jump at the SLC Championships with a leap of 48-08.75… took third place at the Southeaster Lions Invitational with a jump of 45-05.25. Indoor- Finished fifth in the triple jump at the LSU Twilight meet with his only 50-foot jump of the season, leaping for a distance of 50-04.00…had four top-five finishes in the triple jump...took first at the MSSU Lion Invite with a jump of 48-06.00. 2011 Season: Outdoor- NCAA Regional Qualifier in the triple jump...placed second at the SLC meet with a personal best mark of 50-08.00...finished second at the LSU Alumni Gold with his first 50-foot jump in his career with a 50-02.75 mark... placed 27th at the NCAA’s with a leap of 49-00.75...had seven top five finishes in the triple jump including a first place finish at the Cowboy Relays...also competed in the long jump and had a personal best mark of 22-05.75 at the UTA Bobby Lane Invitational. Indoor - finished fifth in the triple jump at the SLC Indoor Championships with a 49-03...ninth in the long jump in the same meet with at 22-06.5 leap...had a season-best measure in the long jump with a 22-11.25 at the McNeese State Jeff Davis Bank Indoor Meet to rank 11th in the league for the season...his 49-11.25 in the triple jump at the same meet ranked as the fifth best in the conference for the season.   2010 Season: Competed in the long jump and the triple jump...had four top 10 finishes in the long jump...had a best finish of fifth at the Louisiana Classics with at 21-05...registered a personal best of 22-03 at the NSU Invitational while placing ninth...posted a personal best 49-11.75 in the triple jump at the SLC Championships while placing fifth...placed second at the Cowboy Relays with a distance of 47-01...placed in the top 10 in the triple jump at all six events he competed in.   High School: Recorded a distance of 40-0 in the triple jump his freshman year while jumping 20-0 in the long jump...sophomore year, improved both to 44-0 and 21-7...junior season, track team won district and regional championships...runnerup at state meet...jumped 48-6 junior year in the triple jump and 22-7 in the long jump...also ran 110m hurdles in 15.1...senior year, progressed to 48-11 in the triple jump and 23-6 in long jump while cutting off .4 seconds on the 110m hurdles to 14.7. Personal: Born June 18, 1990... son of Brenda Douglas and Reginald Douglas, Sr....has one brother, Tavaris, and one sister, Rashann...majoring in architecture with a minor in sports health.

49-11.25

Douglas’ Personal Bests Outdoor Long Jump 22-05.75 Triple Jump 50-08.00 Indoor Long Jump 23-00.75 Triple Jump 49-11.75

2nd

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Jeremy Elliot

Distance • 5-8 • Fr. Shreveport, La. C.E. Byrd Magnet HS High School: Lettered in track and field and cross country all four years…set the school record in the 3,200m run with a time of 9:51…finished 8th in the 3,200m run at the 5A state track meet as a junior and sixth as a senior… member of the 2012 Louisiana Academic All-State Cross Country team. Personal: Son of Rick and Kathy Elliot…born on Dec. 16, 1993…has one brother, Russell…majoring in health and exercise science.

Lionel Ellison

Jumps • 6-1 • Fr. Marrero, La. Archbishop Shaw HS High School: Lettered in track and field and basketball…named to the all-district and all-metro teams in high jump as a junior…placed third in the high jump at the LHSAA outdoor championships with a leap of 6-7 as a junior… all-metro in the 110m hurdles and high jump/all-district and all-state in the high jump as a senior…took first place in the high jump at the LHSAA indoor and outdoor championships, reaching a height of 6-10 at the outdoor meet…also took first place at the outdoor championships in the 100m hurdles. Personal: Son of Jacquelyn Ellison and Lionel Ellison Jr. … born on Oct. 19, 1994…has one brother, Samuel…majoring in industrial engineering technology.

Brent Giddens

Hurdles • 6-1 • So. Hughes Springs, Texas Hughes Springs HS 2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the 110m hurdles, 400m hurdles and 4x400 relay…finished 13th at the SLC Championships in the 110m hurdles with a season-best time of 14.71…placed second in the 110m hurdles at the Cowboy Relays (15.01)…registered a personal-best 400m

2012 SLC Championships Outdoor: Triple Jump 48-08.75 8th

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8.95

2012 SLC Championships Outdoor 1500m 4:07.86 14th prelim 440m H 56.67 14th prelim Indoor Dist. Med.

11:03.31

11th

Gladney’s Personal Bests Outdoor 800m 1:58.90 Bobby Lane Invitational (3/24/12) 1500m 4:04.34 Leon Johnson NSU Inv. (4/6/12) Indoor Mile 4:34.86 MSSU Lion Invite (1/28/12) Dist. Med. 10:39.04 MSSU Lion Invite (1/28/12)

Quinton Helaire

Jumps • 6-2 • Fr. Natchitoches, La. Natchitoches Central HS

8th

Giddens’ Personal Bests Outdoor 110m H 14.71 SLC Championships (5/12/12) 400m H 55.79 Bobby Lane Invitational (3/24/12) Indoor 60m H 8.36 LSU Twilight (2/17/12)

High School: Lettered in track and field, basketball and football…was a district champion, regional champion and state qualifier in the high jump as a junior… district champion and state finalist in the high jump his senior season…first team all-district and state semi-finalist in basketball his senior year. Personal: Son of Anthony Robertson and Audrey Payne… has two brothers, Tylar and Kylar Robertson, and one sister, Candice Helaire…majoring in computer information systems.

Albert Gladney

Gerrod Hilliard

2012 Season: Outdoor- Registered a personal-best 800m time of 1:58.90 at the Bobby Lane Invitational, placing 23rd…finished fourth in the 800m at the Cole-Lancon Invitational with a time of 2:00.43…placed 14th in the prelims of the 1500m run at the SLC Championships (4:07.86)…ran a season-best 1500m time of 4:04.34 at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, placing fourth…member of the firstplace 1600m sprint medley team at the Cowboy Relays…also competed in the 1 mile run and the 4x400 relay. Indoor- Ran a season-best mile time of 4:34.86 at the MSSU Lion Invite, finishing 17th…member of the first-place distance medley team at the McNeese Cowboy Indoor Invite (10:50.08). High School: District 1-5A champion senior year…fourtime regional champion and city champion…district 1-5A cross-country champion…mile district champion…second place in the mile at regionals…finished ninth in the state in the mile…competed at the state indoor meet in the 1600m. Personal: Son of Homer Mattot Sr.….born March 23, 1993…has two sisters, Shoncherrist and Shaketa…majoring in electronic engineering.

High School: Lettered in track and field and football…placed second in the shot put and discus at the district meet and fifth at the regional meet as a junior…took second in the shot put and discus at the district meet…placed fourth in the discus at the regional meet with a toss of 160ft. and fifth in the shot put with a throw of 55ft. Personal: Son of Gerald and Vickie Hilliard…born on Jan. 8, 1994…has on brother, Cody…majoring in biology-pre med and business.

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Distance • 5-10 • So. Shreveport, La. Captain Shreve HS

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Keenan Jackson Sprints • 5-9 • So. Lafayette, La. Northside HS

2012 LSWA Co-Freshman of the Year NCAA Regional Qualifier 4x100

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Demon profiles 2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the 200m, 400m, 4x100, 4x200 and 4x100…member of the fourth-place 4x400 team at the SLC Championships…finished 19th in the 4x100 at the NCAA East Preliminaries…registered a season-best 200m time of 21.76 at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, placing sixth… finished 14th in the 400m at the SLC Championships with a time of 48.62…member of the fourth place 4x400 team at the SLC Championships (3:11.21)…recorded five top-five finishes in the 4x100…finished with seven top-five finishes in the 4x400. Indoor- Took first place in the 200m dash at the Jeff Davis Bank McNeese Invite with a time of 22.64…ran a personal-best mark of 50.23 in the 400m at the SLC Championships, placing 14th… member of the seventh-place 4x400 team at the SLC Championships (3:21.60). High School: Was a three-year letterman in track and football…named all-district his junior year…led the Vikings football team to three consecutive district titles with a third round appearance in the playoffs. Personal: Son of Ray Jackson and Shaylene Jack…born Jan. 1, 1992…has one brother, Pierre Thomas, and one sister, Markeisha Jack…majoring in health and physical education. 2012 SLC Championships Outdoor 400m 48.62 14th 4x100 40.32 4th 4x400 3:11.21 4th Indoor 400m 4x400

tational, placing 24th…finished third in the 4x400 at the LSU Twilight meet (3:20.22). High School: Took fifth place at the state meet in the 400m dash with a time of 47.93…honored as a Texas Scholar. Personal: Son of Jeffery Rivers and Kenyatta Turner…born on March 29, 1993…has six siblings, Ji, Lance, Jordan, Lisa, Lilla and Shante…majoring in engineering. 2012 SLC Championships Outdoor 800m 1:51.13 4th 4x400 3:11.21 4th Indoor Dist. Med.

11:03.31

11th

Jackson’s Personal Bests Outdoor 400m 49.20 Southeastern Lions Inv. (4/20/12) 800m 1:51.13 SLC Championships (5/12/12) 4x400 3:11.21 SLC Championships (5/12/12) Indoor 400m 4x400m

50.73 3:20.22

Vulcan Invitational (2/11/12) LSU Twilight (2/17/12)

Mitch Landry 50.23 14th 3:21.60 7th

Jackson’s Personal Bests Outdoor 200m 21.76 Leon Johnson Invitational (4/6/12) 400m 48.62 SLC Championships (5/12/12) 4x100 40.32 SLC Championships (5/12/12) 4x400 3:11.21 SLC Championships (5/12/12) Indoor 200m 22.64 Jeff Davis Bank McNeese (2/3/12) 400m 50.23 SLC Championships (5/12/12)

Lawrence Jackson Sprints • 5-6 • So. Houston, Texas Hastings HS

2012 USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championship participant in 800m

Distance • 5-10 • Fr. Doyline, La. Haughton HS High School: Lettered in track and cross country all four years…was the 4A cross country state runner-up as a freshman… 4A cross country state champion his sophomore and senior seasons…state runner-up in the 1600m and 3200m as a freshman…1600m (4:28.28) and 3200m (10.12.20) state champion his sophomore year…placed third at state in the 1600m (4:31.95) and second in the 3200m (9:52.46) as a junior…placed fourth in the 1600m (4:22.32) and third in the 3200m (9:29.04) in his final season…regional and district champion in the 1600m and 3200m his senior year. Personal: Son of Steve and Ruth Landry…born Oct. 1, 1993…has two brothers, Greg and Scott, and one sister, Shaneena…majoring in industrial engineering technologies.

Austin McCauslin

Mid.-Distance • 5-11 • Fr. Natchitoches, La. Natchitoches Central HS

2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the 400m, 800m, 4x400 and 4x800…ran a season-best 400m time of 49.20 at the Southeastern Lions Invitational, placing eighth…finished fourth in the 800m finals at the SLC Championships with a season-best time of 1:51.13…member of the fourth-place 4x400 team at the SLC Championships (3:11.21)…member of the first-place 4x800 relay at the Cowboy Relays (7:5.12). IndoorRecorded a season-best 400m time of 50.73 at the Vulcan Invi-

High School: Lettered in soccer four years and football and track two years…member of the 4x400 team that placed third at the state meet his senior season…reached the playoffs in soccer his junior and senior years and in football as a senior. Personal: Son of Darren and Cathy McCauslin…born March 6, 1993…has one brother, Casey, and one sister, Catie.

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Thomas Moore Jumps • 6-3 • Fr. Bossier City, La. Parkway HS

High School: Lettered in track and field, basketball and football…was the regional high jump champion his freshman and sophomore seasons…took third place in the high jump at the 4A state track meet his junior year…was a member of the National Honors Society. Personal: Son of Thomas Moore and Angela Word…born Sept. 7, 1993…has one brother, Tyler Moore, and two sisters, Temel Moore and Johnna Word…majoring in liberal arts with a concentration in scientific inquiry.

Sherif Omotunwashe Sprints/Jumps • 5-9 • So. Houston, Texas Elsik HS

2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the 100m dash and triple jump…ran a seasonbest 100m time of 11.30 at the Cowboy Relays, placing ninth…finished fourth in the triple jump at the Cowboy Relays with a leap of 42-08.25. Indoor- Competed in the 55m, 60m, 200m, long jump and triple jump…registered a personal-best triple jump mark of 45-05 at the LSU Twilight meet, placing 13th. High School: Lettered in track three years…reached the 100m finals at the district meet his junior year…ran a personalbest 100m time of 10.88…leaped for 46-1 in the triple jump and 22-5 in the long jump…was a finalist in the triple jump at districts his senior season…member of the National Art Honor Society. Personal: Son of Sharaf and Shei Omotunwashe…born January 20, 1993…has four sisters, Semiat, Selihat, Shadiat and Ganiat…majoring in graphic communications. Omtunwashe’s Personal Bests Outdoor 100m 11.25 Cowboy Relays (3/10/12) Triple Jump 42-08.25 Cowboy Relays (3/10/12) Indoor 60m Triple Jump

7.17 45-05.00

LSU Twilight (2/17/12) LSU Twilight (2/17/12)

Karllis Perry

Sprints • 5-9 • Jr. Alexandria, La. Alexandria Senior HS

Demon profiles 4x200 and 1600m sprint medley…registered a personal-best 200m time of 22.05 at the Cole-Lancon Invitational, placing fifth…member of the fourth-place 4x100 team at the SLC Championships (40.32)…finished 19th in the 4x100 at the NCAA East Preliminaries…member of the first place 4x200 (1:26.90) and 1600m sprint medley (3:35.23) teams at the Cowboy Relays. Indoor- Competed in the 55m, 60m, 200m and 4x400…member of the fourth-place 4x400 team (3:29.69) at the Jeff Davis Bank McNeese Invite. 2011 Season: Outdoor- Southland Conference champion as a member of the 4x100 meter relay team when he posted a time of 40.57... had another first place finish in that event at the NSU Leon Johnson Invitational and placed second at the Louisiana Classics...finished first at the Demon Invitational as a member of the 4x400 meter relay squad... also ran the 100 and 200 meters...had two fifth place finishes in the 100 meters...placed 11th at the SLC Championships in the 200 meters and 17th in the 100 meters. Indoor- ran the 55 meters, 200 meters, and the 4x400 relays…ran a season personal best of 22.33 in the 200m at the Texas A&M-Challenge… his 7.01 in the 60 meters at the SLC Indoor Championship prelims, was the 20th fastest time of the season in the league…member of the 4x400 relay team that placed fifth at the SLC meet with a time of 3:18.46 and was marked as the sixth best time in the conference for the season. 2010 Season: Competed in the 200m, 4x100 and the 4x400… placed ninth in the 200m at the Ty Terrell Relays with a 22.39 time… finished first in the 4x100 with a 40.84 time at the Ty Terrell Relays… had two top 10 finishes as a member of the 4x400 relay team… posted a personal best time of 3:27.33 at the Louisiana Classics and finished fourth at the Ty Terrell Relays. High School: Lettered 2 years in track and 3 years in basketball...s a senior ran a 10.7 in the 100 meter dash and a 21.7 in the 200 meter dash…made it to state in the 200 meter dash and in the 4x200 meter relay and made it to the third round of the state playoffs in basketball. Personal: Son of Carlos Perry and Carrie Hayward…born Nov. 27, 1990…has one sister, Victoria…majoring in industrial engineering…plans to become an industrial engineer. 2012 SLC Championships Outdoor 4x100 40.32 4th Perry’s Personal Bests Outdoor 100m 10.62 200m 21.63 4x100 40.32 4x200 1:25.24 4x400 3:14.89 1600 Medley 3:29.22

Demon Invitational (4/30/11) SLC Championships (5/13/11) SLC Championships (5/12/12) Texas Relays (4/6-9/11) Louisiana Classics (3/19/11) LSU Relays (3/26/11)

Indoor 60m 200m 4x400 4x440

SLC Championships (1/25/11) Texas A&M Challenge (1/15/11) LSU Twilight SLC Championships (1/25/11)

7.05 22.33 3:22.45 3:19.66

2012 All-Louisiana Collegiate Track and Field Team NCAA Opening Round 4x100

2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the 200m, 4x100,

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Travis Plumb

Zhaquan Porter

Distance • 6-1 • Jr. Huffman, Texas Hargrave HS 2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the 400m, 800m, 4x400 and 4x800…registered a personal-best 400m time of 49.71 at the Cole-Lancon Invitational, placing seventh…finished 13th in the prelims of the 800m run at the SLC Championships with a time of 1:54.39…member of the fourth-place 4x400 team that ran a season-best time of 3:11.21 at the SLC Championships…finished the season with seven top-five performances in the 4x400. Indoor- Finished 13th in the 400m dash at the SLC Championships (50.05)…placed seventh in the 4x400 (3:21.60) at the SLC Championships…also competed in the 600m, 800m and distance medley. 2011 Season: Outdoor- Ran the 800 meters, 400 meter hurdles and was a member of the 4x400 meter relay squad...had a personal-best time of 1:55.95 in the 800m for a fourth-place finish at the Demon Invitational...placed first in the 400m hurdles at the NSU Leon Johnson Invite with a time of 57.59 and had a second place finish in the same meet in the 4x400 relays with a clocking of 3:13.44. Indoor- Ran the 800m, 4x400 and 4x440 relays and the distance medley relays...finished fifth at the SLC Championships in the 4x440 with a time of 3:19.66. High School: Graduated from Hargrave High School. Personal: Born July 26, 1991...son of Tim and Mitzy Plumb...has one sister, Candace...majoring in criminal justice and plans on becoming a police detective. 2012 SLC Championships Outdoor 800m 1:54.39 13th prelim 4x400 3:11.21 4th Indoor 400m 4x400

50.05 13th 3:21.60 7th

Plumb’s Personal Bests Outdoor 800m 1:53.98 Bobby Lane Invitational (3/24/12) 400m 49.71 Cole-Lancon Invitational (4/28/12) 4x400 3:11.21 SLC Championships (5/13/12) Indoor 400m 800m 4x400 Dist. Med.

