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2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament

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Kenny Osborne: Nothing Like A Good Story.................. 4

By Duane Cochran Kenny Osborne likes to tell a lot of stories, but the best one he ever told is the one about his own life and career.

Highsmith & Moseh: Wheeling & Dealing...................... 10

By Rod Blackstone Haywood Highsmith and Pat Moseh have piled up points and have forged a lifelong friendship at Wheeling Jesuit.

MEC Snapshot: Morgan Arden....................................... 14

By Rich Stevens As a freshman, Morgan Arden adjusted to coming off the bench and playing defense. After that, she’s only become one of the best players in Shepherd history.

Howlett & Mazzulla: The Beat(s) Goes On.................... 16

The names may change, but the men’s basketball programs at Fairmont State and West Liberty have contined to thrive under new leadership.

Concord University.......................................................................20 Fairmont State University.............................................................21 Glenville State College.................................................................22 Notre Dame College.....................................................................23 Shepherd University.....................................................................24 University of Charleston...............................................................25 Urbana University.........................................................................26 UVa-Wise.....................................................................................27 West Liberty University.................................................................28 West Virginia State University......................................................29 West Virginia Wesleyan College..................................................30 Wheeling Jesuit University...........................................................31

About The MEC

Commissioner Reid Amos............................................................32 MEC Staff.....................................................................................34 This Is The MEC...........................................................................36

MEC Tournament History

Women’s Basketball Tournament Records..................................38 Men’s Basketball Tournament Records........................................40 Editor: Adam Zundell Editorial Assistance: Allie Kolezynski, Hannah Hinton Program Design/Layout: Adam Zundell Writers: Rod Blackstone, Duane Cochran, Rich Stevens Cover: Ryan Zundell

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Kenny Osborne: Nothing Like A Good Story Small college basketball has certainly has its share of colorful coaching characters over the years. Kenny Osborne of the Mountain East Conference’s Concord University is merely the latest. Osborne is an old soul coaching in the modern-day era of women’s college basketball – a guy who is never at a loss for words or without a good story to tell for anyone willing and astute enough to listen to him. Sporting one of his trademark sweaters and a wealth of banter for his team, officials and even some opposing fans who have come to know him over the years, Osborne has frantically paced the sidelines the past 18 seasons for Concord’s women’s program like an expectant father in the waiting room. In the process he’s become the winningest coach in Concord University women’s basketball history with over 230 victories and the only head coach in the program’s history to record a 20-ormore-win season – something he’s done three times. Additionally, though, Osborne has become well known and somewhat beloved at most every MEC school. “Kenny is probably the easiest guy in the league to get along with,” Fairmont State assistant sports information director Jeremy Martin says. “The first time I met him he asked me how I was doing, and the next time I met him it was like we had been friends for years. That’s just the way he is. He’s a super guy and he’s genuine and that’s what sets him apart. It’s never an act with him. No matter where you see him whether it’s in Fairmont, Athens or Charleston he always takes the time to speak to you.

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nice to them. He taught me you should never look down on anyone. Treat everyone with respect and you’ll be respected. It was a great lesson. “Tesla (Akers, Concord’s assistant women’s coach) always tells me ‘When you retire you’re going to miss seeing all the people around the league more than anything.’ She’s probably right. The old West Virginia Conference was a great league and the Mountain East is a great conference. Every school has characters and when you’ve been around as long as I have you can’t help but have heard and experienced some funny stories. I’m just not afraid to tell them. Maybe I learned that from Terry Brown (the former longtime head coach at Bluefield State College).” In an era when most coaches are looking to advance their careers to the next level, Osborne, refreshingly, has pretty much always been content right where he is in his home state. “A lot of coaches come into our league looking to use it as a stepping stone to the next level, and if that’s what you want, that’s fine,” he says. “Me? I interviewed one time for a job at West Florida because I went to high school with the athletic director, but this is the big time to me. I didn’t want to leave. “My family started going to the West Virginia Conference Tournament when I was six years old. I grew up watching Glenville State basketball. It’s probably where I learned to swear. I remember hav-

“Heck, he’ll even talk to us at the table during games,” Martin continues. “He always has something to say, and it’s usually pretty funny. Sometimes it’s something about the game and sometimes it’s something else that is completely random. That’s Kenny, though. He’s unique.” Osborne says he learned long ago that humility pays dividends in life. “I just think being friendly and nice to people goes a long way and I’d say I first learned that from being a student manager and flunky for Jesse Lilly,” Osborne says. “We’d walk into gyms all over the conference in his last two years of coaching and he’d always stop and talk to the fans and table workers. He never considered himself above anyone and I just thought that was neat. People wanted to talk to him. “Joe Davis at Radford (University) was like that too. He was well known and well liked pretty much everywhere we went in the Big South. When I go recruiting girls in Virginia today, it’s funny because people will relate me to Joe Davis. I’ve been around awhile now and there are a lot of fans and table workers of teams in our league who have been around. I’m used to seeing them and I like seeing them. I always enjoy talking with the table workers and fans at Fairmont, Shepherd and a lot of other schools in the league. My dad was always highly respected by the maintenance workers at Glenville because he always took the time to talk to them and be