50.05 1:56.83 3:21.60 10:39.04

SLC Championships (2/24/12) Texas A&M Challenege (1/15/11) SLC Championships (2/25/12) MSSU Lion Invite (1/27/12)

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Jumps • 5-11 • Fr. Alexandria, La. Peabody Magnet HS High School: Lettered in track and field all four years…was a regional qualifier in the triple jump as a sophomore…district champion (44-5) and regional champion (43-2) in the triple jump as a senior…took third place in the triple jump at the state meet with a leap of 45-3. Personal: Son of Michael Wilson and Keena Porter…born Dec. 19, 1993…has one sister, Kylah…majoring in accounting with a minor in business administration.

Matt Rodell

Distance • 6-1 • So. Killeen, Texas Killeen HS 2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the 800m, 1500m and 4x400…ran a personal-best 800m time of 2:01.44 at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, placing 14th… placed 10th in the 1500m run at the Southeastern Lion Invitational with a season-best time of 4:18.30…member of the second-place 4x400 team at the Cowboy Relays. Indoor- Placed eighth in the 800m run and ninth in the 4x400 at the Jeff Davis Bank McNeese Invite with times of 2:07.89 and 3:43.57, respectively. High School: Placed fourth at district with a time of 16:44 in the 5K senior year… district champ in the 800m with a 1:58 time senior year… swim-regional qualifier in the 200m and 100m fly freshman, sophomore and junior year…won district championship all four years of high school in cross country… member of the FFA technology club, and National Honor Society. Personal: Son of Sherri and Melvin Mason…born Sept. 25, 1992…has one brother, Chris, and two sisters, Jamie and Gina…sister Jamie is a member of the University of Texas Permian Basin volleyball team…majoring in nursing. Rodell’s Personal Bests Outdoor 800m 2:01.44 Leon Johnson NSU Invitational (4/6/12) 1500m 4:18.30 Southeastern Lions Inv. (4/20/12) 4x400 3:17.76 Cowboy Relays (3/10/12) Indoor 800m 4x400

2:07.89 3:43.57

MSSU Lion Invite (1/28/12) Jeff Davis Bank McNeese (2/3/12)

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Kendal Taylor

Sprints • 5-10 • Sr. Slidell, La. Northshore HS 2012 All-Louisiana Collegiate Track and Field Team NCAA Regional Qualifier 200m, 4x100 2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the 100m and 200m dashes and was a member of the 4x100 and 4x400 relay squads... placed second in the 100m at the SLC Championship finals, ran a personal-best time of 10.46 in the prelims…placed second in the 200m race at the SLC Championships, running season-best 20.76…placed 20th in the 200m at the NCAA East Preliminaries…member of the 4x100 squad the ran a season-best time of 40.32 and placed fourth at the SLC Championships…finished 19th in the 4x100 at the NCAA East Preliminaries…member of the 4x400 team which ran season-best time of 3:11.43. Indoor- Competed in the 55m, 60m and 200m dashes and also ran for the 4x400 relay team…ran a season-best time of 7.00 in the 60m dash at the SLC Indoor Championships…took first place in the 200m dash and the 4x400 relay at the MSSU Lion Invite with times of 22.04 and 3:22.24, respectively. 2011 Season: Outdoor- Ran the 400m and was a member of the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 squads…ran on the 4x100 team that ran at the NCAA Championships…4x100 squad ran a 39.88 at the NCAA prelims…had second place finishes in the 4x400 at the Cowboy Relays and the UTA Bobby Lane Invitational…took first place at the Demon Invitational in the 4x400. Indoor- Ran a season-best time of 50.50 in the 400m run at the SLC Indoor Championships. 2010 Season: All-Louisiana selection as a member of the 4x400 relay team…SLC champion as a member of the 4x400 relay squad that ran a 3:07.68…team finished first in the university division of the prestigious Texas Relays for the second straight year…competed in the 100m, 200m, 400m, 4x100 and 4x400…placed seventh at the Louisiana Classics in the 100m posting a personal-best time of 10.72…finished second at the SLC Championships in the 400m with a time of 47.07…ran a personal-best 400m time of 46.85 at the NSU Inv. while placing third…posted a career best time of 40.53 as a member of the 4x100 team at the SLC Championships, placing third…finished first at the Cowboy Relays with a time of 41.46…finished first at the Louisiana Classic in the 4x400 with a time of 3:10.90. High School: Lettered one year in track...ran a 49.8 in the 400m dash. Personal: Son of Kevin and Kechia Taylor…born on March 4, 1991…has one brother, James, and one sister, Kayla…majoring in industrial engineering technology. 2012 SLC Championships Outdoor 100m 10.56 2nd 200m 20.76 2nd 4x100 40.32 4th Indoor 60m 7.00 200m 22.08

11th prelim 6th

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SLC Championships Prelims (5/12/12) SLC Championships (5/13/11) NSU Invitational (5/1/10) SLC Championships (5/12/12) LSU Relays (3/26/11) UTA Bobby Lane Invitational (4/2/11)

Indoor 60m 200m 400m 4x400 4x440

SLC Championships (2/25/12) MSSU Lion Invite (1/27/12) SLC Championships (1/25/11) LSU Twilight Indoor SLC Championships (1/25/11)

7.00 22.04 50.50 3:22.45 3:19.66

Cody Wager

Distance • 6-1 • Fr. Diana, Texas New Diana HS High School: Lettered in track and field, cross country, basketball, football and baseball…helped his cross country team win three straight district championships during his sophomore, junior and senior seasons…took ninth place at the crosscountry district meet, 16th at the regional meet and qualified for the state meet his junior year…placed fifth at districts, 12th at regionals and 39th at state his senior season…was a member of the National Honors Society. Personal: Son of Kenny and Sharon Wager…born on Oct. 18, 1993…has one brother, Colton…majoring in biology.

Justin Walker Sprints • 5-7 • Jr. Slidell, La. Northshore HS

2012 Season: Redshirted. 2011 Season: Outdoor- NCAA Regional qualifier in the 100m dash and ran a time 10.59 in the prelims…placed second in the 100m at the SLC Championships with a time of 10.18 and was also second in the 200m (20.64)…finished the season with two first-place performances in the 100m and one in the 200m..member of the 4x100 team that won the SLC Title (40.57) and qualified for the NCAA Championships with a time of 40.11…4x100 team ran a 39.88 at the NCAA Championships…member of the first-place 4x400 team at the Demon Invitational. Indoor- Placed fifth in the 60m dash at the SLC Championships with a time of 6.83… took first-place at the McNeese Jeff Davis meet with the 55m dash with a time of 6.41…also competed in the 4x400. 2010 Season: As the All-Louisiana and Southland Conference Male Freshman of the Year in 2010, Walker ran the sixthfastest times in the nation in both the 100m (10.13) and 200m (20.49)…also became a school record-holder in both races… Walker was the fastest in the state with the 20.49 200m time #ForkEmDemons • Facebook: facebook.com/forkemdemons

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Demon profiles (breaking Joe Delaney’s 29 year old record) and won the Southland Conference title…was second in the state in the 100m… ran the second leg on the Demons’ 4x100 relay and had turns in the 4x400 relay…ran on the second-place 4x100 relay (40.58) at the SLC Championships…earned three SLC Outdoor Athlete of the Week awards…member of a 4x400 team that clocked in at 3:09.31 at the Drake Relays (seventh) and won at the Louisiana Classics with a time of 3:10.90…NCAA East Region qualifier in the 100 and 200. High School: Lettered four years in track and two years in football…ran a 22.7 in the 200m dash as a freshman…ran a 10.43 in the 100m and a 21.67 in the 200m as a sophomore, placing fourth and sixth in the state, respectively…state champion in both the 100m and 200m as a junior…ran personal-bests in the 100m (10.27) and 200 (21.31) as a senior, placing second at the state meet in the 100…earned first team all-district and second team all-state in football as a senior…played in the 2009 all-star football game. Personal: Son of Terrell and Marquette Defilo…born Nov. 30, 1990…has three siblings…cousin, Antoine Walker plays in the NBA…majoring in engineering. Walker’s Personal Bests Outdoor 100m 10.13 200m 20.49 4x100 39.82 4x400 3:09.82

NSU Invitational (5/1/10) SLC Championships (5/14/10) Demon Invitational (4/30/11) UTA Bobby Lane Invitational (4/2/11)

Indoor 55m 60m 200m 4x400

Jeff Davis Bank McNeese II SLC Championships (1/25/11) SLC Championships (1/25/11) LSU Twilight Indoor

6.41 6.83 22.43 3:22.45

Alex Washington Jumps • 6-3 • Jr. Lafayette, La. Northside HS

2012 Season: Outdoor- Recorded a personal-best high jump mark of 6-02.75 at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, placing second…finished seventh at the Southeastern Lions Invitational with a jump of 6-02.00. IndoorRegistered a season-best mark of 6-01.25 at the LSU Twilight meet, placing 11th…finished fifth at the Jeff Davis McNeese Invite (6-00.75) and sixth at the McNeese Cowboy Invite (600.00). High School: Graduated from Ruston High School. Personal: Son of Alex Washington, Jr. and Brena Smith... born July 24, 1992…has two brothers, Adam and Robert, and one sister, Alexis... majoring in business. Washington’s Personal Bests Outdoor High Jump 6-02.75 Leon Johnson NSU Invitational (4/6/12) Indoor High Jump

6-01.25

Gabriel White

Sprints • 5-8 • Fr. Shreveport, La. Captain Shreve HS High School: Lettered in track and field and football…was a district runner-up in the 100m and 200m his junior year… placed fifth in the 4x200 relay at the 5A state meet his junior season…named MVP of the Gator Relays and Lake Charles Relays his senior year…member of a 4x200 squad that went undefeated his senior year and won the 5A state meet. Personal: Son of Booker and Ina White…born on Aug. 19, 1994…has one brother, Brittain, and one sister, Morgan…majoring in biology.

Aaron Williams Jumps • 5-11 • So. Duson, La. Acadiana HS

2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the long jump and triple jump…finished 25th in the long jump (21-04.75) and 10th in the triple jump (47-00.75) at the SLC Championships…registered a personal-best long jump mark of 22-04.50 at the Cowboy Relays, placing second…placed third in the triple jump at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational with a personal-best leap of 47-06.50. Indoor- Recorded season-high marks in the long jump (21-06.75) and triple jump (44-05.50) at the MSSU Lion Invite, placing 13th and 10th, respectively. High School: Won parish, district and regionals senior year in the triple jump and third at state senior year…received the Allstate Award two years in a row…lettered in football and track four years…made it to the playoffs in football sophomore, junior and senior year winning the state championship his senior year…coached by Neal Lege. Personal: Son of Tanya Williams…born Feb. 27, 1993…has one brother, twin Emmanuel, who is also a member of the Demon track team and two sisters, Leah and Helaina…majoring in health and exercise science and hopes to become a physical therapist. 2012 SLC Championships Outdoor Long Jump 21-04.75 25th Triple Jump 47-00.75 10th Williams’ Personal Bests Outdoor Long Jump 22-04.50 Cowboy Relays (3/10/12) Triple Jump 47-06.50 Leon Johnson NSU Invitational (4/6/12) Indoor Long Jump Triple Jump

21-06.75 44-05.50

MSSU Lion Invite (1/27/12) MSSU Lion Invite (1/27/12)

LSU Twilight (2/17/12)

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Dezrick Williams

Sprints • 5-11 • Jr. Natchitoches, La. Natchitoches Central HS 2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the 400m, 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400…registered a personal-best 400m time of 49.43 at the SLC Championships to finish 18th… member of the second-place 4x100 team at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational (41.23)…ran with the 4x400 team that finished third at the Cowboy Relays (3:20.19). Indoor- Ran a season-best 400m time of 50.67 at the Vulcan Invitational, finishing 22nd…member of the seventh-place 4x400 team at the SLC Championships (3:21.60)…recorded three top-10 finishes in the 4x400. 2011 Season: Outdoor- ran the 400 meters, 4x400 and the 1600 sprint medley relays... had a best time of 49.25 in the 400s at the Demon Invitational...placed fourth at the LSU Relays in the 1600 sprint medleys. Indoor- competed in the 400 meters, 4x400 and distance medley relays...had a second place finish in the DMR at the Jeff Davis Bank McNeese II with a time of 11:20.97...had a sixth place finish in the 400 meters at the same meet with a time of 52.57. High School: Graduated from Natchitoches Central High School. Personal: Son of Derilyn and Jamie Flanagan...born July 16, 1992…has one brother, Derilyn II... majoring in industrial engineering. 2012 SLC Championships Outdoor 400m 49.43 SLC Championships (5/12/12) Indoor 4x400

3:21.60

SLC Championships (2/25/12)

Williams’ Personal Bests Outdoor 400m 49.43 4x100 41.23 4x200 1:27.22 4x400 3:20.19

SLC Championships (5/12/12) Leon Johnson NSU Invitational (4/6/12) Texas Relays (3/31/12) Cowboy Relays (3/10/12)

Indoor 200m 400m 4x400

Jeff Davis Bank McNeese (2/3/12) Vulcan Invitational (2/11/12) SLC Championships (2/25/12)

24.34 50.67 3:21.60

Emmanuel Williams Jumps • 6-1 • So. Duson, La. Acadiana HS

Demon profiles triple jump…finished ninth in the long jump (23-10.00) and seventh in the triple jump (48-11.50) at the SLC Championships…was a top-10 finisher in all events for the season. Indoor- Registered a season-best long jump mark of 22-07.00 at the MSSU Lion Invite, placing seventh…finished 13th in the long jump at the SLC Championships with a leap of 22-05.25… placed second in the triple jump at the Jeff David McNeese Invite (44-11.75)…recorded a season-best triple jump mark of 46-00.50 at the MSSU Lion Invite to finish seventh. High School: Lettered in football and track three years… won the 5A state championship in football senior year…district champion in the long jump…district runner up in the triple jump… regional runner-up in long jump and triple jump…fifth in the state for triple jump. Personal: Son of Tanya Williams… born Feb. 27, 1993… has one brother, twin Aaron, who is also a member of the Demon track team and two sisters, Leah and Helaina…majoring in health and exercise science…plans to be a physical therapist. 2012 SLC Championships Outdoor Long Jump 23-10.00 9th Triple Jump 48-11.50 10th Indoor Long Jump

25-05.25

13th

Williams’ Personal Bests Outdoor Long Jump 23-10.00 SLC Championships (5/13/12) Triple Jump 48-11.50 SLC Championships (5/13/12) Indoor Long Jump Triple Jump

22-07.00 46-08.00

MSSU Lion Invite (1/27/12) McNeese Cowboy Indoor (1/13/12)

Christian Willis

Sprints • 5-7 • Fr. Shreveport, La. C.E. Byrd Magnet HS High School: Lettered in track and field and football…placed fifth in the 4x200 at the state meet his junior season...took second place in the 4x200 at the state meet his senior year…member of the 4x100 state championship team his senior season…helped his team to a third place finish at the 5A state meet his senior year. Personal: Son of Troy and Yvonne Willis…born on Oct. 11, 1994…has three sisters, Crystal Carter, Tyra Dumars and Brittany Willis…majoring in electrictronics engineering technology.

2012 USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships participant in long jump (24.025, 5th)

2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the long jump and

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2013 Lady Demon Roster Name Ashley Aldredge Janae Allen Rechelle Bessard Holli Conway Aly Coughlin Lanaisha Dugas Karensa Ellis Sarah Emory Ali Fontenot Quiana Griffin Lundyn Hunt Keona Jackson Asah James Shakemia Johnson Sarah Jones Erin Knox Angelica Kotun Consuela Lindsay Kenyah McDaniel Keshira McKnight Becca Meehan Chyreece Moore Shannon Moore Madison Morton Delanie Nock Titi Oden-Shobayo Maya Robertson Brittney Rogers Ashlee Savona Constance Seibles Jessica Talley Tamerin Taylor Porsha Thomas Jerrica Tillery Ebony Vaughn Whitley Woods

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Hometown (Previous School) Montgomery, La. (Texas A&M) Abbeville, La. (Abbeville HS) Abbeville, La. (Abbeville HS) Monroe, La. (Ouachita Parish HS) Rockwall, Texas (Rockwall Heath) Jennings, La. (Jennings HS) Alexandria, La. (Alexandria Senior HS) Stanley, La. (Stanley HS) Baton Rouge, La. (St. Joseph’s Academy) Lake Charles, La. (Barbe HS) Baton Rouge, La. (Parkview Baptist HS) Shreveport, La. (Evangel HS) Bunkie, La. (Bunkie HS) Tatum, Texas (Tatum HS) Houston, Texas (Jersey Village HS) Texarkana, Texas (Liberty Eylau HS) Houston, Texas (Alief Elsik HS) LaPorte, La. (LaPorte HS) Tomball, Texas (Tomball HS) Duncanville, Texas (Duncanville HS) Shreveport, La. (Parkway HS) Shreveport, La. (C.E. Byrd Magnet HS) Duncanville, Texas (Duncanville HS) Bentonville, Ark. (Bentonville HS) Bossier City, La. (Parkway HS) Columbia, Md. (Hammond HS) Ruston, La. (Ruston HS) Bossier CIty, La. (Parkway HS/ULM) Mississagua, ON, Canada (Humble College) Natchitcohes, La. (Natchitoches Central) Olla, La. (LaSalle HS) Zachary, La. (Zachary HS) Pearland, Texas (Glenda Dawson HS) Shreveport, La. (C.E. Byrd Magnet HS) Texarkana, Texas (Libery Eylau HS) Monroe, La. (Richwood HS)

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Ashley Aldredge Javelin • 5-3 • So. Montgomery, La. Cedar Creek HS

2012 SLC All-Academic Team 2012 All-Louisiana Collegiate Track & Field Team Co-Freshman of the Year SLC T&F Athlete of the Week (3/14/2012) NCAA Regional Qualifier Javelin 2012 Season: Outdoor- Recorded five first place finishes in the javelin, including her victory at the SLC Championships with a throw of 151-08…threw a personal-best mark of 166-00, which ranked 14th in the NCAA, at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational…placed seventh at the prestigious Drake Relays with a throw of 156-07…finished 16th at the NCAA East Preliminaries (142-9). High School: One of the nation’s top high school javelin throwers... placed first at the Class A state meet in the javelin with a throw of 149-3... competed at the USATF Junior Olympics and won with a 140-08 mark...as a junior, placed second at the USATF World Youth Trials with a 152-04 and won the USATF Junior Olympics with a 148-06 two months after winning the state title...her 158-05 mark at the Louisiana Governor’s Games ranked as the No. 2 throw in the nation...as a sophomore, won the state title with a 156-0 throw which ranked as the seventh longest in the country...won her first state title her freshman year with a 135-04. Personal: Daughter of Corwyn and Missy Aldredge...born April 27, 1992…has one brother, Justin, and one sister, Katie… brother played football at NSU and was an All-American tightend…father played football at Mississippi State in college and Tampa Bay in the NFL and was a nationally-ranked junior in the javelin throw... grandfather was named a member of NSU’s Top 100 players of the century list in 2007...majoring in health and exercise science. 2012 SLC Championships Javelin 151-08 1st Aldredge’s Personal Bests Javelin 166-00 Leon Johnson NSU Invitational (4/6/12)

Janae Allen

Throws • 5-7 • Sr. Abbeville, La. Abbeville HS 2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the shot put, discus and hammer throw… threw the shot put for a season-best 4004.25 at the Louisiana Classics, placing 15th…finished third at the SLC Championships in the hammer throw with a personal-best mark of 173-05…hit a season-best mark of 150-09 in the discus at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational…placed fourth at the SLC Championships in the dis-

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43-04.25 12th 54-02.00 5th

Allen’s Personal Bests Outdoor Shot Put 44-05.25 Hammer 173-05 Discus 156-07

Louisiana Classics (3/19/11) SLC Championships (5/11/12) Louisiana Classics (3/19/11)

Indoor Shot Put Weight

SLC Championships (2/25/12) SLC Championships (2/25/12)

43-04.25 54-02.00

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Rechelle Bessard Throws • 5-9 • Fr. Abbeville, La. Abbeville HS

High School: Finished second in javelin (118-6.75) and third in shot put (37-9) and discus (120-10) at the state meet as a sophomore…was regional and state champion in the shot put and discus her junior season, throwing personal-best marks of 42-4.5 (shot) and 145-10 (discus) at the state meet…took first place in shot put at the indoor state meet and repeated as outdoor state champion in the shot put and discus in her final season. Personal: Daughter of Tracey Bessard, Russell Collins and Milton Willis…born Dec. 22, 1992…has one brother, Russell Bessard, and two sisters, Rashira Bessard and Rashonda Collins…majoring in hospitality, management and tourism.

Holli Conway

Jumps • 5-4 • Fr. Monroe, La. Ouachita Parish HS High School: Lettered in track and cheerleading all four years…qualified for the regional meet in the high jump her freshman and sophomore seasons…competed at regionals in high jump and triple jump her junior year…qualified for the state meet in the triple jump her senior season…member of a cheerleading squad that made appearances at nationals 2007-2009…member of the National Honors Society, FCA, Spanish Club and Junior Civitans. Personal: Daughter of Hollis and Charlotte Conway…born Sept. 9, 1994…has two sisters, Tarvia and Angelique…father was a two-time Olympic medalist (bronze and silver) in the high jump…sister, Tarvis, jumps for Louisiana-Lafayette…majoring in theater with a concentration in musical theater.

Aly Coughlin

Distance • 5-4 • So. Rockwall, Texas Rockwall Heath HS

trict and academic all-state her senior year…ran a personal-best 800m time of 2:19 at the regional track meet her senior season…was a regional qualifier in cross country her sophomore, junior and senior years. Personal: Daughter of Brian and Karen Coughlin…born on Dec. 9, 1992…has one brother, Cody…majoring in health and physical education. 2012 SLC Championships Indoor 800m 2:25.56 21st Coughlin’s Personal Bests Outdoor 400m 1:03.04 Louisiana Classics (3/17/12) 800m 2:21.70 Leon Johnson NSU Invitational (4/6/12) 1500m 5:09.80 Louisiana Classics (3/17/12) Indoor 800m 1 mile Dist. Med.

2:21.83 5:39.39 12:56.39

Vulcan Invitational (2/11/12) Jeff Davis Bank McNeese (2/3/12) MSSU Lion Invite (1/27/12)

Lanaisha Dugas Sprints • 5-7 • Fr. Jennings, La. Jennings HS

High School: Lettered in track and basketball…finished second in the 100m at districts (12.97), third at regionals (12.62) and sixth at the Louisiana class 3A meet (12.58) as a freshman…won districts in the 100m (12.50) and placed fourth at regionals (12.61) her sophomore season… repeated as district champion in the 100m (13.04) her junior year…took third place in the 100m at the 3A state meet with a personal-best time of 12.23 in her final season. Personal: Daughter of Vicki Dugas…born on April 10, 1994…has four brothers, Javon, Devon, Ja’Vien and Zaevien, and one sister, Azaria…majoring in biology with a minor in business.

Karensa Ellis

Distance • 5-8 • Sr. Alexandria, La. Alexandria Senior HS

2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the 400m, the 800m and 1500m runs and was a member of the 4x400 and 4x800 relay teams…ran a season-best 800m time of 2:21.70 at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational…took first place in the 4x800 and third in the 4x400 at the Cowboy Relays with times of 9:33.03 and 4:05.47, respectively. Indoor- competed in the 800m, 1 mile run and distance medley…placed first in the distance medley at the MSSU Lion Invite with a time of 12:56.39…placed 21st in the 800m run at the SLC Championships, running the half-mile race in 2:25.56. High School: Lettered in track and basketball all four years and cross country for three years…named second team all-dis-

2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the 800m, 1500m and 4x800…registered a personal best 800m time of 2:16.10 at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational…placed seventh in the 1500m at the Louisiana Classics with a personalbest time of 4:41.90…finished 13th at the SLC Championships in the 1500m with a time of 4:46.95…took first place in the 4x800 at the Cowboy Relays with a time of 9:33.03. Indoor- Ran her season-best mile time of 5:18.13 at the Jeff Davis Bank McNeese Invite, placing fifth...finished first in the distance medley at the MSSU Lion Invite with a time of 12:56.39.

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5:22.48

19th

Ellis’ Personal Bests Outdoor 800m 2:16.00 1500m 4:41.90 4x800 9:33.03

Bobby Lane Invitational (4/2/11) Louisiana Classics (3/17/12) Cowboy Relays (3/10/12)

Indoor 1 Mile 3000m Dist. Med.

SLC Championships (1/25/11) Jeff Davis Bank McNeese (2/312) MSSU Lion Invite (1/27/12)

5:13.33 10:54.32 12:56.39

Sarah Emory

Distance • 5-6 • Sr. Stanley, La. Stanley HS

lady Demon profiles at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational with a personal-best time of 10:29.48…placed ninth in the 5000m at the SLC Championships (18:10.62)…finished 11th at the SLC Championships in the 10000m run with a time of 39:05.25…member of the first-place 4x800 team at the Cowboy Relays (9:33.03). IndoorPlaced ninth in the 3000m run at the Jeff David Bank McNeese Invite (11:00.19)…finished fifth in the 5000m at the MSSU Lion Invite with a time of 19:18.77. 2011 Season: Outdoor- Finished seventh at the Cowboy Relays with a 2:33.12 mark in the 800m…posted a 2:29.09 at the Louisiana Classics in the 800m….competed in the 800m in two other events with a 2:29.25 and 2:34.30 mark Indoor- Ran a 1:09.21 in the 400m dash at McNeese. 2010 Season: Placed 15th in 800 meters at the NSU Invitational (2:29.10) and 18th at the Ty Terrell Relays in the 880 yard run with a time of 2:34.82. High School: Lettered three years in track and basketball... participated in the state meet sophomore season followed by a third place finish at state in 800m junior year…made all-area team in 2008…senior year, state champion in 800m along with runner-up in Class B girls 400m and named district MVP…ran the 400m in 1:02, 800m in 2:27 and 1500m in 5:18…President of SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions), FCA and held secretary position of Mu Alpha Theta… won state literary rally contest in sociology… graduated Valedictorian of her class with a 4.59 GPA. Personal: Daughter of Belinda and Edwin Emory…born Oct. 29, 1990…has one brother, Jonathan…. Sarah is majoring in health and exercise sciences with plans to graduate in May of 2013…plans to become a sports rehabilitation specialist. 2012 SLC Championships Outdoor 5000m 18:10.62 9th 10000m 39:05.25 11th Emory’s Personal Bests Outdoor 1500m 4:42.37 3000m 10:29.48 5000m 17:59.66 10000m 39:05.25

Leon Johnson NSU Invitational (4/6/12) Leon Johnson NSU Invitational (4/6/12) LSU Alumni Gold (4/21/12) SLC Championships (5/11/12)

Indoor 3000m 5000m

Jeff Davis Bank McNeese (2/312) MSSU Lion Invite (1/28/12)

11:05.39 19:18.77

Ali Fontenot

Distance • 5-4 • Sr. Baton Rouge, La. St. Joseph’s Academy

2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the 1500m, 1 mile, 3000m, 5000m, 10000m and 4x800…registered a personal-best 1500m time of 4:42.37 at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, placing third…took first place in the 3000m

2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the 800m, 1500m, 3000m, 3000m steeplechase and 1 mile run….registered a personal-best 1500m time of 5:01.06 at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational…ran a school-record 3000m steeplechase time of 11:28.70 at the Bobby Lane Invitational, placing fifth…finished 13th at the SLC Championships in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 12:22.34. Indoor- Competed in the 3000m, 5000m and 1 mile...finished 16th at the SLC Championships in the 5000m at 19:49.19

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lady Demon profiles 2011 Season: Outdoor-Primarily competed in the 3000m steeple chase with a best time of 11:55.56 at the SLC Championships for a 16th place finish… finished third at the LSU Alumni Gold with a mark of 11:55.98… finished with a time of 12:05.33 at the UTA Bobby Lane Invitational… in the 800m finished with a 2:38.77 mark at the Demon Invitational… finished fifth at the Demon Invitational in the 1500m with a 5:11.53…placed fifth in the Louisiana Classics in the 5000m with a 19:58.19 time. Indoor- Placed 7th at the McNeese Indoor in the 3000 meters (11:59.39)…finished 10th in the 1-mile run with the time of 5:58.92 at Texas A&M. 2010 Season: Had her best performances of the season with a sixth-place finish in the 3000 meters at the Louisiana Classics and eighth place in the 3000 Steeple Chase at the LSU Alumni Gold…at the Ty Terrell Relays she marked a respectable time of 5:18.15 in the 1500 meters…recorded a 19:43.14 time, her best 5000m time of the season, at the UTA Bobby Lane track and field meet. High School: Lettered in soccer, cross country and track in her high school career…track team finished third at state in her freshman, sophomore and junior seasons…won the state championship her senior year…in her freshman season, took home eighth place in her individual contest… improved the next two seasons, finishing seventh her junior season and sixth in her final year at St. Joseph’s. Personal: Daughter of Blaine and Darla Fontenot…born Dec. 18, 1990…has one brother, Evan…majoring in health and exercise sciences with plans to graduate in May of 2013. 2012 SLC Championships Outdoor 3000mSC 12:22.34 13th Fontenot’s Personal Bests Outdoor 800m 2:34.07 Leon Johnson NSU Invitational (4/6/12) 1500m 5:01.06 Leon Johnson NSU Invitational (4/6/12) 3000mSC 11:28.70 Bobby Lane Invitational (3/24/12) Indoor 3000m 5000m

11:05.39 19:42.39

Jeff Davis Bank McNeese (2/312) MSSU Lion Invite (1/28/12)

Quiana Griffin Sprints • 5-5 • Jr. Lake Charles, La. Barbe HS

2012 Leon Johnson NSU Invitational Co-Outstanding Women’s Outdoor T&F Performer 2012 LSWA All-Louisiana Collegiate Track and Field Team NCAA Regional Qualifier 4x400

second-place and NSU record-holding 4x400 team (3:38.26)… finished 19th in the 4x400 at the NCAA East Preliminaries (3:38.58). Indoor- Finished in the top four in each of her 400m races…ran a season-best 400m time of 56.43 at the SLC Championships to finish fourth…member of the third-place 4x400 team at the SLC Championships (3:51.15). 2011 Season: Outdoor- Participated in the 200m and 400m dashes as well as the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 relays...finished second at the SLC Championships in the 4x400 with a time of 3:41.54…took first place in the 4x400 at the Cowboy Relays (3:46.67) and at the Louisiana Classics (3:41.86)…finished first in the 4x200 at the Texas Relays with a time of 1:07.07…won the 4x100 at the Demon Invitational (46.41)…placed third in the 400m at the SLC Championships with a 55.26 mark…ran a personal-best 400m time of 54.99 at the Louisiana Classics. Indoor- member of the 4x400 SLC Championship team…placed fourth at the SLC Championships in the 400m. High School: Named to the Southwest Louisiana Hall of Fame…named to the all-state, all-region and all-district teams as a sophomore, junior as senior…placed second in the high jump at the outdoor state meet and second in the 400m at the indoor state meet her sophomore season…indoor and outdoor state champion in the 400m as a junior as well as third-place finisher in the high jump…indoor and outdoor state runner-up in the 400m her senior year…member of the Interact Club, Key Club, S.A.D.D., speech and debate and French immersion. Personal: Daughter of Elijah Griffin and Tonda Moreland… born on Feb. 20, 1992…has four brothers, Christopher Robinson, Dedrick Griffin, Travis Coop and Tyreke Griffin…majoring in health and exercise sciences with plans to graduate in May of 2014. 2012 SLC Championships Outdoor 400m 53.63 2nd 4x100 45.80 6th 4x400 3:38.26 2nd Indoor 400m 4x400

56.43 4th 3:51.15 3rd

Griffin’s Personal Bests Outdoor 200m 25.12 Cowboy Relays (3/14/11) 400m 53.63 SLC Championships (5/13/12) 4x400 3:38.26 SLC Championships (5/13/12) Indoor 60m 200m 400m 4x400

7.90 25.26 56.19 3:48.86

LSU Twilight Indoor (2011) MSSU Lion Invite (1/27/12) Vulcan Invitational (2/11/12) LSU Twilight (2/17/12)

2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the 200m, 400m, 4x100, 4x200, 4x400 and 1600m sprint medley…broke her own school record in the 400m at the SLC Championships with a blistering time of 53.63, placing second…finished in the top five in every 400m race of the season…member of the sixth-place 4x100 team (45.80) at the SLC Championships…member of the Website: www.nsudemons.com •

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Lundyn Hunt

Hurdles • 5-8 • So. Baton Rouge, La. Parkview Baptist HS 2012 Season: Outdoor- competed in the 100m hurdles…ran a season-best time of 16.33 at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, placing 15th. Indoor- Competed in the 55m and 60m hurdles…finished third in the 55m hurdles at the McNeese Cowboy Indoor Invite I with a season-best time of 9.08…placed 18th in the 60m hurdles at the LSU Twilight meet with a time of 9.86. High School: Finished third at the indoor state meet in the 55m hurdles her senior year…won the eagles and coaches awards…fourth in the state in the 100m hurdles and second in the mile…member of a cheerleading squad that finished ninth at the UCA nationals…member of Key Club, FCA, French Club, Latin Club and Drama Club. Personal: Daughter of Brian and Dawn Hunt….born on Sept. 27, 1992…majoring in health and exercise science/nutrition…aspires to be an athletic trainer or coach. Hunt’s Personal Bests Outdoor 100mH 16.33 Indoor 55mH 60mH

9.08 9.86

the shot put…finished seventh at the McNeese Indoor and 11th at the Houston Invitational in the weight throw. High School: Lettered in track and basketball all four years and volleyball for two seasons…district champion in the shot put and discus her sophomore year…repeated as district champion in both events her junior and senior seasons and became the state shot put champion in her final two years as well…was the state runner-up in discus her junior year…member of a four-time district champion basketball team. Personal: Daughter of Jerry and Una Williams…born on May 19, 1992…has one sister, Arnecia Sanders, and one brother, Jerry Williams, Jr. …majoring in health and exercise science with a minor in business. 2012 SLC Championships Outdoor Shot Put 38-11.00 15th Hammer 155-02 10th Indoor Shot Put Weight

46-00.75 5th 53-02.25 6th

Leon Johnson NSU Invitational (4/6/12)

Jackson’s Personal Bests Outdoor Shot Put 45-10.00 Bobby Lane Invitational (3/24/12) Hammer 164-05 Leon Johnson NSU Invitational (4/6/12)

McNeese Cowboy Indoor (1/13/12) LSU Twilight (2/17/12)

Indoor Shot Put Weight

Keona Jackson Throws • 5-11 • Jr. Shreveport, La. Evangel HS

2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the shot put and hammer throw…finished 15th at the SLC Championships in the shot put, throwing for 38-11.00…placed third at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational in the hammer, throwing for a personal-best 164-05…registered a 155-02 mark in the hammer at the SLC Championships, placing 10th. Indoor- Competed in the shot put and weight throw…threw the shot put for a season-best mark of 46-00.75 at the SLC Championships, placing fifth…took first place in the weight throw at the MSSU Lion Invite, registering a 54-09.50 mark…recorded a season-best mark of 56-00.00 in the weight throw at the LSU Twilight meet, placing third…finished sixth at the SLC Championships in the weight throw with a toss of 53-02.25. 2011 Season: Outdoor- Competed at the SLC Championships in the shot put and hammer throw…threw for a 45-04.25 mark at the SLC Championships in the shot…in the hammer throw, registered a personal-best mark of 131-04 at the SLC Championships…threw the shot put 47-07.00 for a personalbest at the Demon Invitational…finished fifth in the shot at the Cowboy Relays with a 39-10.75 mark…had six top-10 finishes in the shot put and three top-10 finishes in the hammer throw. Indoor- posted a sixth place finish at the Texas A&M Challenge and recorded an 11th place finish the Houston Invitational in

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Asah James

Mid-Distance • 5-2 • Fr. Bunkie, La. Bunkie HS High School: Lettered four years in track and basketball, three in cross country and two in softball…member of the parish and district champion 4x100 and 4x200 teams her sophomore and junior seasons…placed second in the 200m at the parish and district meets as a sophomore…member of the district champion 4x200 team her senior year. Personal: Daughter of Alvin Martin and Yvette James… born Feb. 3, 1993…has two brothers, Frederick and Edward, and two sisters, Thea and Keni…sister Thea is a member of the U.S. Army…majoring in criminal justice.