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ing a gym set up in our basement when I was six or seven and I’d be down there playing in my blue uniform that my mother had made for me against other teams in the league cussing up a storm. I couldn’t help it. It’s what I heard at the games and when you’re young, you’re pretty impressionable. There were some heated rivalries back then and there are still great rivalries today.” *** Osborne’s path to head coaching was an interesting one to say the least. The son of Bill and Janet Osborne was born July 1, 1963 in Charleston, but was raised for most of his life in Gilmer County after the family moved there in July of 1966 when his father took a job as Glenville State College’s business manager. His mother was also employed at Glenville State. In high school at Gilmer County Osborne participated in golf, football and basketball but never considered himself to be a standout athlete. After graduating high school in 1981, Osborne attended Glenville State where he found a niche in the school’s athletic department under legendary men’s basketball coach and athletic director Jesse Lilly doing everything from statistics, to laundry, to game day prep for the school’s various athletic teams. Following the 1982-83 season Lilly retired from coaching and Gary Nottingham took over for the 1983-84 season. “Back then they didn’t have a lot of assistants, so Coach Nottingham let me do things,” Osborne says. “One day he asked me to go along with him on a recruiting trip. Then he took me scouting with him and before I knew it he let me go scout games on my own.” It was then that Osborne, who started his college career as a business major, got bitten with the coaching bug. “My sophomore year after Coach Lilly stepped down I was struggling in school,” Osborne recalls. “I was more worried about who the next coach was going to be because Coach Lilly was all I had ever known as the head coach at Glenville. I remember one day that summer he called me at home and asked me to come to his office. When I went up there he shut the door and just ripped me about my grades. He asked me what I wanted to do. I told him honestly I was interested in coaching and teaching, but that I was a business major because I didn’t think there were a lot of jobs in teaching and coaching.

“Right then he said ‘Okay here’s what we’re going to do. We’re going to go see your dad and tell him you’re changing majors. Then we’re going to fill out the paperwork to change majors to physical education. Then we’re going to get you a schedule for next year.’ That’s kind of how it happened. After that I got real interested in wanting to be a coach.” Osborne graduated from Glenville in 1985 and ended up getting a graduate assistant job with Radford University’s physical education department where he worked mainly with legendary coach Joe Davis and the men’s basketball progra. He returned to Glenville in the fall of 1989 to teach and be Nottingham’s assistant coach. He also was asked to coach another sport, which ended up being women’s volleyball. “That was a little scary,” he said. “I had never coached women before and I honestly didn’t know much at all about volleyball. How about this? The second match I ever went to I coached in. The first match I saw was about four days before our match when I went to Fairmont to watch them in a tri-match with like Waynesburg and Bethany.” Osborne coached volleyball for eight seasons at Glenville and in his last season his team won a then-school record 23 matches. He also served as GSC’s men’s assistant coach for six seasons and as an assistant for the women’s basketball team for one year. In addition, he taught 12 hours each semester. Also, in 1993 when Glenville and the rest of the old West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference made the move to the NCAA Division II ranks, he served as GSC’s Director of Compliance. “As usual I did a bit of everything,” Osborne says with a laugh. “When we joined the NCAA, our athletic director at the time was Russ Shepherd and because I had been at Radford and was familiar with some of the rules, regulations and terminology in the NCAA he told me ‘You’re our best choice.’ I guess I was.” In 1996-97 Osborne remained with GSC, but returned to another of his alma maters, Gilmer County High School, to coach the girls’ basketball team. The Titans were a Class A program, but opted to play up in the Class AA ranks that season. Osborne led Gilmer County to a 20-4 record and a state tournament berth. It was the Titans’ first 20-win season in the history of the girls’ program.

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2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament In the summer of 1997 Osborne headed south to Bluefield State College to take the head coaching job for the women’s program there. The Lady Blues finished 12-15 and made it to the semifinals of the league tournament. He was at Bluefield for just one season before making the short trek to Concord University in 1998 to become an assistant coach for the men’s basketball team under Steve Cox. “I had known Steve from way back in the days when he was at Salem with Don Christie,” Osborne says. “Don Christie was one of the first college coaches to have a basketball camp. All of us kids from Glenville went up there to Salem to go to camp when we were young and Steve was our court coach. “Steve has a great memory. He can remember everything. When he’d come to Glenville when I was in school there he’d always talk to us, so I’ve known him for a long time.” Two years later in 2000 he took over the Mountain Lions’ women’s program and has been there ever since also serving as a teacher until 2011 when he became Concord’s Director of Compliance and an Associate Athletic Director in charge of scholarships. “It’s been an enjoyable experience for me because I feel like we’ve been able to build something and watch it grow,” Osborne said. “We struggled some early, but we got it going there around 2004 to 2008 when we had players like Jamie Cluesman, Samm Nester and Shari Walker. We had back-to-back 20-win seasons. We fell off for one year and got it going again there in 2011 and 2012 when we had Jolysa Brown, Camisha Alexander and Andrea Bertrand. We have struggled some here recently, but we won like five of our last 11 games last season and have been better this year. We’ve been a little inconsistent at times, but we’ve got a relatively young team and players who we feel will turn things around and have good careers. “Another reason I felt like I needed to be at Concord is they hired my first wife (Kelly) in the registrar’s office. She had already been diagnosed with cancer and I just felt like I needed to be in the same place.” Kenny Osborne met Kelly Davis when they were students at Glenville State in the early 1980s. They married in June of 1986 and adopted their daughter, Kristen, at birth in December of 1994. Kelly was the daughter of a coach. Her father, Gene Davis, was a well known and longtime coach and administrator in the state at various places. Thus, she fully understood what being the wife of a coach was like and supported her husband throughout his numerous jobs and moves. In 1998, however, Kelly was diagnosed with cancer. She died July 12, 2001 at the age of 37 following a three-year battle with the disease. It was two years and two days after Osborne lost his father Bill to cancer. “It was heartbreaking,” Osborne said. “I was numb and felt a little lost. Here I was a single parent of a six-year-old and a head college basketball coach and I really didn’t know what I was going to do.” Thankfully his in-laws, Gene and Karen Davis, did. They moved from their home in Preston County to Princeton and took up residence with Osborne and their granddaughter Kristen in August of

2001 to help. Gene Davis couldn’t stay retired long. He ended up helping some with Concord’s football program, served as an assistant coach for his son-in-law women’s basketball team and wound up being the Mountain Lions’ head golf coach for a few years and led the squad to its first-ever regional championship. In 2008 when Karen’s health began to fail, the Davis’ moved to Jane Lew. Karen passed away Jan. 1, 2012. Just over a year later Osborne lost his mother Janet Osborne in March of 2013 and on July 7 of 2014 Gene Davis passed away unexpectedly. “He’s definitely lost a lot of people who were close to him in a relatively short period of time,” says Jamie Cluesman, a former player and assistant coach for Osborne at Concord, who is now the assistant women’s basketball coach at Shepherd University. “He’s really strong because he never let it affect him in doing his job. Early on after Kelly died I know it was hard for him with Kristen being so young and him trying to play the role of both parents. “He’s definitely been through it, and with the experience of that when players lose family members he’s the first person we know we can go and talk to about it because he always seems to know exactly what to say to help us cope. “I know a lot of people only see him one way from his coaching style and the way he is on the sidelines. He’s fiery, very vocal and competitive, but he’s also a man with a big heart. People don’t really get to see that side of him and therefore he doesn’t get the credit he deserves as far as helping the student-athletes off the court. He genuinely cares about his players and what they do in school and in life, not just basketball.”

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2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament In 2003 Osborne met Vickie Embrescia. The pair dated for two years before getting married in June of 2005.

me in athletics and I felt like I would do best in college with a coach like that.

“You really want to know how we met?” Osborne says somewhat sheepishly. “Match.com. You know it’s not like I’m a high profile person. We have a weekly media thing here and I eat out a bunch in Mercer County and it was hard for me to go out and meet anybody. Someone suggested it to me and Vickie was on there too. We started dating in 2003 and got married two years later.

“The thing about coach is he doesn’t play games. You always know where you stand with him and as players we appreciate that. He’s upfront with you right from the start. Honestly, I love him and he loves us. He wants to win games and he wants us to be successful so we understand how passionate he is about what he does. We want to win too so it works.

“I’ve been blessed to have two special women in my life. What was unique is Kelly’s parents took Vickie in like a daughter and her sisters took her in like a sister and Vickie’s parents took in Kristen like a natural-born granddaughter. Through all of the heartache, we’ve been one family and that truly has been a blessing.”

“The other thing is he genuinely cares about us off of the court too. It’s not just all about basketball with him. He wants us to be successful in school and in life.”

Kristen, now 23-years-old, is in graduate school at the Savannah College of Art and Design. *** Not every player can play for Kenny Osborne. He’s straight-forward about his coaching style and tactics so when players enter Concord’s program they know what to expect. Those who have stayed and enjoyed success say the experience has been worth their while. “Until college I had always played for female head coaches,” says Cluesman, who was a point guard on the Mountain Lions’ first two 20-win teams and ended her stellar career as the school’s all-time leader in assists and steals. “He’s definitely upfront with recruits. I was willing to try something different and when I went to see them play I could see how passionate he was about what he was doing. Yes he’s a yeller and yes he will cuss, but that never bothered me. It’s one of those things where you have to take what is being said and not how it is being said. I was pretty thick-skinned so I knew it wouldn’t affect my playing style. Current Concord standout sophomore forward Madison May agrees. “I grew up around Athens so I’ve known how he was from the time I was little,” May says. “My dad has always been pretty tough on

Actually Osborne does admittedly play games with his players, but they’re for fun and used to promote team bonding and to break the every day monotony of practices at times. “On second thought he does play games with us,” says May with a laugh. “We played egg toss this year which turned into an egg battle in which we all went after him. We’ve gone bowling. We’ll have wiffle ball tournaments and he actively participates. You don’t find many college coaches today willing to let their guard down and act silly do things with their teams. To us, that’s special. We also had a big water gun fight this year.” Don’t think for a minute, though, that Osborne’s competitive nature slacks in the games with his team or that he doesn’t try to give himself an edge. “We did have a squirt gun battle,” he says. “The kids got the 99 cent squirt guns. I bought myself a big old Super Soaker. “I try to have fun with my teams. If we didn’t have some fun together I think it would be more stressful on me. We’ll have wiffle ball tournaments, kickball and dodgeball games and it’s a nice escape from the daily routine for all of us. “Here lately when we’ve won a big game I’ll even dance in the locker room, and if someone for us played particularly well I’ll invite them up to dance, too.” Ironically, May says her 54-year-old coach’s dance moves aren’t that bad. “He will dance after a win,” she says giggling. “Sometimes it’s just kind of a slow groove, but if we win a big game he’ll really break it down and he’s not that bad.” As Osborne heads into the twilight of his coaching career he can take solace in the fact that during his 36 years of being involved in athletics in various capacities that he’s touched and influenced the lives of many. “He’s a special person,” Cluesman says. “There are not too many people like him. I know I feel fortunate to have played for him. I had success as a player and we had success as a team. He also helped me get my start in coaching and I’ll forever be grateful to him for all he’s taught me over the years. He’s not just my coach; he’s a friend. We still talk virtually every day and I appreciate that. Sometimes it feels like I never left. I know a lot of others who had the chance to play for him feel the same way.” With that said it’s fairly safe to say the best Kenny Osborne story ever told is the one about his own life and career.