Shakemia Johnson Throws • 5-9 • Jr. Tatum, Texas Tatum HS

2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the shot put, hammer throw and discus… threw for a personal-best mark of 140-04 at the SLC Championships, placing 13th… registered a personal-best discus throw of 139-07 at the Southeastern Lions Invitational to place third…finished 11th in the #ForkEmDemons • Facebook: facebook.com/forkemdemons

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44-08.00 16th

Johnson’s Personal Bests Outdoor Shot Put 38-07.75 SLC Championships (5/15/11) Hammer 140-04 SLC Championships (5/11/12) Discus 139-07 Southeastern Lions Invitational (4/20/12) Indoor Shot Put Weight

46-00.75 56-00.00

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Sarah Jones

Jumps • 5-9 • Sr. Houston, Texas Jersey Village HS

triple jump… also competed in the 100m at the Cowboy Relays running it in 13.17… competed in the SLC Championships in both jumps finishing the long jump with a 18-05.00 mark and the triple jump with a 37-03.75 mark…best jump in the long jump was 18-06.00 at the LSU Relays to take ninth place… best mark in the triple jump was 38-00.75 at the Cowboy Relays. Indoor- had two top-five finishes in the long jump with a best leap of 17-04.75 at the Houston Invitational…in the triple jump, recorded her best outing of the indoor season at McNeese where she came in third with a mark of 35- 07.75. 2010 Season: Took the high jump title at the Ty Terrell Relays with a mark of 5-05.25 along with a fourth-place finish in the long jump…at the NSU Invitational, Jones, along with Amanda Freeman, October Wells and Jazmin Williams, placed fourth in the 4x100 relay…had her best performance in the triple jump at the UTA Bobby Lane meet where she posted 3701.75 for 10th place. High School: Lettered in track four years, basketball two years and volleyball one year… in her sophomore campaign, Jones was part of a 4x100m relay team that placed third district and competed at regionals…in the same year, was part of the 4x200m relay team that finished second in district and also competed at regionals…in her senior season, she won the district long jump, setting a personal best 18’ 2” jump…was active in Young Ladies with Positive Attitudes (YLPA) in high school. Personal: Daughter of Dorothy and Hayward Cartwright… born Nov. 17, 1990…has one brother, Harry Jones…majoring in child development with a minor in psychology and expects to graduate in the spring of 2013. 2012 SLC Championships Outdoor Long Jump 18-07.00 18th Triple Jump 39-08.00 7th Indoor Long Jump Triple Jump

17-08.75 38-00.25

12th 10th

Jones’ Personal Bests Outdoor Long Jump 18-08.25 Triple Jump 39-08.00

Bobby Lane Invitational (3/24/12) SLC Championships (5/13/12)

Indoor Long Jump Triple Jump

Jeff David Bank McNeese (2/3/12) Vulcan Invitational (2/11/12)

18-07.25 38-11.00

Erin Knox

Sprints • 5-6 • Sr. Texarkana, Texas Liberty Eylau HS

2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the long jump and triple jump…recorded a personal-best leap of 18-08.25 in the long jump at the Bobby Lane Invitational, placing sixth…finished 18th at the SLC Championships in the long jump with a jump of 18-07.00…placed seventh in the triple jump at the SLC Championships with a personal-record mark of 39-08.00…recorded seven top-10 finishes in the triple jump and four in the long jump. Indoor- Finished 12th in the long jump (17-08.75) and 10th in the triple jump (38-00.25) at the SLC Championships…placed eighth in the triple jump at the Vulcan Invite with a leap of 38-11.00. 2011 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the long jump and

2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the 100m hurdles, 400m hurdles and 4x400 relay…recorded a season-best 100m hurdles time of 15.51 at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, placing 12th…finished sixth in the 400m hurdles at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational with a time of 1:06.56. Indoor- Ran her best 55m hurdles time of 8.03 at the Jeff Davis Bank McNeese Invite in the prelims…finished 18th in the 60m hurdles at the SLC Championships with a time of 9.42.

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2013 media guide 2011 Season: Outdoor - Participated in the 100m hurdles, 400m hurdles, and the 4x400 relays… ran in the Cowboy relays with a time of 3:46.67 in the 4x400…at the SLC Championships ran a personal-best in the 100m hurdles with a 14.97 mark to finish 12th…ran a 1:06.31 time in the 400m hurdles at the SLC Championships…best time in the 400m hurdles was at the NSU Leon Johnson with a mark of 1:06.05…won the 100m hurdles at the Louisiana Classics with a 16.45 time. Indoor- Finished fourth in the 55m hurdles with a time of 8.93 seconds and sixth in the 400m dash with a 1:00.79 time at the McNeese Invitational. 2010 Season: Was a member of the 4x400 relay team that took first place at the Cowboy Relays...finished second in the 400m hurdles and third in the 100m hurdles at the same event…member of the 4x400 relay team that finished second at the NSU Invitational. High School: Lettered all four years in track and lettered three years in volleyball, cross country, basketball and power lifting…freshman year at Connally High School, track team finished second in district…ran 300m hurdles in 47.3 seconds… moved to Liberty Eylau her junior season…volleyball bi-district champs and basketball district champions…cross country team also won district while track won the district and regional titles… earned volleyball academic honorable mention and made basketball first-team all-district…finished second in district in 300m hurdles…third at regionals with a time of 45.9 seconds… was the second leg in 4x800m relay team that won state…placed sixth in cross country, finishing in 13:56…won district in crosscountry, basketball and track her senior season…runner-up at regionals in track, won 3A state championship…earned firstteam all-district honors and basketball’s defensive MVP and first-team all-district… finished second in the 100m and 300m races…member of National Honor Society, Student Council, Key Club, FBLA and Homecoming Court. Personal: Daughter of Patricia Nunn and Jerome McGrary, Jr…born Nov. 25, 1990…has three brothers and six sisters… majoring in accounting and hopes to become a CPA. 2012 SLC Championships Indoor 60mH 9.42 18th Knox’s Personal Bests Outdoor 100mH 14.97 400mH 1:06.05

SLC Championships (5/13/11) Leon Johnson NSU Invitational (4/16/11)

Indoor 55mH 60mH 60m 400m

Jeff Davis Bank McNeese Prelim (2/3/12) SLC Championships (2/24/12) LSU Twilight (2/18/11) Jeff Davis Bank McNeese (2011)

8.03 9.42 8.34 1:00.79

Angelica Kotun Sprints • 5-4 • Sr. Houston, Texas Alief Elsik HS

2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the 100m, 200m, 4x100, 4x200 and 1600 sprint

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7.91 24th 25.32 12th 3:51.15 3rd

Kotun’s Personal Bests Outdoor 100m 11.94 200m 24.20 4x100 45.80

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Consuela Lindsay

2012 SLC Championships Outdoor 400mH 58.64 2nd 4x100 45.80 6th 4x400 3:38.26 2nd

2012 Leon Johnson NSU Invitation CoOutstanding Women’s Outdoor T&F Performer

Indoor 400m

Hdls/Sprints • 5-4 • Jr. LaPorte, La. LaPorte HS

2012 LSWA All-Louisiana Collegiate Track and Field Team SLC Track & Field Athlete of the Week (3/21/12) NCAA Regional Qualifier 400mH, 4x400 2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the 400m hurdles, 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400…broke the school record and placed second at the SLC Championships in the 400m hurdles with a personal-best time of 58.64…made it to the quarter-finals of the NCAA East Preliminaries in the 400m hurdles, finishing 24th in 1:01.01…finished sixth in the 4x100 at the SLC Championships (45.80)…ran a 46.16 in the 4x100 for the best time of the year…placed second in the 4x400 at the SLC Championships with an NSU record time of 3:38.26…finished 19th in the 4x400 (3:38.58) at the NCAA East Preliminaries…finished the season with three first place finishes in both the 400m hurdles and the 4x400. Indoor- took first place in the 4x400 (3:48.86) at the LSU Twilight meet….finished first in the distance medley at the MSSU Lion Invite with a time of 12:56.39…ran a season-best 400m time of 57.43 at the SLC Championships, placing eighth in the prelims. 2011 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the 100m and 400m hurdles, the 4x100, 4x200, 4x400 and 1600 sprint medley relay…ran at the SLC Championships in the 100m hurdles, 400m hurdles, 4x100 and 4x400…recorded a personal-best 100m hurdles time of 14.25 at the NSU Leon Johnson Invitational… placed third in the 100m hurdles at the Louisiana Classics with a time of 14.66…recorded a personal best 400m hurdles time of 1:01.36…won the 4x200 at the Texas Relays with a time of 1:37.07…recorded three first place finishes and three second place finishes in the 4x400…recorded a season-best 4x400 time of 3:40.71 at the LSY Relays to finish second. Indoor- Won the 400m dash at the McNeese Invitational with a time of 58.47… placed third in the 55m hurdles at the McNeese Relays with a time of 8.40…had her best finish in the 60m hurdles in the preliminaries at the Houston Invitational with a time of 9.10. High School: Lettered in track and basketball all four years and volleyball for two years…track team won four straight district championships…4x400 team won the district meet all four years…district champion in the 4x100 her first three years… district champion in the 200m as a freshman…district champion and placed third at regionals in the 400m her sophomore and junior seasons…district champion in the 100m and 300m hurdles and regional champion in the 4x400 her senior year… state champion in the 300m hurdles her senior year with the 10th best time in the nation (42.0)…part of a basketball team that made the state playoffs all four years. Personal: Daughter of Benjamin Lindsay and Erin Lewis… born on Nov. 22, 1991…has one brother, Demarcus, and two sisters, Jayla and Tu’Myra…majoring in health and exercise science.

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57.43

8th prelim

Lindsay’s Personal Bests Outdoor 400mH 58.64 SLC Championships (5/12/12) 4x100 45.80 SLC Championships (5/13/12) 4x400 3:38.26 SLC Championships (5/13/12) Indoor 60m 400m 4x400

8.07 57.43 3:48.86

LSU Twilight (2011) SLC Championships (2/25/12) LSU Twilight (2/17/12)

Kenyah McDaniel

Jumps/Sprints • 5-8 • So. Tomball, Texas Tomball HS 2012 Season: Did not compete. High School: Graduated from Tomball High School. Personal: Daughter of Kenneth and Rosie McDaniel…born Nov. 15, 1991...has three brothers, Kenneth McDaniel, Xavier Taylor and Kendrick Lee, and two sisters, Shavartra Taylor and Kylima Blackmond…majoring in psychology.

Keshira McKnight Sprints • 5-7 • Fr. Duncanville, Texas Duncanville HS

High School: Lettered in track, basketball and volleyball…was a regional qualifier in the 200m as a junior…district champion and regional qualifier in the 200m as a senior…made appearances at the state meet her freshman, sophomore and junior seasons. Personal: Daughter of Eric McKnight and LaKeshia Smith…born on Dec. 18, 1993…has one brother, Eric McKnight, and two sisters, DaKecia and Danjanique Arthur…majoring in psychology.

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Becca Meehan

Distance • 5-1 • Sr. Shreveport, La. Parkway HS 2012 Season: Did not compete. 2011 Season: Competed at the Louisiana Classics in the 5000m and ran a 22:01.77 for 14th place. 2010 Cross Country: Recorded a 25:25.87 time at the LSU Invitational cross country meet and an 9:08 time in the 2k cross country meet at the SFA Lumberjack opener. High School: Lettered all four years in soccer while earning two letters in cross country and one in track…freshman year, earned all-district honorable mention in soccer while leading to state semi-finals and 2nd place district finish…in her sophomore campaign, finished second in district in soccer, earning 2nd-team all-district honors…team reached quarterfinals… finished 23rd at state junior year while team earned runner-up honors…district co-champs in soccer, advancing to state semifinals…named to first-team all-district team, second-team allstate and all-city…senior year, soccer team went undefeated until state semi-finals, holding the No. 2 ranking in Class 4A… took home first-team all-district, all-city, all-state academic and first-team all-state honors while being named a Louisiana AllStar player…cross country team finished in 4th place while running a personal-best 20:30 in the three-mile…ran a personalbest 5:50 mile at regionals…participated in Beta Club, Astra Club, yearbook staff and other extracurricular activities while graduating with a 3.87 GPA. Personal: Daughter of Rosemary Fiorentino and John Meehan… born Dec. 20, 1990…has one brother, Jay…majoring in biology…plans to go to physical therapy school after NSU. Meehan’s Personal Bests Outdoor 5000m 22:01.77 Louisiana Classics (3/19/11)

Chyreece Moore

Sprints • 5-1 • Fr. Shreveport, La. C.E. Byrd Magnet HS High School: Lettered in track and field three years…member of the district championship team her junior and senior seasons…finished second at state in the 100m dash her sophomore (12.10) and junior (11.97) years and third (12.09) her senior season…was district and regional champion in the 100m three years in a row. Personal: Daughter of Calvin and Cassaundra Moore… born on Feb. 26, 1993…has one brother, Cavante…majoring in early childhood development…plans to have a career in teaching.

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Shannon Moore Sprints • 5-7 • Fr. Duncanville, Texas Duncanville HS

High School: Lettered in track all four years...member of the third place 4x400 team at the 5A state meet her senior year... registered personal-records of 26.28 in the 200m and 61.33 in the 400m.

Madison Morton Sprints • 5-2 • Fr. Bentonville, Ark. Bentonville HS

High School: Lettered in track, cross country, softball and basketball…finished second at the 3A state meet in the 400m dash (60.99) and seventh in the 200m dash (29.87) her freshman year at Cedarville HS… won the 400m (59.37), placed second in the 200m (27.18) and finished fifth in the long jump (16-04.00) at the 3A state meet as a sophomore… class 7A State Champion in the 400m dash her junior (57.86) and senior (57.83) seasons at Bentonville HS…named to the allstate team her senior year…ran a personal-record 400m time of 56.58 when she won the Meet of Champions as a senior…broke the school record in the indoor and outdoor 400m dash…member of state championship team her senior year…team was second in the state her junior season…finished first is the 4x400 (3:59.93) and fifth in the 200m (27.93) as a junior…took third place in the 200m (26.18) and fourth in the long jump (16-7.25) as a senior. Personal: Daughter of Miranda Hagans…born July 24, 1994…has two sisters, twin Morgan and younger sister Logan…undecided major.

Delanie Nock

Javelin • 5-6 • Sr. Bossier City, La. Parkway HS 2012 Season: Recorded a best javelin throw of 123-10 at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, placing eighth…finished the season with four top-10 performances… placed seventh at the Southeastern Lions Invitational (117-06) and the Cole-Lancon Invitational (110-01). 2011 Season: Best throw in the javelin was a 146-00 mark giving her second place…competed at the SLC Championships with a 123-06 mark to place 10th…placed third at the UTA Bobby Lane Invitational with a 125-6.5 throw…finished fourth at the Demon Invitational with a 118-06 mark. High School: Graduated from Parkway HS in Bossier City. Personal: Daughter of Bruce and Kim Nock...born Dec. 10, 1990…has one brother, Tim, and one sister, Brittany...majoring in psychology with plans to graduate in May of 2013.

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Titi Oden-Shobayo Sprints • 5-5 • So. Columbia, Md. Hammond HS

2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the 100m, 200m and 400m dashes as well as the 4x100 and 4x200 relays…registered a season-best time of 12.43 in the 100m at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, placing seventh…finished fifth in the 100m at the Cole-Lancon Invitational with a time of 12.65…ran a season-best 25.99 and placed 19th in the 200m at the Southeastern Lions Invitational…finished 22nd in the 400m dash at the SLC Championships with a mark of 1:01.18. IndoorRan a season-best time of 7.45 and placed third in the 55m dash at the McNeese Cowboy Indoor Invite. High School: Qualified for state indoor junior year claiming all-county…placed second in the 100, 200 and 400 in the county regionals and state championships senior year…personal-best time of 12.12 in the 100, 25.35 in the 200m and 57.35 in the 400…named first team all-county and region, honorable mention all-state and MVP indoor and outdoor season as a senior. Personal: Daughter of Josephine Okoh and Segun Shobayo… one brother, Richard…born October 5, 1991… majoring in pre-med biology…plans to attend medical school and become a cardiac surgeon. 2012 SLC Championships Outdoor 400m 1:01.18 22nd Oden-Shobayo’s Personal Bests Outdoor 100m 12.43 Leon Johnson NSU Invitational (4/6/12) 200m 25.99 Southeastern Lions Invitational (4/20/12) 400m 1:01.18 SLC Championships (5/12/12) Indoor 55m 60m 200m

7.45 8.01 26.06

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Maya Robertson Distance • 5-7 • Fr. Ruston, La. Ruston HS

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Brittney Rogers

Distance • 5-8 • Sr. Bossier City, La. Parkway HS/Louisiana-Monroe 2012 Season: Indoor- Finished 18th in the 400m (1:07.92) at the McNeese Invite in her only race of the season. High School: Member of a district champion track team her freshman and sophomore seasons…was the regional and parish 800m champion her freshman, sophomore and junior seasons and district champion her first two seasons…finished fourth at state in the 800m her freshman year and third as a sophomore….was a state qualifier in the 800m her junior season…regional runner-up as well as district and parish champion in the 400m her senior year…qualified for the state meet in the 400m her final year…second team all-district in basketball as a senior. Personal: Daughter of Henry Rogers and Delaine Coleman…born on June 27, 1990…has one brother, Trevon, and two sisters, Marquitta and Adrienne…majoring in criminal justice and industrial engineering.