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Highsmith & Moseh: Wheeling & Dealing Led by two seniors who scored nearly 3,500 points over four years as teammates, the Wheeling Jesuit Cardinals were ranked No. 1 in the nation two years ago before their season ended with two upset losses in early March. After the disappointing one-point, home-court loss in the NCAA tournament’s first round, two talented sophomores recognized that the program’s future rested with them. After only one day to rest and reflect, they were back in the gym working hard toward the future. Today, that talented twosome – forward Haywood Highsmith and guard Pat Moseh – are seniors, hoping to lead the Cardinals to greater things this year. Over four years, they’ve scored more than 3,500 points as teammates and been complementary threats to Mountain East Conference opponents. Moseh was MEC Freshman of the Year and a first team all-conference selection as a junior. Highsmith was an All-MEC pick as a sophomore and is making a strong case to be the MEC Player of the Year as a senior. While Moseh was more highly recruited out of high school and became a fixture in the starting lineup almost immediately, Highsmith worked his way into the starting lineup a

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little later in their freshman year, and still ended up second on the team in rebounds. By their sophomore year (2015-16), head coach Danny Sancomb had the same starting lineup for all of Wheeling Jesuit’s 32 games: Moseh and Highsmith, plus seniors Eric Seifert and Justin Fritts and another sophomore who still makes a big impact today, Drake Goddard. That year, Moseh and Highsmith noticed their dual threat capacity on a very talented team. “His freshman year, Pat was playing so well that everyone started keying on him. So by sophomore year, it opened things up for me,” Highsmith recalls. “Then after they started keying in on me, it opened things up for him again.” They also learned some tougher lessons on that team, which was 27-1 and top-ranked in the nation before losing three of its last four games. “It was a disappointing ending, and I didn’t want that to happen again,” Moseh explains. “So I made sure I worked hard every summer after that to come back better and more consistent than before, and he was right there with me.”

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2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament “We became a lot closer then because we knew that we would need to lead this team,” Highsmith adds. “That’s when we formed a stronger bond, realizing that we could become the faces of this team and university.” Coach Sancomb noticed their commitment to hard work and leadership as the pair were back on the court at the McDonough Center almost immediately after the first rounds of the 2016 NCAA tournament had finished there. “They both have outstanding work ethics. I’ll frequently see them in the gym together working on something together day and night,” Sancomb says, noting that they also have GPAs consistently between 3.0-3.5. “Their work ethic is as good as any two players I’ve seen in coaching. They don’t take time off, and they may be the best teammates I’ve had as a coach.” Indeed, in addition to logging all those points together in games, the two have probably logged close to 1,500 hours working out together – beyond practices with their team. While it started in earnest right after their sophomore season ended, it became a whole lot more intense after that semester. Highsmith’s father, the original Haywood Highsmith (who was a prolific shot blocker and Hall of Fame post player at Fairmont State in the late 1980s) had a teammate at FSU who had become younger Highsmith’s trainer, Warren Doles. Moseh started working out with Doles as well, who arranged for both of them to spend a week at a facility in Florida where many players hoping to play pro ball go for some very serious work. For most college-age friends, trips to Florida conjure images of fun on the beach and festive encounters. Moseh, though, said that clearly was not the case for their trip down south. “We went down there to train,” he recalls. “We had fun the night we got down there, but then it was like hell week with intense training and workouts all day every day, and that brought us closer together.” For these two emerging stars and team leaders, summer break at home meant no break from training and working toward becoming the most productive players possible. Living a few hours from each other – Highsmith near Baltimore and Moseh in northern Virginia – the two trained with Doles and worked out together at least two or three times every week during the past two summers. The work started paying off during their junior year as they combined to average 31.5 points, 16.7 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game. They led the Cardinals to the regional finals of the NCAA tournament, losing to top-seeded Fairmont State after defeating the third and second seeded teams in the region. Throughout this season, Highsmith has led the conference in rebounding and blocked shots (much like his father before him) and been second in scoring and shooting percentage. He also makes 42 percent of his shots from beyond the arc. Highsmith, also known as “Double H,” has been “double trouble” for opponents all year with double-doubles in all but two of the Cardinals’ first 26 games, including one in an exhibition game against West Virginia University. A serious contender for MEC Player of the Year, he’s earned “watch list” status nationally, as well.

An early season injury forced Moseh to miss nearly four games, but he’s among the top 10 in the MEC in scoring, rebounding, assists and assist/turnover ratio. And if teams try to focus too much defense toward Higsmith’s scoring abilities, Moseh can and does make them pay, too. “Pat’s quickness makes him almost unguardable in crucial situations, but Haywood is a threat inside and outside, which makes him unguardable, too,” Coach Sancomb says. “He’s as good as I’ve seen in terms of efficiency as a player. And, as I tell our players, a big part of greatness is efficiency.” While Moseh admits it was hard to be on the sideline watching for a few games, he certainly has been able to admire Highsmith’s record-setting season. “I know I shouldn’t be surprised, but just watching how dynamic and dominant he’s become, going out there just about every night and getting double doubles, it’s still a little surprising,” Moseh admits. “I know he’s not getting anything he doesn’t deserve because I know how hard he’s worked from freshman year through that week in Florida and ever since.” From all that time on the court in games, team practices and training sessions together, they are teammates who know intimately and intricately how the other one reacts and responds in key game situations. It’s no coincidence that Moseh estimates that about half of his nearly 400 assists have been to Highsmith.

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2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament Their commitment to hard work also makes them both very credible senior leaders, although their Coach notes how their different personalities represent a “yin and yang” of sorts. “Haywood is a perfect example of quiet leadership by example. He’s an unbelievable practice player on both offense and defense, and he’s progressed just as you want players to progress over four years,” Coach Sancomb explains. “Pat has a stronger personality and is a leader with more of a vocal presence in practice and during games.” As they complement each other on the court and as team leaders, Moseh and Highsmith compliment each other as best friends as well. “We compete against each other every day, and we push each other to be the best we can be,” Highsmith says of his teammate who is “like a brother” and likely to be his best man someday. “We pick each other up and encourage each other when one of us is struggling. When we go against each other in practice, it challenges both of us because we are both competitive. In life, we create little competitions, whether it’s grades, social situations or other things. We try to beat each other, which pushes us to work harder and get better in a lot of ways.” “He’s brought out the best in me in every open gym and practice by challenging me, guarding me and not making it easy on me. His length and athleticism help me work on different ways to beat a defender, especially because guards who are guarding me are not his size,” Moseh says of the teammate he did not know or hear about until their first open gym as freshmen. “In life he has brought out the best in me by showing me you can be humble and still have confidence. He’s the quietest guy I know but also one of the most confident. I’m going to take that dynamic trait he has with me for the rest of my life.”

They’ve experienced and shared a lot during these four years, developing an unbreakable bond and achieving a fairly rare status by scoring more than 1,600 points each as four-year teammates together. Yet they also know that if they want to carry memories of a championship season with them for the rest of their lives, they will need to be players and teammates that bring out the best in their entire team. Sophomore shooting guard Preston Boswell, junior forward Jeremiah Wilson join the three seniors Highsmith, Moseh and Goddard as the primary starting five with three others who average more than 10 minutes per game. “If we can be ready to play every night and be consistent every game, we should be able to get through any adversity,” Moseh says. “And if we do that, we should be very happy with where we end up in March.” Moseh and Highsmith have been playing, practicing, training hard, working out together for four years, preparing to be senior leaders in pursuit of the Mountain East Conference championship. A lot has gone into their preparation for this opportunity, this moment – and beyond.

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MEC SNapshot: Shepherd’s MORGAN ARDEN Shepherd University women’s basketball coach Jenna Eckleberry stopped short of saying Morgan Arden is the kind of player she would have recruited

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The fourth-year head coach didn’t say she’s sorry that the Hanover, Pa., product remained with the program. The Rams are closing in on the Mountain East Conference Tournament while putting the wrap on a topsy-turvy regular season. The precept is that you are what your record is, but Shepherd, at 14-14 overall and 10-12 in the MEC, could be an exception with victories in five of its last seven games. “We started out hot,” said Eckleberry, whose team followed a season-opening four-game winning streak with a four-game losing skid. “I think we fought consistency all year, but we’re finally getting the pieces back together and trying to make a late run.” Shepherd has two winning streaks of at least three games, but two four-game stretches of defeats as well. The Rams sandwiched a loss between four February victories, marking the first time this season they stopped a losing streak at one game. They suffered what could have been a devastating 133-61 home loss on Dec. 2 to traditional power Glenville State in which the Pioneers forced 35 turnovers, had seven players score in double figures, shot 57 percent, and drilled 45 points worth of threes (15-35). Four days later, Shepherd handed perennial contender West Liberty an overtime defeat in Shepherdstown. The rollercoaster was on the move. Arden scored 22 points in the Glenville State loss while playing six minutes fewer than her average thanks in part to the Rams trailing by 37 points at halftime. Against the Hilltoppers, Arden had an overtime steal and layup for a three-point lead, a basket to extend the advantage to five and an assist to Tiffany McKinney for a seven-point edge with 55 seconds remaining. When the final tally was made, Arden’s line showed 31 points, five rebounds, three assists, and three steals in 45 minutes -- she didn’t leave the floor. “Teams do want to stop her,” Eckleberry said. “Morgan’s doing all this when teams are face guarding her, denying her the ball, trying to deny her as many touches and she’s still able to make plays. That’s the area where she has improved the most. She can create her shot now and take people off the dribble.” The payoff with dribble drives is drawing contact and making trips to the free throw line, if -- and it’s a big “if” -- a player can make foul shots.