Ashlee Savona

Distance • 5-2 • R-So. Mississagua, ON, Canada Humber College High School: Played on the Ontario Provincial soccer team in 2008 where she helped her team to the Canadian National Championship...competed all four years on the varsity soccer team at St. Martins Prep School...competed in flag football, volleyball, basketball and badminton. Personal: Daughter of James and Ameena Savona...born December 12, 1992…has one sister, Jessica, who is a member of the Canadian National Gymnastics Team...majoring in education...is also a member of the NSU soccer team.

Constance Seibles

Sprints • 5-6 • Sr. Natchitoches, La. Natchitoches Central HS 2012 LSWA All-Louisiana Collegiate Track and Field Team 2012 SLC All-Academic Team NCAA Regional Qualifier 4x400

High School: Lettered in track and cross country...qualified for the state cross country meet her sophomore, junior and senior seasons...placed ninth at the state cross country meet her senior year...registered personal-records of 2:26.16 in the 800m, 5:47.79 in the 1600m and 19:48.04 in the 3 Mile.

2012 Season: Outdoor- Competed in the 200m, 4x100, 4x200, 4x400 and 1600m sprint medley…finished ninth in the 200m at the SLC Championships with a season-best time of 24.24… took sixth place in the 4x100 at the SLC Championships with a time of 45.80…member of the 4x400 team that broke the NSU record with a 3:38.26 mark and second place finish at the SLC Championships…placed 19th in the 4x400 at the NCAA East Preliminaries (3:38.58). Indoor- Finished 18th in the 200m dash at the SLC Championships (25.64)…member of the third place 4x400 team at the SLC Championships (3:51.15)…finished first

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2012 SLC Championships Outdoor 200m 24.24 9th 4x100 45.80 6th 4x400 3:38.58 2nd

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Jessica Talley

Javelin • 5-4 • So. Olla, La. LaSalle HS 2011 NCAA All-American - Javelin 2012 Season: Redshirted. 2011 Season: Competed at the NCAA Championships in javelin throwing a mark of 156-11 to finish 11th...earned All-American honors...placed fourth in the NCAA regional with a throw of 158-06, her season and career best….won javelin at the SLC Championships with a mark of 145-11…finished first at the Demon Invitational with a throw of 152-10…also won the javelin at the UTA Bobby Lane Invitational with a 142-1.5 mark…had five other top 10 marks. High School: Lettered all four years in track, basketball and softball…was a district champion, regional runner-up and an all-district outfielder for three years….was also a state runnerup and 2nd runner-up one year each…graduated in May 2010. Personal: Daughter of Kristie and Jason Talley… born April 8, 1992 has one brother, Matthew…majoring in general studies and sports management. Talley’s Personal Bests Outdoor Javelin 158-06 NCAA Regionals (5/27/11)

Tamerin Taylor Distance • 5-4 • So. Zachary, La. Zachary HS

2012 Season: Outdoor- Finished 21st in the 800m at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational with a time of 2:33.37 in her only race of the season. High School: Graduated from Zachary High School.

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Leon Johnson NSU Invitational (4/6/12)

Porsha Thomas

Seibles’ Personal Bests Outdoor 200m 23.67 400m 55.38 4x100 45.80 4x400 3:38.58

NSU Invitational (5/1/11) NSU Invitational (5/1/11) SLC Championships (5/13/12) SLC Championships (5/13/12)

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LSU Twilight (2011)

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Taylor’s Personal Bests Outdoor

25.64 18th 3:51.15 3rd

7.93

24.88 57.88 3:48.86

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Jumps/Sprints • 5-8 • Fr. Pearland, Texas Glenda Dawson HS High School: Lettered in track and field all four years…district champion in the long jump her sophomore, junior and senior years…regional qualifier as a sophomore (17-9) and junior (18-4) and regional champion her senior sea#ForkEmDemons • Facebook: facebook.com/forkemdemons

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lady Demon profiles son…state runner-up as a senior with a leap of 19-3. Personal: Daughter of Marvin and Faye Thomas…born on Oct. 11, 1993…has two brothers, Mario and Sergio…majoring in biology.

Jerrica Tillery

Jumps • 5-9 • So. Shreveport, La. C.E. Byrd Magnet HS 2012 Season: Outdoor- Finished first at the Cowboy Relays in the long jump with a leap of 16-2.50…recorded a season-best mark of 16-07.25 at the Southeastern Lions Invitational, placing 18th…took first place in the triple jump at the Cowboy Relays with a mark of 36-9.75…placed 14th at the SLC Championships in the triple jump with her season-best jump of 38-06.00. Indoor- registered her season-best long jump (16-10.75 ) and triple jump (38-04.00) marks at the Jeff Davis Bank McNeese Invite, placing 13th and second, respectively. High School: Lettered in track four years and two years in cross country…took second in district and fourth in regionals senior year…team finished first in district sophomore and junior year and third senior year. Personal: Born December 21, 1992…daughter of Mildred and Jerry Tillery…one brother, Jerry…two sister, Kelli and Courtney…majoring in general studies. 2012 SLC Championships Outdoor Triple Jump 38-06.00 14th Indoor Triple Jump

36-01.25

21st

Tillery’s Personal Bests Outdoor Long Jump 16-07.25 Southeastern Lions Invitational Triple Jump 38-06.00 SLC Championships (5/13/12) Indoor Long Jump Triple Jump

16-10.75 38-04.00

Classics, placing third. High School: Graduated from Liberty Eylau HS. Personal: Daughter of Stasik Vaughn, Sr. and Sonya Vaughn...born Aug. 11, 1992…has one brother, Stasik, Jr. and one sister, Carmelya...father was enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and brother is currently enlisted...majoring in psychology with a concentration in addiction studies...a member of the NSU ROTC. Vaughn’s Personal Bests Outdoor 100m 12.29 UTA Bobby Lane Invitational (4/2/11) 200m 25.46 NSU Leon Johnson Invitational (4/6/11) 4x100 48.97 Cowboy Relays (3/10/12) Indoor 55m 60m 200m

7.42 7.98 26.60

Jeff Davis Bank McNeese (2011) LSU Twilight (2/17/12) MSSU Lion Invite (1/27/12)

Whitley Woods Sprints • 5-5 • So. Monroe, La. Richwood HS

2012 Season: Did not compete. High School: State runner-up in the 100m hurdles her junior year…voted MVP of district 2-3A regionals her senior year… member of the Nation Honors Society. Personal: Daughter of Sheila Woods…born on March 15, 1992…has three sisters, Rodreika, Shakeila and Garesha…majoring in health and exercise sciences.

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Ebony Vaughn Sprints • 5-5 • Jr. Texarkana, Texas Liberty Eylau HS

2012 Season: Outdoor- Registered two top-10 finishes in the 100m dash, placing sixth at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational and seventh at the Cowboy Relays…recorded a season-best 200m time of 26.12 at the Southeastern Lions Invitational. Indoor- Ran a season-best 55m time of 7.54 at the McNeese Cowboy Indoor Invite, placing fourth…placed seventh at the MSSU Lion Invite in the 200m, running a 26.60. 2011 Season: Competed in the 100m, 200m and 4x100… recorded her personal-best 100m time at the UTA Bobby Lane Invitational running a 12.29…best time in the 200m was at the NSU Leon Johnson Invitational with a mark of 25.64…registered her 4x100 personal-best time of 46.44 at the Louisiana Website: www.nsudemons.com •

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Dr. Randall J. Webb Northwestern State President

Dr. Randall J. Webb stated when he became Northwestern State University’s 17th president in July of 1996 that his primary objective would be to help make his Alma Mater the best institution it could be. It is apparent after 17 years that Webb is achieving that admirable goal. Enrollment has reached record levels during Webb’s tenure as president and exceeded 10,500 for the first time in history in the fall of 2004. Webb has also been at the forefront in recent years of moving the university toward higher admission standards, which has resulted in some enrollment declines but in the enrollment of students with greater academic potential and apti-

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President: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Randall J. Webb Provost & Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Lisa Abney Vice President for External Affairs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry Pierce Vice President for Business Affairs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carl Jones Vice President for University Affairs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marcus Jones Vice President for Technology, Research and Economic Development: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Darlene Williams Executive Assistant to the President: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Crew

tude. Retention has increased at the university, the average ACT score of students has gone up, and high school student leaders are enrolling in Northwestern in record numbers. There has been a substantial increase in the number of high school valedictorians and salutatorians among first-time freshmen at the university. External funding for NSU has also increased dramatically under Webb’s leadership. In the first capital campaign in its history, the university received $32.7 million to far exceed its goal of $18.84 million. That funding included the establishment of numerous endowed chairs and professorships to enhance academic programs at the university. In addition to the private funding, Northwestern has received more grant monies in recent years from state and federal agencies and private foundations than at any time since its founding in 1884. Webb has also expanded the university’s outreach by spearheading the development at NSU of the largest electronic education and distance learning network of any university in Louisiana. NSU offers courses and degree programs to students across the nation and world through Internet and compressed video. Millions of dollars have been obtained during Webb’s presidency for new and renovated facilities. A new $6.9 million Wellness, Recreation and Activity Center opened on the campus in 2005; and Morrison Hall, the Family and Consumer Sciences Building, and Williamson Hall have been completely renovated and restored. A new Student Services Center on the site of the former West Caspari Hall was completed in May 2012. Over $32 million in construction by a private company has added two modified residence halls to the campus in recent years. Funding has also been obtained to rebuild the East Caspari Hall and replace the underground electrical distribution system. Northwestern academic programs and athletic teams continue to receive positive national recognition. The Computer Information Systems program, for example, won five consecutive national championships in academic competition in systems analysis, and the NSU men’s basketball team defeated Iowa in the NCAA national championship tournament. A former center on the Northwestern football team, Webb is an avid supporter of the university’s athletic programs and has held positions of leadership at the national level in intercollegiate athletics. He has served as chair of the board of directors of the Southland Conference and has been a member of the prestigious NCAA Executive Council and the NCAA Division I Board of Directors that oversee all major policy decisions by the governing body for major college sports. He currently serves as the Southland Conference representative on the NCAA Presidential Advisory Group. A 1965 graduate of Northwestern in mathematics and business education,Webb earned a master of science degree in mathematics from NSU in 1966. He received a doctorate in education from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1971 with a concentration in mathematics and research. Webb was a member of the faculty of Longwood College in Farmville, Va, from 1966 until 1974. He served as Director of Higher Education and Teacher Certification in the Louisiana Department of Education from 1974 through 1976. He moved to Southeastern Louisiana University in 1976 and in 13 years there held positions as director of institutional research, EEO officer, registrar and member of the mathematics faculty. He became Dean of Instruction and Graduate Studies and professor of mathematics at Northwestern in 1989. In that position, he was responsible for campus-wide policy development, planning, advancement, and review of both graduate and undergraduate programs. While Webb was in that position, graduate enrollment increased by 35 percent, and internal funding for faculty research increased by 200 percent. As dean, Webb proposed the concept for NSU’s successful Freshman Connection Program and served as a member of the writing team for a grant proposal that resulted in a five year, $1.7 million Title III grant to improve student retention. He also chaired the steering committee for NSU’s Self Study for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. He has been active in the community as a member of the board of directors of the Natchitoches Chamber of Commerce and as a member of the Association for the Preservation of Historic Natchitoches, the Natchitoches Historic Foundation, the NatchitochesNorthwestern Symphony Society, Rotary Club, and the First Baptist Church. Webb and his wife Brenda have two daughters, both honor graduates of Northwestern. Tamara and her husband, former NSU All-America baseball pitcher Reggie Gatewood, live in Long Valley,N.J., with their children Tyler and Ava. Lauren is married to former outstanding NSU baseball player Nick Simokaitis, and they live in St. Louis with their sons Nicholas and Benjamin. Randy and Brenda Webb

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Jerry Pierce

Vice President • External Affairs Jerry Pierce is the Cal Ripken of the Northwestern State athletic program. Day after day, year after year, Pierce is in the lineup, fielding his position with aplomb, and delivering at the plate, knocking a ball out of the park from time to time but always taking an understated profile, seeing himself as a role player. In 48th year on the university’s staff, Pierce’s impact on NSU and the city of Natchitoches can’t be measured as easily as Ripkin’s Baseball Hall of Fame statistics, but they are equally indelible. He begins his 22nd 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 NSU Athletic Council president, he oversees university operations in athletics, alumni and development, public and media relations and assists President Jody Biscoe (Chair) Dr. Randall J. Webb in governmental affairs activities. Many of Lyn Christopher those duties were his since the 1970s as he worked under four preDwight Epperson vious presidents as Northwestern advanced from NAIA to NCAA Kelee Grimes College Division to NCAA Division I athletic status in 1977. Marcus Jones A 1961 graduate of Northwestern, Pierce served as trainer Jennifer Kelly for the Demon football team during his college years, working Melissa Kelly closely with legendary coach Jack Clayton. After earning his jourNatalie Laurence nalism degree, Pierce went to work for the New Orleans Times Tara McKeeney (Student) Picayune, serving as a reporter and editor. He was named execuDr. Charles Pellegrin tive sports editor at the age of 24. Dr. Pat Pierson In 1965, he chose to raise his two sons in Natchitoches and returned to NSU as sports information director. He was promotKristi Simms Dr. Mark Swanstrom ed to news bureau director two years later and assumed additional responsibilities in athletics, alumni affairs and other areas through Ed Ward Will Watson (Student) the years. He founded, in 1972, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame facilDr. Randall Webb ity in Prather Coliseum on the NSU campus, providing a home for an entity created in 1958. He established annual induction activiEx-Officio Members ties that remain in place nearly four decades later, and served as Greg Burke director of the Hall for 19 years until his promotion to vice presiCarrie Crowell dent forced him to step aside from the volunteer post. Dustin Eubanks He helped guide Northwestern into three athletic conferDr. Patrice Moulton ences (Trans America, 1979; Gulf Star, 1983; Southland, 1987) and NCAA Division I status in 1977. He is a past president of the Dr. Vicki Parrish Southland and has served the conference through other offices and Jerry Pierce committee positions. 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 popular 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 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, 22, and Miranda, 11, and two stepchildren, Nicholas and Natalie.

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DEMONS’ DECADE OF EXCELLENCE Highlights of NSU athletics in the first 10 years under the leadership of Dr. Randall Webb, Vice President Jerry Pierce and Director of Athletics Greg Burke 22 Southland Conference Championships (7 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), men’s track and field (1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002). All-Sports (1997-98). 10 SLC Tournament Championships (4 sports) Basketball (2001, 2006), women’s soccer (1997, 2000, 2002, 2005), women’s basketball (2004) and softball (1998, 2000, 2002). 16 Postseason Appearances (6 sports) Football - FCS Division playoffs (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004); basketball (2001, 2006); women’s basketball (2004); baseball (2005); softball (1998, 2000, 2002); women’s soccer (2000, 2002, 2005). Women’s Basketball also played in the 1999 WNIT. 45 National Awards (5 sports) All-America awards - track and field (18), football (19), baseball (1). Academic All-America honors – softball (2), baseball (2). National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete (1); NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship (1); basketball - 2006 Pontiac Game Changing Performance $100,000 Scholarship 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. Fomer 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

Athletic Administration

Director of Athletics The Burke File

AGE: 56 (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. BIG FAN OF: Cleveland Browns, Indians and Cavaliers • INTERESTS: Working out, watching ESPN and VH1 Classic, family outings.

In his 17th 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 Aug. 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 institution. He has steered NSU athletics to many of its greatest accomplishments while overseeing a program that has fielded championship caliber teams in nearly all of the school’s NCAA Division I sports. Two years ago, he was included among 29 winners of the Under Amour AD of the Year Award presented by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). He was also among four winners chosen to be involved in a Street and Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal panel discussion on current Division I athletics issues. Joining NSU’s Burke were Purdue’s Morgan Burke (no relation), Samford’s Bob Roller and Lee Fowler of North Carolina State, with the transcript of their discussion distributed to national media by the Sports Business Daily. Burke just completed a term as the 2010-11 president of the Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association. Burke’s 16 years as athletic director include 32 Southland Conference regular-season or tournament championships, 54 All-American and Academic All-American student athletes, and three U.S. Olympic competitors. Seventeen NSU teams have taken part in NCAA or WNIT postseason competition. Under his guidance, Northwestern State has led all 13 public institutions in Louisiana, and all 12 Southland Conference institutions, in the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate and Graduation Success Rate reports. The school’s athletic facilities have undergone nearly $7 million in improvements in the past four years. 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. Those accomplishments have come with one of the more modest athletic budgets in the state and conference. Burke’s management skill and fundraising ability have been pivotal. Burke generated a $2 million series of sponsorships for new scoreboards installed for 2008-09 at all NSU athletic venues and spearheaded the $700,000 Second Century Circle fencing project for athletic venues. Burke has displayed a remarkable ability to hire dynamic head coaches, including several whose success at Northwestern State has propelled them to national prominence in subsequent positions. From his first day on the job, Burke has stressed the importance of having a balanced athletic program. To that end, tremendous competitive strides have been made in women’s athletics under his guidance. The NSU soccer program was the first one in Louisiana ever to reach the NCAA Tournament and remains the only one with multiple appearances. Volleyball set attendance records and has made its best-ever showings in conference play in recent years. In softball, NSU posted the nation’s most improved win total in 2010 regular-season play under second-year coach Donald Pickett, and moved among league contenders in 2011. The Lady Demons joined Stanford as the only women’s tennis programs in the country in 2010 with only one regular-season loss, while sweeping Southland regular-season and tournament titles and making a first-ever NCAA Team Tournament appearance. While on-field success by Demon and Lady Demon teams has been a source of pride for NSU supporters, Burke is equally proud of the tone which has been set within the NSU athletic program as it relates to academic achievement and community service. The academic accomplishments are reflected annually in the NCAA’s APR and GSR studies. Community service by NSU student-athletes, coaches and staff more than doubled to over 5,000 hours in 200910 and remained at that level in 2010-11. 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!” In 2005, Burke was one of three recipients of the All-America Football Foundation’s Gen. Robert R. Neyland Outstanding Athletic Director Award and that same year, was also tabbed as one of two Natchitoches Parish Cenla Newsmakers of 2005 by the Alexandria Town Talk newspaper’s editorial staff. He received the 2006 “Outstanding Alumni Award” from his alma mater, Marlington High School in Alliance, Ohio, recognizing his community service and professional achievements. Burke became one of only 21 alumni honored since the award was instituted in 1982. In June 2006, he was a featured speaker and panelist at the National Association of Collegiate Athletic Directors convention in New Orleans, addressing members of the College Athletic Business Managers of America and also participating in a panel discussion of “Fundraising from an Athletic Director’s Perspective” speaking to the National Association of Athletic Development Directors. Since 2007, Burke has been a member of the prestigious NCAA Championships/Sports Management Cabinet, a 49-person panel which makes recommendations to the NCAA Board of Directors on key issues facing Division I athletics. He previously served a four-year term on the NCAA Division I Football Issues Committee (19992002) and concurrently served a term on the eight-member NCAA FCS Committee that administers the national playoffs. Since his committee term expired, 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. In 2004 and 2011, NSU received the highest possible rating, “fully certified,” from the National Collegiate Athletic Association, affirming that Northwestern operates its athletic program in substantial conformity with operating principles adopted by the NCAA Division I membership. 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 and was 2010 March of Dimes chairman locally. He and his wife, Susu, is a Natchitoches native, NSU graduate and an elementary teacher. Their 19-year-old daughter, Catherine, graduated from St. Mary’s High School in May of 2012 and is attending Louisiana Tech.