Coming off the bench as a freshman, Arden was 73-of-98 (74.4 percent) from the foul line for an average of 3.1 attempts per game. After 27 games as a senior, she is 107-of-120 (89.2) for an average of 4.4 tries. In 118 career games, Arden is an 83 percent foul shooter, hitting a remarkable 360-of-433 attempts. More than 20 percent of her 1,905 career points have come from the foul line. However, she did not appear -- at least as far as coaches Eckleberry and assistant Jamie Cluesman were concerned -- to be interested in putting in the effort on defense. A brief chuckle from Arden acknowledged there was some validity in their concerns, and then came the confirmation. “I’m well aware,” Arden says. “During my freshman year we were in a drill and, I don’t remember exactly what happened, but I remember Coach Cluesman telling me that I’ll have a long career here if I decide to play defense.

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2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament “That stuck with me. I think it is something that I’ve improved on each year. I’ve learned what the coach wants on defense, learning the system … game plans … I’ve learned it.”

“It was in their house, their Senior Night … they obviously wouldn’t have any respect for us,” Arden says. “It shows how far we have come. We still had stupid mistakes, but we improved.”

Honest Eckleberry didn’t pull any punches.

The odds are against Arden reaching 2,000 points for her college career, but it is not out of the question.

“That first open gym we had, I could see she had the ability,” Eckleberry recalls. “I knew she would be a good sixth man for us, but she had growing up to do. She worried about coming off the bench to score and didn’t buy in to the game plan. That first time as a freshman coming in, you might think you don’t have to play defense. “The player she has become, I give Morgan all the credit. Besides that first couple months when she first got here, she has bought in to playing defense.” Arden has learned to put numbers in every box score category, averaging 21.9 points, 3.9 rebounds, two 3-pointers, 3.9 assists, and almost two steals. She was not recruited by Eckleberry and, even at 5-foot-5, was 3 inches taller than her first-year coach. Their games share some similarities, but Arden is more of a scorer -- or two-guard -- and Eckleberry was more of a point guard who would feed Arden if they happened to play on the same team. “She had more points than I did, but I might have her in assists,” says Eckleberry, who averaged 5.5 points as a senior at Fairmont State (2006-07), but 7.1 assists.

She averages 21.5 points, probably requiring Arden to play four more games to reach the milestone. The cards are stacked against Shepherd even more knowing that it will likely not reach the Atlantic Region Tournament without an automatic bid that comes with an MEC Tournament title. That is a small roadblock to overcome for Arden. She has balanced school work with basketball, having no problem studying on long bus rides that come with playing at an MEC member school a stone’s throw from Maryland, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia. She also has endured something most athletes do their best to avoid: 8 a.m. classes. Arden knows the basketball career will come to an end and graduate school and a career in occupational therapy is in her future. She hopes an MEC championship also is in the cards. At the Rams’ current pace of play, that’s not out of the question.

Being well-rounded has helped Arden’s game immensely, but being focused has guided her on the road to basketball success. Support was available at home in Hanover, but assistance on the court was something she couldn’t expect. Her father, Anthony, played some baseball as a youngster, but her mother Tammy and sister OIivia were not athletically inclined. In fact, Morgan says her sister -- who is almost four years older than she -- is more “girly” and “likes art,” while Morgan proudly holds down the title of tomboy. Taking upon herself to improve, she would set up her cell phone or iPad under the basket to record tendencies and locate missteps in her game. Those mistakes are becoming more uncommon every game. The Rams paid to visit to Glenville on Feb. 21. And while they failed to emerge with a victory, the 105-87 demonstrated improvement from the previous defeat. The Pioneers were the seventh-ranked team in the country when they met for the second time this season. Arden doesn’t mind recognizing something of a moral victory -- a difficult acceptance for any athlete -- but her maturity helps the former Spring Grove Rockets star put such performances in perspective.

Charleston, W.Va. • Charleston Civic Center • Feb. 28-March 4

2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament

Howlett& MazZuLLA: The BEat(s) go on

By Duane Cochran

The names may have changed, but the success hasn’t. First-year Mountain East Conference men’s basketball coaches Ben Howlett and Joe Mazzulla took over two of the marquee programs in the league this season and it’s pretty much been business as usual at both schools. Howlett is the new head man at West Liberty University taking over for legendary coach Jim Crutchfield, who left last spring to become the head coach at Nova Southeastern University in Florida. All Crutchfield did during his 13 seasons on the hilltop was compile an overall record of 359-65 (.855), win seven straight conference championships, claim five NCAA Division II regional titles and post the highest winning percentage in the history of NCAA basketball. Howlett got to experience a lot of that success first hand. He was a standout guard for Crutchfield at West Liberty on four consecutive 20-win teams from 2005-09, spent the 2009-10 season as a student assistant coach and after a one-year stint as an assistant at Ohio Valley University, returned to the Hilltoppers to be their top assistant coach for six seasons prior to taking over the program last spring. When Crutchfield stepped down in March, Howlett was an obvious choice to replace him. The 30-year-old Howlett, however, says the decision wasn’t that easy. “It wasn’t that shocking to me because I knew there was a chance he could be leaving. It just had to be a good situation like Nova Southeastern,” Howlett says. “He always would ask me, ‘When I leave would you have an interest in this job?’ I told him no every single time. I really didn’t want to follow him. In my mind that was too tough of an act to follow. He was the winningest coach in college basketball regardless of division. Who wants to follow that? “I thought it would be dumb for me at the age 30 to do that. I thought I might ruin my career by doing that. Let’s be honest, if you win 15 to 20 games at West Liberty or Fairmont it’s not good any more. At other places it’s really good. Winning games is hard. “So I was reluctant to take the job at first. I was really torn. Sure, I absolutely wanted to be a head coach, but to do that here at West Liberty? I just wasn’t sure so I took three days to myself to really think things through.” Ultimately it was West Liberty’s returning players who helped influence Howlett’s decision to take over the Hilltoppers’ program. “At first coach Crutchfield leaving caught a lot of us off guard,” recalls 2017 first-team All-Atlantic Region and MEC guard Dan Monteroso. “When he told us I don’t think we wanted to believe it. We all went to one of our friend’s houses and sat around talking about it. The next day reality kind of set in and everyone was talking about the future. We were wondering do we stay, do we transfer or what? What’s going to happen?