Greg Burke with wife, Susu, and daughter, Catherine.

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Kyle Barnard

Assistant Director of Marketing and Ticket Promotion

Kyle Barnard was promoted from interim to full-time Assistant Director of Marketing and Tickets in the summer. His duties include working with event management, external affairs, and alumni relations aside from his ticket manager duties. His career plans are to become an associate athletic director. His first year at Northwestern State served as a graduate assistant for the department. While working with game day operations and marketing/ promotions, he served on the diversity council for NSU during the NCAA recertification process. Kyle organized a NCAA diversity workshop for both coaches and players. Barnard received his undergraduate degree in kinesiology and fitness from Ouachita Baptist University. He was a 4 year letterman and a 3 year starter on the offensive line for the OBU football team. As a captain his junior and senior year, the team had their highest ranking in school history. He served as member and president of OBU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. While attending OBU, Kyle reached the dean’s list and was a member of IFC (Inter Fraternal Council) and also was a member of Rho Sigma men’s social club. His hometown is The Woodlands, Texas. In high school, he was named to the alldistrict and all-county teams at The Woodlands High School. Kyle also earned a power lifting letter. The son of Ron and Brenda Barnard, he was born Nov. 13, 1987, in Corpus Christi,Texas and has one brother, Conall. He is married to Brittany Barnard, a pediatric RN at Cabrini Hospital.

Jody Biscoe

Faculty Athletics Representative

Faculty Athletic Representative Jody Biscoe is Associate Professor of Psychology and Addiction Studies at Northwestern State, where he is the coordinator for the undergraduate Addiction Studies, and Substance Abuse/Prevention concentrations. Since 2006, he has served as Faculty Athletic Representative for NSU. This role includes the chair of the NSU Athletic Council. Since 2006, Northwestern State University has made numerous paradigm shifts in how it addresses the needs of student-athletes; however, one thing has been consistent in that its student-athletes are winners on the field and in the classroom. All have heard about higher educational institutions being penalized by the NCAA for academic improprieties. NSU has attempted to be a model program of “Doing Things the Right Way,” by following the Athletic Department motto: Great Tradition – Brighter Future. This past year, NSU was one of only four schools in the State of Louisiana that did not receive any penalties for low NCAA Academic Progress Rates (APR) with baseball, soccer, softball, tennis, women’s indoor & outdoor track, and volleyball rating in the top three in the Southland Conference. Among the 40 Northwestern State student-athletes and athletic staff members who graduated in spring 2010, 10 of the 20 receiving undergraduate degrees graduated either cum laude or magna cum laude. Graduation rates of student-athletes in soccer, volleyball, men’s basketball, baseball and football ranked in the top four of the Conference. These accomplishments could not have been achieved without the support and efforts of the student-athletes, coaches, faculty, and administration. Also, Jody is the Director for the Louisiana Addiction Technology Transfer Center at NSU. He has served on the National Addiction Technology Transfer Center’s (ATTC) Practice and National Leadership Institute Committee. In addition, he has coordinated five nationally recognized leadership institutes for Louisiana, Texas and New Mexico and a member of the National ATTC Leadership Directors Committee. Recently, he was appointed to the NAADAC - National Addiction Studies & Standards Collaborative Committee. This past year, Jody was selected to serve on the United States Health and Human Services – Substance Abuse & Mental Health Service Administration Expert Panel concerning workforce issues. Jody’s married to his wife, Veronica (Roni), an avid runner, and daughter Roxy is a senior co-captain on the varsity cheerleading squad and Lady Tiger basketball team at St. Mary’s School. All are devoted Demon fans!

Carrie Crowell

Academic Coordinator Senior Woman Administrator

Carrie Crowell, a two-year Academic All-Southland Con-

ference soccer standout for Northwestern State in 2005-06, from Arlington, TX, now serves as an academic coordinator in the Johnnie Emmons Athletic Study Center at NSU as well as being the Senior Woman Administrator. Crowell served as an intern in the Academic Services and CHAMPS/Life Skills program in January 2009, while also completing her second season as a graduate assistant soccer coach and finishing work on her master’s of science in sport administration. She was a magna cum laude graduate of NSU in August 2007 in business administra-

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tion, and also was a key contributor on the Lady Demons’ 2005 NCAA Tournament team that won the Southland Conference Tournament. Crowell is the academic coordinator for the sports of soccer, women’s basketball, men’s and women’s track, volleyball, and veteran football. She also heads the Enhanced Academic Program which provides additional help for student-athletes and aids in maintaining a healthy and successful balance between academics and athletics. Crowell served an internship in the summer of 2008 with the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, helping stage events supporting a Nationwide Tour golf tournament cosponsored by the Hall. She also assisted in daily operations of the museum in Springfield, Mo., and helped stage the Missouri High School Basketball All-Stars Game. Crowell was a member of Alpha Lambda Delta honors society from 2005-2007, graduating in three years with a 3.74 grade point average. She made the SLC Commissioners’ Academic Honor Roll in the last three seasons she competed for NSU, capped by a 2006 season in which her defense helped the Lady Demons set a school record for least goals allowed per game. Crowell graduated with her Masters of Science in Sport Administration with a 4.0 GPA in May 2009.

Dustin Eubanks

Assistant Athletic Director NCAA Compliance Director

Dustin Eubanks is in his 13th year in the NSU athletic department and his 12th 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 38-yearold 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 Associate Director of Financial Aid at NSU, will celebrated their ninth wedding anniversary this summer.

Roxanne Freeman

Athletic Business Manager

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.

Todd Garzarelli

Associate AD for External Relations

Todd Garzarelli was named as the Associate Athletic Director for External Affairs in October 2011 after a successful three-year stint at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville and will oversee all external areas at Northwestern State, including the NSU Athletic Association. Garzarelli came to Northwestern State from SIUE where he immediately made an impact on the SIUE Athletics Department in helping build the external unit from the ground up. During his short tenure, he signed the school’s first-ever apparel contract, helped launch a newly designed website, and worked to enhance the radio network that included online streaming for the first time. He also established a corporate sponsorship platform and a comprehensive annual fund and put together a major gift program and portfolio to enhance a $50 million capital campaign. Prior to SIUE, Garzarelli was at Northern Illinois University, where he served most recently as the Associate Athletic Director for Marketing, Corporate and Broadcast Relations. During his tenure at NIU, revenue in corporate sponsorship, tickets, licensing, hospitality and media trade all increased dramatically. Garzarelli also successfully negotiated and landed multi-year agreements with Chicago Sports Leader in radio WSCR 670 AM “The Score” and Comcast Sportnet Chicago which gave Huskie Athletics immeasurable exposure in radio and television. In all, the Huskie football team played in more than 40 regional or national television broadcasts during his tenure. Garzarelli also established the first NIU All-Access platform on internet that streamed over 100 audio and video events annually.

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2013 media guide and Promotions at the United States Military Academy (Army) from 2001 to 2004. He also served as marketing associate at the University of Missouri during the 2000-2001 season. He spent one season at the Air Force Academy as a Marketing and Development Assistant and one season as an Assistant to the Director of External Affairs at Saint Francis (Penn.). At Army, he helped maintain an 18-station radio network that covered most of the U.S. market and assisted in a regional television agreement for Army football. He also played an instrumental part in landing Jeep as the Title Sponsor of the annual Army/ Navy Football game. Army Athletics increased corporate sponsorships, tickets and overall attendance under Garzarelli’s watch. Garzarelli received a sport management degree from Slippery Rock University in 1998. He also earned a master’s in sport management from Northern Illinois in 2006. Garzarelli and his wife, Leah, have a five-year old daughter, Goia, and a two-year old son, Gabe.

Kelee Grimes

Academic Coordinator

A three-time Academic All-Southland Conference performer, Kelee Grimes replaces another former softball standout, Cary Bruno, who departed in 2012 after two years on the academic staff. Grimes 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 in NSU’s Sport Administration master’s degree program. In her senior season, Grimes was included for the third straight year on the Southland Conference Softball All-Academic Team, finishing with a 3.82 grade point average in business administration while competing in her senior season and serving as a student worker in the Johnnie Emmons Academic Study Center at NSU. Third all-time in school history with 471 career strikeouts, she led the Lady Demons in that category in each of her last three seasons, averaging 1.4 per inning this spring. Grimes 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. Grimes owns two of the 16 no-hitters in school history, blanking Alcorn State as a junior and Alabama State in her senior season. In 2011, she won two Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week honors. As a sophomore, she made the Capital One CoSIDA Academic All-District VI team and was Academic All-Southland Conference for the first time. Grimes 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. A Pineville native, Grimes was the 2008 Gatorade Louisiana Softball Player of the Year as she led Pineville High to the Class 5A state finals. She has been active in community outreach projects while a student-athlete in high school and college.

Chris Lansdell

Assistant AD for Marketing and Promotions

Chris Lansdell was named Northwestern State’s new assistant athletic director for marketing and promotions in the summer of 2012. Lansdell worked at Kansas since August 2006 after being on the marketing staff for the Arkansas women’s athletics program from 2003-2006. He has helped stage the 2012 Big XII Conference Women’s Basketball Championship, the 2010 NCAA Women’s Basketball Kansas City Midwest Regional, the 2009 NCAA Men’s Basketball Kansas City First and Second Rounds, the 2009 Big XII Men’s Basketball Championship, the 2005 and 2006 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at Arkansas, and the 2005 Southeastern Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships. At Kansas, Lansdell developed and implemented sponsorship fulfillment and fan experience plans for football and men’s basketball. He supervised marketing for Olympic sports including creative materials, fan experience and promotions. He coordinated events with the university chancellor’s office and the KU Alumni Association, and was in charge of the Jayhawks for a Cure initiative for all sports. Lansdell worked to assure KU promotional items met trademark standards and developed marketing and promotional strategies. He was part of the university’s United Way committee, while assisting with management of spirit squads and serving as the athletic department’s liaison with the Marching Jayhawks band and pep bands for basketball and volleyball. Prior to moving into the directorships at Kansas, he worked as a marketing manager, coordinator and assistant director of events and game day experience from 2006-10. Lansdell managed the Hospitality on the Hill tailgating program for football, developed and implemented marketing plans for baseball, softball and soccer, initiated and managed social media initiatives, coordinated in-game promo-

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Athletic Administration tional activities for women’s basketball, and developed the Rock Chalk Rewards student attendance incentive program. With Arkansas women’s athletics, he was a marketing and promotions graduate assistant from 2004-06 after working as a student assistant in 2003-04. Lansdell developed and implemented marketing plans for soccer and softball and was involved with implementing plans for gymnastics, women’s basketball and volleyball. He managed outreach programs including the Lil’Backs Kids Club and the A+ for Arkansas initiatives. He scheduled and designed print advertising for all sports, coordinated the Lady Razorback merchandise program and developed sponsorship trade agreements. Lansdell earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration/marketing management in 2004 and a master’s of education in recreation/sport management two years later.

Clay Shaw

Assistant Director of Marketing and Promotion

After a brief hiatus from college athletics, Clay Shaw returned to the profession as the new assistant for sports marketing and promotions at Northwestern State in 2011. An Ohio native, the 2003 graduate of the University of Toledo earned his bachelor’s degree in graphic design with coursework in business and marketing. He enrolled at Bowling Green University in 2006 to work towards a career in sports marketing and was a volunteer intern. He followed that with a marketing assistant internship at the University of New Mexico and the University of Tulsa. He landed his first full-time job in college athletics as the promotions coordinator at California State University-Bakersfield. Shaw stepped away from college athletics to work in professional sports as a ticket representative for the Fresno Grizzlies Triple-A baseball team, and the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning. Prior to joining NSU, Shaw spent two years with Bisk Education as a representative of Villanova University Online.

Jack Smith

Director of Athletic Facilities and Game Operations

Jack Smith was named director of special facilities in July 2012, managing the athletic venues and facilities at NSU. In the 2011-12 season Smith assisted with tickets, development, sales and operations for the athletic department and was visible throughout the year at home events as he planned, coordinated and implemented popular in-game promotional activities. He was an integral part of game management for football, men’s and women’s basketball, and soccer. He coordinated all tailgating activities in the popular Demon Alley, featuring the Collins Family Pavilion, for home football games. Smith helped organize and oversee the inaugural Legends Dinner and Golf Scramble. He created and implemented a marketing plan for NSU Athletics using social media and NSUDemons.com website advertising. His promotion to the facilities position is on an interim basis. Prior to joining the NSU athletic staff, Smith was a marketing and operations staffer for the uDrove Humanitarian Bowl in Boise, and a play-by-play announcer for Bronco Sports Properties handling broadcasts of Boise State women’s basketball. With the bowl game, he helped market the game and related events with social media, assisted with bowl week events and game-day activities, managed 12 volunteers on game day, and organized the Youth Skills Combine. While in Boise, his hometown, Smith also was an account executive for the NBA Development League’s Idaho Stampede, working with sales of season tickets, corporate packages, group sales and individual game sales, while helping game day operations and assisting with community clinics. A 2010 graduate of The College of William and Mary, he was head men’s basketball manager as an undergraduate from 2007-10. He also served five months as interim director of ticket sales for the United Soccer League’s Richmond (Va.) Kickers.

Ray Frias

Assistant Director of Special Facilities and Event Operations

Ray Frias was named assistant director of special facilities in December 2012. Frias obtained his bachelor’s degree in health and exercise science from Northwestern State in May 2012. He was an infielder for the Demon baseball team during his undergrad.

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Jason Drury

Head Athletic Trainer Idaho State, 1999 • Northwestern State 2001 8th Season at NSU

lead orthopaedic surgeon for the Capital One Bowl and part of the medical staff for the NBA Combines. In 2007, Dr. Leddy accepted an invitation to return to Louisiana and join MidState Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center in Alexandria. He specializes in sports medicine, arthroscopy of the shoulder, knee and hip, and knee and shoulder reconstruction. Dr. Leddy is Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. In 2007, he was part of the inaugural class of orthopaedic surgeons to receive a Subspecialty Board Certification in Sports Medicine by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery and a member of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, the Arthroscopy Association of North America, and the Louisiana Orthopaedic Association. A native of Hopewell Junction, New York, Dr. Leddy is married to the former Andrée Braud of Belle Chasse, Louisiana, and they have two children, Anna Clare and Mary Caitlin. His hobbies include spending time with his family, golf, hunting, and reading.

Now in his eighth 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, Indiana. He and his wife, Toni, have been married for nine years. They have two children, Maddox and Kenzie.

Dr. Chris Rich Team Physician

Dr. Chris Rich completed his undergraduate degree at LSU in Baton Rouge, followed by a Doctor of Medicine degree from the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans. He finished his OrthoDavid Berkely-Tuchmayer paedic Surgery Residency at LSU in 1988. Assistant Athletic Trainer Dr. Rich is Board Certified by the American Board of OrthoAppalachian State, 2006 paedic Surgery, with a successful Recertification with a specialty interest in sports 7th Season at NSU medicine in 2000. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, a member of the American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine, a char David Berkeley-Tuchmayer begins his seventh season on the ter member of the Louisiana Sports Medicine Society, and a board member of the NSU athletic training staff and fifth as an assistant trainer. Louisiana Orthopaedic Association. Tuchmayer will handle head training duties for the men’s bas- Dr. Rich has been the Head Team Physician for the Northwestern Demons since ketball and oversee women’s basketball, volleyball, and soccer, and is in charge of 1990. His practice specializes in sports medicine, arthroscopy of the shoulder and the coliseum athletic training room. knee, and knee reconstruction. During his tenure at NSU, over 500 athletes have In his time at NSU he has been in charge of baseball, soccer, and softball. sustained an injury that required a surgery, with an incredible rate of return to full Tuchmayer graduated with his masters from NSU in 2009 and is sports competition of 99%. He is a certified member of on the National Athletic Trainers Association and a A native of San Antonio, Dr. Rich was a three-year letterman in football as an licensed member of the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners. offensive lineman at LSU from 1976-78. He earned Academic All- Southeastern Tuchmayer, a native of Wilmington, N.C., and a 2006 graduate of Appalachian Conference honors in 1977 and 1978. State, is the son of Harry Tuchmayer and Kathleen Berkeley. He has one brother, Dr. Rich is the managing partner of Mid State Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Jeremy. He received his master’s degree in sports administration in the spring of Center in Alexandria. Mid State, along with Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospi2008. tal, was designated as #1 in Orthopaedics for the State of Louisiana for 2004 by HEALTHGRADES, “The Healthcare Quality Experts”. Leslie Oglesby He is married to the former Vickie Rainey, and they have three children, Jeff, Assistant Athletic Trainer Margaret and Stacie. His hobbies include spending time with his family, golf, fishAlabama, 2010 ing, and duck hunting. 3rd Season at NSU Leslie Oglesby is in his third season at Northwestern State and first as assistant athletic trainer. Oglesby will be the athletic trainer for track and field while overseeing baseball and softball. A native of Reform, Alabama and a graduate of South Lamar High School, Oglesby graduated Summa Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from The University of Alabama in May 2010. While at Alabama, he worked with the Crimson baseball and women’s basketball teams as well as the 2009 National Championship football team. He also worked with area high school athletics at Tuscaloosa County High School. In the summer of 2009, he did an athletic training internship with the Xenia Scouts of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate Baseball League. Oglesby earned his master’s degree in health promotion from Northwestern State in May 2012. While earning his degree, Oglesby worked with the Demons baseball, volleyball, and tennis teams. Born on February 21, 1988, Leslie is the son of Jeff and Donna Oglesby and he has an older brother, Joey. Leslie was married to the former Anna-Kate Sisson on June 11, 2011.

Dr. James Knecht

Team Physician

Dr. James Knecht has been Northwestern’s 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 AllAmerican 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 and has been active in the Graduate N Club for three decades.

Dr. Mike Leddy

Dr. William Crenshaw

Team Physician

Dr. Mike Leddy is in his fifth season with Northwestern State serving as a team physician. Dr. Leddy received his undergraduate degree and Doctorate of Medicine from Boston University. He completed his Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at Louisiana State University Medical CenterNew Orleans in 2002. He then completed a sports medicine and arthroscopy fellowship with David Fischer, MD at TRIA Orthopaedics in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he worked on the medical staff to the Minnesota Vikings, Wild, Twins, and Timberwolves. After fellowship, Dr. Leddy practiced in Kissimmee, Florida with Orthopaedic Associates of Osceola. There, he cared for many local high school and collegiate athletes. He was head team physician for the Florida Seals Professional Hockey Team and Osceola Ghostriders Professional Indoor Football Team. He was also the

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Dr. Will Crenshaw is in his first year as a member of the Northwestern State team physician staff. A native of Alexandria, Dr. Crenshaw graduated Cum Laude from Centenary in 1999 when receiving his bachelor’s degree and earned his medical degree from LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans in 2004. He worked his residency at Campbell Clinic in Tennessee beginning in 2004 until 2009. He is a member of the American Medical Association, OREF (Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation), and AAOS Resident member. He received the Kellogg Endowment Scholarship in 2002 and Alpha Omega Alpha in 2003. He is married.

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2013 media guide Individual Champions Gulf States Conference Year Athlete Event Result 1949 Claude Stoutamire High Jump 5-11.75 1950 John Patton 120 Hurdles 15.2 1952 Johnny Buck Pole Vault 12-0 Jack Bice Long Jump 22-10 Art Ranew Javelin 176-5 Ledore Gillen 440 Yds 49.4 Dennis Ryder 2 Mile 9:58.5 1953 Bill Collinsworth Long Jump 22-4 Mixon Bankston Shot Put 45-0.5 Doak Walker 440 Yds 49.4 Ledore Gillen 880 Yds 2:00.00 Dennis Ryder 2 Mile 10:18.5 1954 Charles Johnson Discus 135-11 1/8 Billy Dave Javelin 171-0 Mixon Bankston Shot Put 48-3 1/8 Larry Whitt Long Jump 22-10.5 Linden Claybrook Mile Run 4:32.6 Doak Walker 440 Yds 48.8 Doak Walker 880 Yds 1:59.7 Mile Relay 3:25 (T. Hildebrand, D. Walker, M. Walker, J.P. Self) 1955 Ted Duggan High Jump 6-7 Lacey Lofton Pole Vault 12-7.75 Larry Whitt Long Jump 22-10 Mixon Bankston Shot Put 51-3.75 Charles Johnson Discus 143-11.5 Jack Bice 220 Yds 21.8 J.P. Self 440 Yds 49.3 Harold Smith 880 Yds 2:00.44 1956 Ted Duggan High Jump 6-6.25 Steve Jordan Long Jump 21-10 Charlie Hennigan 440 Yds 47.8 Charlie Hennigan 880 Yds 1:59.00 1957 Bobby Wicher High Jump 5-10 Don Bowden Long Jump 21-1.5 Ludwig Bauderies Shot Put 49-11.75 Charles Johnson Discus 144-2 Lou Leipen Javelin 202-11.5 Steve Jordan 220 Yds 22.0 Charlie Hennigan 440 Yds 50.0 Harold Smith 880 Yds 1:58.9 1958 Bobby Wicker High Jump 6-3 Bert Heckel Shot Put 51-5.5 Bert Heckel Discus 142-5 Lou Leipen Javelin 205-0 Charlie Hennigan 440 Yds 49.2 1959 Bobby Wicker High Jump 6-3 Bert Heckel Shot Put 49-0 Bert Heckel Discus 138-10.5 Dale Hoffpuar Javelin 211-0.5 Sylvester Jimes 440 Yds 48.0 1962 Larry Crow High Jump 6-0 Larry Crow Long Jump 23-0.25 Gary Johnson High Jump 6-0 1963 Gary Johnson Pole Vault 14-6 1964 Gary Johnson Pole Vault 14-6 Monty Ledbetter Long Jump 23-11 Ray Hale Mile Run 4:12.3 1965 Dick Reding Shot Put 53-1 Glenn Ermatinger Javelin 233-1 Bob Dufalo 880 Yds 1:50.3 1966 Dick Reding Shot Put 53-3 Bob Dufalo 880 Yds 1:52.9 Bob Dufalo Mile Run 4:13.3 Eddie Watt 2 Mile Run 9:24.8 1967 Paul Truman Mile Run 4:10.0 Paul Truman 3 Mile Run 14:46.8 1969 Farrell Soileau Triple Jump 46-9.5 Paul Truman 2 Mile Run 9:10.5 1971 Tommy Wilson High Jump 6-6 1973 Terry Skaggs 880 Yds 1:53.1 Frank Trammel 3 Mile Run 14:31.7 Mike Brown Long Jump 23-10 1974 Terry Skaggs 880 Yds 1:53.8 Frank Trammel 3 Mile Run 14:24.5 Grady Lee Discus 156-8.5 Bobby McIntosh Triple Jump 49-4 Mike Brown Long Jump 24-8 Brian McConnell Javelin 214-8 1975 Leo Gatson Mile Run 4:08.7 Brian McConnell Javelin 215-1 Gulf Star Conference 1985 Terry Douglas Decathlon Steve Stockton Javelin Kevin Johnson Shot Put Kevin Johnson Discus Eric Barber Long Jump Eric Barber Triple Jump Edgar Washington 100 Meters 400m Relay (E. Washington, K. Mosely, P. McGlory, A. Charles) 1986 Eric Lee High Jump Kelvin Barber Long Jump Kenneth DeWitt 200 Meters 400m Relay (K. DeWitt, A. Edwards, E. Cooper, C. Davis) 1600m Relay (L. Chatman, E. Cooper, T. Thomas, J. Sampson) 1987 Brian Brown High Jump Brian Brown Triple Jump Llewellyn Starks Long Jump Paul Oenbrink Discus Jamie Horn 110 Hurdles

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

7-3 49-7 26-4.25 170-11 14.29

Conference results

Chester Davis 100 Meters Chester Davis 200 Meters 400m Relay (A. Edwards, K. DeWitt, E. Cooper, C. Davis) 1600m Relay (E. Cooper, C. Davis, R. Wilkins, L. Chatman)

10.47 21.11 40.11 3:16.17

Southland Conference Outdoor Year Athlete Event Result 1988 Brian Brown High Jump 7-3.5 Al Edwards 100 Meters 10.47 400m Relay 39.70 (K. DeWitt, E. Cooper, C. Davis, A. Edwards) 1990 Peggy Lewis Shot Put 47-5.25 400m Relay 40.04 (D. West, C. Casteal, C. Walters, F. Thompson) 1600m Relay 3:07.56 (Chris Carter, Clarence Walters, Adrian Hardy, Chris Casteal) 1991 Peggy Lewis Shot Put 48-5.25 LaMark Carter Triple Jump 52-5.25 Eric Lancelin High Jump 6-10.75 1992 LaMark Carter Triple Jump 51-7 LaMark Carter Long Jump 25-4 Shane Culver Javelin 210-11 1600m Relay 3:11.01 (C. Walters, C. Thompson, S. Abernathy, F. Thompson) Janice Miller High Jump 5-6 Marlene Garner 100 Meters 11.74 1993 Marlene Garner 100 Meters 11.47 400m Relay 40.16 (M. Cervantes, S. Montague, F. Thompson, L. Carter) 1600m Relay 3:09.38 (C. Thompson, C. Matthews, C. Williams, F. Thompson) Clinton Williams 400 Hurdles 51.67 LaMark Carter Triple Jump 55-2.75 Eric Lancelin High Jump 7-1.75 1994 Ryan Martin Shot Put 55-1.5 Ryan Martin Discus 170-3 1995 Terrance Bean High Jump 7-1.75 1996 Niema Malone Long Jump 19-7 Terrance Bean High Jump 7-3 Mike Heimerman Shot Put 56-1 1997 Tabitha Johnigan Shot Put 49-7 1998 Ronnie Powell 100 Meters 10.27 Ronnie Powell 200 Meters 20.97 Kenta Bell Triple Jump 52-6.75 400m Relay 40.24 (M. Green, R. Powell, J. Coleman, H. Jones) 1600m Relay 3:41.67 (S. Kyles, C. Clabon, D. Thompson, J. Gibson) Felipe Apablaza High Jump 6-11.75 Shekerah Kyles 400 Meters 54.97 1999 Felipe Apablaza High Jump 7-2 Kenta Bell Triple Jump 54-2 Chad Miller 100 Meters 10.44 Regina Roe Javelin 166-9 Tiffany Cronin Triple Jump 42-0.25 Dasha Thompson 200 Meters 23.81 2000 Jacqueline Canton High Jump 5-10.5 Jacqueline Canton Triple Jump 40-1.5 Tyson Dillard Triple Jump 53-7.75 Hector Andujo 1500 Meters 3:55.39 Latrell Frederick Javelin 228-2 2001 Linette Stuart Javelin 141-8 Latrell Frederick Javelin 245-0 David Williams Triple Jump 51-10 400m Relay 40.12 (P. Stephens, E. Louis, R. Etheridge, H. Jones) 2002 Brittany Littlejohn 100M Hurdles 13.42 Stephanie Sowell Triple Jump 43-0 Issa Banna Shot Put 53-2.75 2003 Samantha Ford Javelin 161-8 Brittany Littlejohn 100M Hurdles 13.47 Stephanie Sowell Long Jump 20-10.5 Stephanie Sowell Triple Jump 42-6.25 Issa Banna Shot Put 57-1 Latrell Frederick Javelin 231-5 Cedric Scott Long Jump 24-9 Cameron Waugh High Jump 6-11.5 2004 Issa Banna Shot Put 59-04.25 2005 Derrion Harris High Jump 6-10.75 Stephanie Sowell Triple Jump 42-2.75 2006 Shanae Steward 100M Hurdles 13.67 2007 Ravyn Hayward 100 Meters 10.30 Cody Fillinich Javelin 237-01 2008 Trecey Rew Discus 151-06 2009 Michael Hill 110M Hurdles 13.95 Cody Fillinich Javelin 239-10 2010 4x100 Relay 45.52 (A. Kotun, S. VanBuren, C. Seibles,A. Forest) Trecey Rew Shot Put 54-04.50 Trecey Rew Discus 176-08 Justin Walker 200 Meters 20.49 Mike Green 400 Meters 46.66 4x400 Relay 3:07.68 (M. Batts, K. Taylor, J. Emery, M. Green) 2011 4x100 Relay 40.57 (R. Hatton, A. Smith, K. Perry, J. Walker) 2011 Trecey Rew Discus 180-01 2011 Jessica Talley Javelin 145-11 2012 Ashley Aldredge Javelin 151-08 Indoor Year Athlete 1993 LaMark Carter LaMark Carter

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Event 55M Dash Triple Jump

Result 6.30 54-2

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1600 Meter Relay (C. Thompson, R. Raphael, C. Matthews, F. Thompson) Robert Raphael 400 Meters 49.72 1994 Ryan Martin Shot Put 55-9 Eric Lancelin Triple Jump 51-10 Terrance Bean High Jump 7-1 1995 Terrance Bean High Jump 7-0 1996 Joe Rhyans 55M Hurdles 7.55 1997 Kenta Bell Triple Jump 49-2.25 Ronnie Powell 55 Meters 6.42 1998 Kenta Bell Long Jump 24-9.25 Kenta Bell Triple Jump 50-4.75 Ronnie Powell 55 Meters 6.30 Ronnie Powell 200 Meters 21.27 Janelle Gibson 400 Meters 55.31 1999 Dasha Thompson 200 Meters 24.95 Dasha Thompson 60 Meters 7.57 Ronnie Powell 60 Meters 6.86 Kendrick Turner Triple Jump 50-3.25 Felipe Apablaza High Jump 6-11 2000 Jacqueline Canton High Jump 5-8 2001 Brittany Littlejohn 60M Hurdles 8.66 Jacqueline Canton High Jump 5-8 2002 Shannon Joshua Triple Jump 49-8.25 Brittany Littlejohn 60M Hurdles 8.45 2003 Jacqueline Canton High Jump 5-10.25 Brittany Littlejohn 60M Hurdles 8.53 Stephanie Sowell Long Jump 20-10.5 Stephanie Sowell Triple Jump 43-0.25 Terry Gatson 400 Meters 48.16 Cameron Waugh High Jump 6-9 4x400m Relay 3:12.70 (M. Pitre, D. Pittman, J. Wolfe, T. Gatson) 2004 Stephanie Sowell Long Jump 20-03.5 Stephanie Sowell Triple Jump 42-09.5 TaMeshia Miller 60M Hurdles 8.60 2005 Issa Banna Shot Put 57-8.5 Ravyn Hayward 60 Meters 6.82 J.D. Henry 200 Meters 21.64 TaMeshia Miller 60 Meters 8.48 2006 Ravyn Hayward 60 Meters 6.80 Darrian Harris High Jump 2007 Ravyn Hayward 60 Meters 6.70 Shanae Steward 60 M Hurdles 8.51 2008 Trecey Rew Shot Put 49-9.25 2009 None 2010 Trecey Rew Shot Put 52-02.50 2011 4x440 Relay 3:49.30 (C. Seibles, C. Lindsy, A. Warren, Q. Griffin) Trecey Rew Shot Put 50-08.75 Trecey Rew Weight 58-00.25 2012 None

Men’s Team Finishes Outdoor

Year 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1973 1974 1975 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Place 5th 6th 5th 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 5th 4th 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 6th 6th 6th 6th 6th 4th 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 4th 7th 3rd 4th 4th 1st 4th 5th 3rd 4th 3rd 1st 4th 3rd 1st 3rd 5th 4th

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

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

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

8th 7th 10th 7th 6th 6th 9th

Indoor

Year 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Place 3rd 4th 6th 6th 3rd 1st 1st 3rd 4th 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 4th 2nd 5th 6th 5th 9th 6th 9th 9th 10th 10th

Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson

Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland

Coach Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson Leon Johnson

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

Women’s Team Finishes Outdoor

Year 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

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

Indoor

Year 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Place 8th 6th 7th 7th 6th 4th 4th 4th 9th 6th 5th 3rd 3rd 3rd 5th 4th 7th 8th 7th 7th 9th 9th 5th 5th 10th

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

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

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

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division I all-americans

Year 2004 2004 2003 2003 2000 1998 1998 1997 1996 1994 1993 1990 1989 1988 1988 1987 1987 1980 1976 1976 1975

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

Indoor

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

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

nsu track & field

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

Outdoor

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

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

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

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Athlete Stephanie Sowell Stephanie Sowell Jacqueline Canton Stephanie Sowell Stephanie Sowell Stephanie Sowell Jacqueline Canton Kenta Bell Kenta Bell Kenta Bell Tyson Dillard Felilpe Apablaza Regina Roe Tiffany Cronin Tabitha Johnigan Ronnie Powell Kenta Bell Kenta Bell Kenta Bell Ronnie Powell Terrance Bean Kenta Bell Terrance Bean Terrance Bean Brian Brown Brian Brown Brian Brown Kenneth DeWitt Mario Johnson

Event Long Jump Triple Jump High Jump Long Jump Triple Jump Triple Jump Triple Jump Triple Jump Triple Jump Long Jump Triple Jump High Jump Javelin Triple Jump Shot Put 100M Dash Long Jump Triple Jump Triple Jump 55M Dash High Jump Long Jump High Jump High Jump High Jump High Jump High Jump 200M Dash 55M Dash

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

Outdoor

Athlete Trecey Rew Trecey Rew Cody Fillinich Chad Leath Cody Fillinich Ravyn Hayward Cody Fillinich Ravyn Hayward Samantha Ford Cody Fillinich Shane Curlee Loren Martin Cameron Waugh Dawn Comeaux Samantha Ford Latrell Frederick Brittany Littlejohn Cedric Scott Marcus Pitre David Pittman Justin Wolfe Terry Gatson Brittany Littlejohn Camille Pouncy Stephanie Sowell Latrell Frederick Craig Nall Jacqueline Canton