Charleston, W.Va. • Charleston Civic Center • Feb. 28-March 4

2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament “The following day I texted a core group of guys and said we needed to have a players-only meeting and get everyone on the same page. I had talked to coach Howlett and asked him if he was going to take the job and he told me honestly he didn’t know. We knew he had another job interview at a school in Tennessee and we felt there was a chance we might lose him.

Like the West Liberty players, the returning team members at Fairmont, many of whom were recruited by and had worked with Mazzulla in the past, were comfortable with his choice to be their new head coach.

“At our meeting I posed the question: What about coach Howlett being the head coach? Everyone who was here at that time and in that meeting agreed they would stay if he got it. Right after that I got on the phone and called him.”

“We all felt the same way,” fifth-year FSU guard Caleb Davis says. “Joe recruited most of the people on this team and when we found out coach Calhoun was leaving and that Joe was going to be our new head coach there was a lot of relief because we know him. He had recruited us, worked with us and really helped make most of us the players that we are today.”

Monteroso’s phone call gave Howlett the information he needed to make a decision.

Mazzulla admits he was excited to become a head coach after spending six seasons learning how to coach.

“I got a call from Dan Monteroso and he told me the team just had a players-only meeting and that the team wanted me to be their coach,” Howlett says. “After I got that call it was a no-brainer. I had to take it because I had the backing of all of my players.”

“I didn’t have the self-awareness or social awareness coming out of college, but I made it a point to ask God at every place I’ve been what He wanted me to learn from and take from my experiences,” Mazzulla says. “I really wanted to become a better person and a better coach. At Glenville I was really humbled. I had to get rid of the player name and build a coaching identity. In first jobs like that you have to do a little bit of everything so it was good for me to be involved in travel, recruiting, the budget and scheduling. I learned a lot and I’m thankful for that.

The decision for both West Liberty and Howlett was a great one. The 2017-18 Hilltoppers haven’t miss a beat under his guidance. West Liberty claimed its fourth MEC regular-season title in five seasons (the Hilltoppers shared the 2015-16 title with Wheeling Jesuit) and have all but secured the school’s ninth straight NCAA Division II Regional Tournament berth. And just for good measure Howlett has established a new school record for wins by a first-year coaching breaking the 66-year old record of 22 which was set by Dick Wehr back in the 1951-52 season when his team finished 22-6 and advanced to the NAIA National Tournament. *** A few days after Jim Crutchfield announced he was leaving West Liberty, fifth-year Fairmont State University head coach Jerrod Calhoun and his Falcons had just wrapped up a magical 34-3 season in which the squad claimed its first-ever Mountain East Conference regular season championship, the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional title and had lost in the NCAA Division II National Championship game to Northwest Missouri State. Following the title game Calhoun, who was 124-38 (.765) at FSU and had led the Falcons to four NCAA Division II Tournament appearances in his five seasons at the school, told his players he was leaving to become the head coach at Youngstown State University. Two days later it became official. The following day Fairmont State University announced Joe Mazzulla as its new head coach. Mazzulla’s path to the head coaching ranks differed a bit from Howlett’s. He played four seasons at Division I West Virginia University for John Beilein and Bob Huggins and helped lead the Mountaineers to the Final Four as a junior in 2010. When his playing days ended he entered coaching as an assistant to Stephen Dye at Glenville State College. After two seasons with the Pioneers, an assistant coaching position with Calhoun, a former Director of Basketball Operations at WVU while Mazzulla was there, became open at Fairmont State. He spent three seasons with the Falcons before accepting an assistant’s job with the Maine Red Claws of the NBA’s D-League (now G-League) in the fall of 2016.

“Coming here to Fairmont I really learned under coach Calhoun how to build a program and how to take a program to the next level. He kind of let me be the head coach of my position and I’m very thankful for that because it was a great learning experience. He put me in positions where I wasn’t always comfortable so I had to grow and learn to be comfortable. “The final piece I think was teaching the game and I learned a lot about that in Maine with the NBA guys. Everywhere I’ve been I’ve been humbled. When I got to Maine I wasn’t one of the smartest coaches there. When you’re not the smartest guy in the room you have to learn to take a backseat, be quiet and learn. That’s what I did there and it really helped me. Now it’s just a matter for me of putting that all together.” Under Mazzulla Fairmont is again a top three program in the MEC and vying for a possible berth in the NCAA Tournament. *** Both West Liberty and Fairmont lost a lot of talent from the previous season, but both programs also had a wealth of talent and potential returning. For Howlett and the Hilltoppers the changes haven’t been many, but there is a difference in the way he practices his team nowadays. “I played for coach Crutchfield and worked for him for several years so this is what I know and this is what I’ve been accustomed to,” Howlett says. “I’m a firm believer if it’s not broken then you don’t have to fix it. This is how we’ve played for years and it’s how we’re going to continue to play. “If I had to say, and by no means is this any knock on coach Crutchfield, I’d say we put a little more emphasis on our halfcourt defense now than we used to. I always felt under him that we were a good halfcourt defensive team, but I’d like us to be even better. Also, my practices are a bit different. Obviously I’m younger and a bit