Event Shot Put Discus Javelin 400M Hurdles Javelin 100M Dash Javelin 100M Dash Javelin Javelin Javelin Javelin High Jump Javelin Javelin Javelin 100M Hurdles Triple Jump 4x400 Relay 4x400 Relay 4x400 Relay 4x400 Relay 100M Hurdles 100M Dash Triple Jump Javelin Javelin High Jump

Year 2010 2010 2009 2008 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2005 2005 2005 2004 2004 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2002 2002 2002 2001 2001 2001

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Mark 53-06.50 179-0 225-1 51.26 237-02 10.29 230-09 10.25 160-09 218-0 215-05 210-02 6-11 148-9 161-8 261-3 13.13 52-6.75 3:06.89 3:06.89 3:06.89 3:06.89 13.42 11.41 43-0 245-0 227-11 5-11.25

ncaa qualifiers Athlete Event Year Latrell Frederick Javelin 2000 Regina Roe Javelin 2000 Tiffany Cronin Triple Jump 1999 Tabitha Johnigan Shot Put 1999 Regina Roe Javelin 1999 Tabitha Johnigan Shot Put 1998 Regina Roe Javelin 1998 Tabitha Johnigan Shot Put 1997 Trecey Rew Ronnie Powell 100M Dash 1997 Terrance Bean High Jump 1997 Sidney Montague Long Jump 1996 Terrance Bean High Jump 1996 Terrance Bean High Jump 1995 Adrian Kirk Triple Jump 1995 Emily Rudan Triple Jump 1995 Marlene Garner 100M Dash 1993 Joe Rhyans 110 Hurdles 1993 Chad Leath Michael Greer High Jump 1993 Michael Cervantes 400M Relay 1993 Sidney Montague 400M Relay 1993 Fred Thompson 400M Relay 1993 LaMark Carter 400M Relay 1993 LaMark Carter Triple Jump 1992 LaMark Carter 400M Relay 1991 Shane Abernathy 400M Relay 1991 John Tappin 400M Relay 1991 Camille Pouncy Fred Thompson 400M Relay 1991 Brian Brown High Jump 1990 Damon West 200M Dash 1990 Damon West 100M Dash 1990 Brian Brown High Jump 1988 Edgar Cooper 400M Relay 1988 Al Edwards 400M Relay 1988 Kenneth DeWitt 400M Relay 1988 400M Relay 1988 Jacqueline Canton Chester Davis Brian Brown High Jump 1987 Llewellyn Starks Long Jump 1987 Kelvin Barber Long Jump 1985 Eric Barber Long Jump 1985 Eric Barber Triple Jump 1985 Steve Stockton Javelin 1985 Edgar Washington 200M Dash 1983 Wilson Brown 400M Relay 1983 400M Relay 1983 Tabitha Johnigan Percy McGlory Mario Johnson 400M Relay 1983 Edgar Washington 400M Relay 1983 Rick Schweitzer Decathlon 1982 Joe Delaney 200M Dash 1981 Victor Oatis 400M Relay 1980 David Fuller 400M Relay 1980 Joe Delaney 400M Relay 1980 Mark Duper 400M Relay 1980 Kenta Bell Mark Duper 200M Dash 1980

Mark 229-2 42-1.25 49-7.75 166-9 49-5.50 153-2 49-7 10.25 7-3 25-10 7-3.75 7-3-.50 51- 8.50 41-4.25 11.46 13.87 7-3 40.04 40.04 40.04 40.04 53- 9 39.96 39.96 39.96 39.96 7-5 20.74 10.36 7-5 39.70 39.70 39.70 39.70 7-4.25 26-2 25-10.50 26-3 53-8 254-4 20.80 39.93 39.93 39.93 39.93 7653 20.65 39.48 39.48 39.48 39.48 20.70

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

10.13 10.13 10.21 10.25 10.26

(5/1/10) (4/25/98) (4/15/82)

200 METERS 1. Justin Walker 2. Joe Delaney 3. Damon West 4. Kendal Taylor 5. Mark Duper

20.49 20.65 20.74 20.76 20.77

(5/16/10) (5/2/81)

400 METERS 1. Andrei Moore 2. Michael Green 3. Tommy Swacker 4. Tommy Thomas 5. Mario Johnson

45.90 46.13 46.65 46.71 46.90

(4/30/76) (2009)

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

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

(5/21/76)

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

3:46.45 3:46.92 3:49.60 3:50.40 3:52.45

(5/30/81)

3000 METER RUN 1. Mark Dotson

9:10.16

(3/10/12)

5000 METER RUN 1. Paul Trueman 2. Frank Trammel 3. Billy Green 4. Damien Rosado 5. Mark Keough

14:21.40 (1969) 14:34.80 15:00.54 15:06.32 15:25.61 (1999)

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

29:10.0 (5/22/76) 31:09.00 31:16.40 31:34.00 31:03.45

(5/13/12)

110M HURDLES 1. Joe Rhyans 2. Jamie Horn 3. J.D. Henry 4. Mike Hill 5. Eric Lee

13.85 (1993) 13.88 13.93 13.95 (2009) 14.10

400M HURDLES 1. Chad Leath

50.53

2. Clinton Williams 3. Carlos Minor 4. Wayne Jackson 5. Vince William

51.67 51.99 52.06 52.38

(5/15/93)

3000M STEEPLECHASE 1. Randy Moore 2. Tim Rosas 3. Nathaniel McReynolds 4. Gerard Semien 5. Buzzy Crenshaw

8:52.00 8:57.84 9:05.83 9:13.53 9:22.61

(4/3/76)

JAVELIN 1. Latrell Frederick 2. Cody Fillinich 3. Craig Nall 4. Jeremy Lofton 5. Trevor Allredge

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

(2001) (2009)

DISCUS 1. Allen Smith 2. Ryan Martin 3. Keith Armond 4. Paul Oenbrink 5. William Budro

180-8 (1996) 175-11 (5/15/93) 176-3.75 176-0 173-5

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

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

(6/5/82) (2004)

4x400M RELAY 1. 3:06.89 Pitre, Pittman, Wolfe, Gatson (2008) 2. 3:07.86 Batts, Taylor, Emery, Green (4/3/10) 3. 3:07. 56 Washington, Thomas, Toussaint, Brown (5/4/85) 3:07.56 Carter, Walters, Hardy, Casteal 5. 3:08.24 Johnson, Evans, Toussaint, Washington

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

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

(3/9/90) (1996)

4X800M RELAY 1. 7:20.70 Robinson, Green, Bradford, Bonner (4/25/81) 2. 7:39.59 Beyette, Cobbin, Jackson, Plumb (3/29/12)

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

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

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

TRIPLE JUMP 1. LaMark Carter 2. Kenta Bell 3. Eric Lancelin 4. Tyson Dillard 5. Kendrick Turner

55-2.75 54-8.25 54-8 53-7.75 53-3.25

(1993) (1999)

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

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

(3/20/79)

HAMMER THROW 1. Daniel Yarbrough 2. Hunter Brunet

187-5 141-3

(2009)

Relays

(2009)

Field Events

(1992)

(4/24/99) (1993)

4x100M RELAY 1. 39.03 Johnson, Washington, Brown, Duper (6/5/82) 2. 39.32 Oatis, Delaney, Johnson, Duper 3. 39.48 Oatis, Fuller, Delaney, Duper 4. 39.54 Johnson, Delaney, Brown, Duper 39.54 Johnson, McGlory, Washington, Duper 4X200M RELAY

1. 1:22.08 Johnson, Washington, Duper, McGlory (1980)

2. 1:23.88 3. 1:24.96 4. 1:25.24 5. 1:26.90

Smith, Walker, Taylor, Green Patton, Hayward, Jackson, Garcia Batts, Green, Perry, Plumb

Davison, Hatton, Jackson, Perry (3/10/12)

SPRINT MEDLEY 1. 3:17.07 Brown, Hardwell, Moore, Gatson (4/3/76) 2. 3:29.22 Hatton, Davison, Williams, Perry (3/26/11) 3. 3:35.23 Cobbin, Davison, Gladney, Perry (3/10/12) DISTANCE MEDLEY 1. 9:57.20 Digrazia, Gatson, Trammel, Moore 2. 10:30.95 Brown, Kemei, Pearson, Pitre (2006)

(2000)

(2008)

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Lady demon top 5 performers 4. Shanae Steward 5. LaTonya Hamilton

13.60 14.14

(5/26/06) (1993)

58.64 1:01.89 1:01.98 1:03.01 1:03.18

(5/13/12) (1998) (4/24/99) (5/17/94) (5/9/09)

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

11.41 11.47 11.61 11.69 11.72

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

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

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

23.67 23.71 23.71 23.98 24.19

(5/01/10) (5/1/10) (1998) (4/24/93) (3/19/94)

3000M STEEPLECHASE 1. Allison Fontenot 11:28.70 (5/13/12)

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

53.63 54.97 55.13 55.18 55.38 55.38

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

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

2:11.38 2:12.26 2:12.44 2:12.74 2:14.24

(1998) (1997) (2009) (1993) (1/25/11)

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

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

(1998) (1997) (3/17/12) (4/6/12) (1997)

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

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

(3/29/92) (1993) (1997) (4/6/12) (5/17/99)

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

17:45.46 17:59.66 18:13.20 18:29.74 18:31.09

(2/17/95) (4/21/12) (2006) (1996) (1993)

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

37:05.93 39:05.25 40:00.69 40:00.87 40:22.25

(1993) (5/11/12) (5/17/98) (1997) (1997)

100M HURDLES 1. Brittany Littlejohn 2. Yetta James 3. TeMeshia Miller

13.13 13.40 13.55

(2003) (5/9/87) (2006)

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166-09 166-00 162-07 158-06 154-2

(1999) (4/6/2012) (2006) (5/27/11) (2007)

DISCUS 1. Trecey Rew 2. Janae Allen 3. Tabitha Johnigan 4. De’Jon Griffin 5. Peggy Lewis

192-04 156-07 151-01 141-02 140-00

(6/8/11) (3/19/11) (1998) (2008) (4/8/90)

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

57-0.25 49-7.75 48-5.25 47-11.25 46-1

(6/16/11) (1997) (5/21/91) (4/6/12)

HIGH JUMP 1. Jackie Canton 2. Christin Carter 3. Janice Miller 4. Tonya Wilson 5. Tiffany Freddie Cassandra Krell

5-11.25 5-10.75 5-8.50 5-08 5-07 5-07

(2001) (2001-02) (1992)

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

20-10.50 20-3.50 19-11.75 19-11.50 19-08

(2003-04) (2006) (2006) (1996-97) (1996)

TRIPLE JUMP 1. Stephanie Sowell 2. Tiffany Cronin 3. Emily Rudan 4. Alisa Matthews 5. Sarah Jones

43-01 42-1.25 41-4.5 40-03 39-08

(2003) (1999) (4/30/94) (3/20/99) (3/24/12)

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

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

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HAMMER THROW 1. De’Jon Griffin 2. Trecey Rew 3. Janae Allen 4. Alison holmes 5. Chantel Bratton

183-7 174-4 173-5 167-0 166-6

WEIGHT THROW 1. Trecey Rew 2. De’Jon Griffin 3. Alison Holmes

57-09.75 (1/15/11) 55-03.50 (2009) 52-05.50 (2007)

(2009) (2011) (5/11/12) (3/17/07) (4/20/12)

Relays 4x100M RELAY 1. 44.68 Casanove, Pouncy, Pouncy, Thompson (2000) 2. 45.25 Kotun, VanBuren, Seibles, Forest

(5/16/10) 3. 45.29 Kyles, Pouncy, Pouncy, Thompson (1999) 4. 45.53 Freeman, Williams, Tuck, Forest (2009) 5. 45.79 Miller, Steward, Tuck, Truss (2006) 4X400M RELAY

1. 3:38.26 Griffin, Seibles, Perkins, Lindsay (5/13/12) 2. 3:40.71 Griffin, Warren, Perkins, Lindsay (3/24/11) 3. 3:41.67 Kyles, Clabon, Thompson, Gibson (1998) 4. 3:42.74 Seibles, Warren, Perkins, Forrest (5/16/10) 5. 3:43.20 Kyles, Pollard, Gibson, Clabon (1997)

SPRINT MEDLEY 1. 3:58.75 Kotun, Seibles, Lindsay, Warren (4/6/11) 2. 4:00.57 VanBuren, Forest, Seibles, Warren (4/24/10) 3. 4:00.60 Tuck, Forest, Seibles, Warren (4/2/10) 4. 4:02.00 Griffin, Warren, Perkins, Lindsay (3/26/11) 5. 4:03.63 Williams, Forest, Warren, Iheanacho) (2009)

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100M: 10.13 Justin Walker Northwestern State 10.13 Ronnie Powell Northwestern State 200M: 20.77 Ron Clark Stephen F. Austin 400M: 46.34 Mike Green Northwestern State 800M: 1:49.56 Geryl House Lamar 1500M: 3:52.6 Mark Mosley Ouachita Baptist 3000M: 8:58.80 Dustin Joubert Sam Houston State 5000M: 14:25.6 Doug Keller Mankato State 10,000M: 31:46.24 Jonathan Granger USL 110M Hurdles: 13.9 James McCrainey Southern 400M Hurdles: 51.56 Chad Leath Northwestern State 3000M SC: 8:57.1 John Kebirio Abilene Christian 4x100M Relay: 39.69 Northwestern State (J. Tappin, S. Abernathy, C. Walters, L. Carter) 4x400M Relay: 3:09.61 Northwestern State (M. Batts, K. Taylor, J. Emery, M. Green) 4x400M JV Relay: 3:16.0 Prairie View A&M High Jump: 7-3 Neil Guidry Nike West Pole Vault: 17-6 Frank Estes Abilene Christian Long Jump: 26-5 Vernon George Unattached 26-5 Kenta Bell Unattached Triple Jump: 56-6.75 Kenta Bell Unattached/NSU Shot Put: 62-11 John Campbell Northwestern State Discus: 200-00 Jason Morgan Unattached Hammer: 222-01 Adonson Shallow Southeastern La. Javelin: 239-10 Cody Fillinich Northwestern State

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

11.47 Marlene Garner Northwestern State 23.12 Quanisha Sales Louisiana Tech 54.23 Monique Wright Louisiana Tech 2:12.72 Esther Abuto Texas-Arlington 4:40.61 Christal Traylor Northwestern State 10:05.32 Tami Micham Northeast Louisiana 10:48.38 Kendall Mears Southern Arkansas 41:14.46 Christine Blanchard McNeese State 13.27 Antoinette Cobb Louisiana Tech 1:00.73 Ernie Middleton New Orleans 11:28.03 Meredith Blocker Stephen F. Austin 45.25 Northwestern State (A. Kotun, S. VanBuren, C. Seibles, A. Forest) 3:43.21 Texas-Arlington (Smith, Cubertson, Baldwin, Turner) 5-10.50 Avanna Walker Louisiana Tech 5-10.50 Jacqueline Canton Northwestern State 13-3 Jennie Sewell Sam Houston State 21-8.25 Marita Hunt Unattached 41-10.50 Natasha Barber McNeese State 56-11.50 Trecey Rew Unattached/NSU 192-04 Trecey Rew Unattached/NSU 208-06 Cristal Kostiew NY Athletics Club 170-10 Samantha Ford Unattached/NSU

5/1/10 4/25/98 4/27/91 5/1/10 4/17/86 3/18/80 4/14/07 3/18/80 4/28/92 3/11/78 4/10/08 3/11/78 4/27/91

Walter P. Ledet Track Complex

5/1/10 3/11/78 4/28/92 3/11/78 4/28/92 4/23/00 4/23/00 4/15/82 5/1/10 5/1/10 4/25/09

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mark/Time 10.13 10.13 20.49 45.9 1:49.24 3:46.45 14:21.4 29:10.0 8:52.0 13.86 50.53

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

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

Year 2010 1988 2010 1976 1976 1981 1969 1976 1976 1993 2008

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

Year 1983 2001 1999 1987 1980 1993 1990 1979 1982 2009 1996 1982

Relays Event Athlete Mark/Time 4x100 Relay Johnson, Washington, Brown, Duper 39.03 4x200 Relay Johnson, Washington, McGlory, Duper 1:22.08 4x400 Relay Pitre, Pittman, Wolfe, Gatson 3:06.89 4x800 Relay Robinson, Green, Bradford, Bonner 7:20.70 Sprint Medley Brown, Hardwell, Moore, Gatson 3:17.07 Distance Medley Dizgrazia, Gaston , Trammel, Moore 9:57.2

Year 1982 1980 2003 1981 1976 1975

Lady Demon Records

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

Athlete Camille Pouncy Constance Seibles Shekerah Kyles Christal Traylor Christal Traylor Maryalyce Walsh Allison Fontenot Maryalyce Walsh Maryalyce Walsh Brittany Littlejohn Consuela Lindsay

Mark/Time 11.41 23.67 54.97 2:11.38 4:40.61 10:22.16 11:28.50 17:45.46 37:05.93 13.13 58.64

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

Athlete Regina Roe Stephanie Sowell Stephanie Sowell Jacqueline Canton Haley Blount Trecey Rew De’Jon Griffin Trecey Rew Trecey Rew Yetta James

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Year 2002 2010 1998 1998 1998 1992 2012 1995 1993 2003 2012 Year 1999 2003,04 2003 2001 2006 2011 2009 2011 2011 1988

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Athlete Kotun, VanBuren, Seibles, Forest Griffin, Kotun, Seibles, Lindsay Griffin, Seibles, Perkins, Lindsay Davison, Norris, Bradford, Bonner Kotun, Seibles, Nowak, Warren Davison, Landry, Schaeffer, Walsh

Mark/Time 45.25 1:37.07 3:38.26 3:41.67 3:58.75 12:31.57

Year 2 0 1 0 2011 2012 1998 2011 1995

Walter P. Ledet Complex Records

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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