Charleston, W.Va. • Charleston Civic Center • Feb. 28-March 4

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more intense than he was. Now our practices are wars. They’re two hours of total competition. Everything we do in practice there’s a winner and a loser. Guys know I’m going to play guys that win so we chart winners and losers in every single drill that we do.” Monteroso, who is in his second and final season at West Liberty working on his Master’s Degree after graduating and playing football for three years at Purdue University, can attest to that. “Not a lot of things have changed but we have made some and why would he want to change?” says Monteroso, who recently went over 1,000 points in just two seasons with the Hilltoppers. “When you’ve been with a guy who has had the success that he had here there was no real reason for us to change. Coach Howlett played in the system, coached the system and knows it well so we picked right up, moved forward and kind of hit the ground running once fall got here. “Practices, though, are extremely competitive. That’s different. If you lose something in practice there’s punishment and no one wants to do punishment. Every day we’re competing at a very high level with each other. If you want to play here you know what you have to do. You have to win.” At Fairmont State the changes this season have been a bit more broad. Under Calhoun’s direction he, and he alone, called the shots. Mazzulla, on the other hand, likes to give his players ownership in the team. “Joe has done a great job of leading us, but he’s also let us take stock and some ownership in what’s going on,” FSU senior guard D’Ondre Stockman says. “That’s been a big difference. In a lot of ways he treats us like professionals. We’re a bit of an older team so I think he feels comfortable doing that. He’s not always going to yell at us or get on us if we have a bad practice as long as we realize it and take steps among ourselves to get things corrected. “We truly hold one another accountable on this team. If someone isn’t doing something right we step up and speak out. We call it radical candor, which is basically positive reinforcement. We try to be positive with each other to achieve positive results.

“Coach Calhoun was a great coach,” Stockman continues. “I’m thankful to him because he allowed me to come here and we had a lot of success last year. Joe, though, his style is a lot different. He’s chill, but one thing he will really get on us about is not giving great effort. He’s a big effort guy. You’ve got to play with heart and effort, but he will let you play through mistakes. He always tries to be positive. “I know it’s his first year and he admits he’s still learning, but I think he’s done a great job and I think he’s only going to do better here in the future.” Having played for Bob Huggins a lot of people expected Mazzulla to have the same coaching style. He doesn’t. “A lot of former players who get into coaching fall into the trap of just being like the guy that you played for,” Mazzulla says. “Obviously for Ben and West Liberty it works and works very well so why would they change? He played there. He coached there and they’ve always had great success. Now for me having played for Huggs it’s different. He’s unique and I think he’s one of the only ones left who does it the way that he does. I think you have to be flexible and create your own coaching identity. I might not have the same team as Bob Huggins so I can’t coach like that. “When you become a coach and call everyone they always say ‘Be yourself.’ I promised I was going to be myself. It may be unconventional wisdom or it may be exactly what this team needs at this point, but I always promised that I wasn’t going to waver from who I am, what my morals are and what I believe in. I think you have to coach your team the way you are to have that connection. “I also think your coaching philosophies have to match your personnel physically, emotionally and psychologically. I believe I inherited a program built for short-term success – three, four or five years. What I want to do is build a program geared for longterm success – 10, 15 or 20 years. We lost four very good players from last year, including a first-team All-American. We didn’t have anyone like that returning. We lost Matt (Bingaya), Thomas (Wimbush), Trevor (Andrews-Evans) and Sham (Shammgod Wells) and because we didn’t have guys like them returning we couldn’t do all

Charleston, W.Va. • Charleston Civic Center • Feb. 28-March 4

2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament of the things this year that we were able to do last year. Instead, we had to find things this year we could be great at like being hard to scout because we can go 10 or 11 guys deep and playing great team defense because we don’t have great on-ball defenders. The other thing I wanted our guys to do was love each other and care more and I think this group of guys has fallen and bought into that. Two years from now my philosophy might have to change.” *** One thing both Howlett and Mazzulla agree upon is that they both have what they call “great” assistant coaches and players who want to win and expect to win. “I’m having an absolute blast,” Howlett admits. “Winning, of course, helps that. If I were .500 right now I’d probably give you a different answer. I’m surrounded by really good people here at West Liberty including the administration, the fans and of course my players. They would do anything for me and they know I’d do anything for them. I also have two outstanding assistant coaches in Brett Ervin and Aaron Huffman. They do phenomenal jobs. “I told both coach Huffman and coach Ervin prior to the season that we’ve got two guys on our team who won’t let us lose and that’s Dan Monteroso and Dalton Bolon (a redshirt freshman guard). Those guys bring it every single day no matter whether it’s a practice, a walk through, a scrimmage or a game. They just won’t let you lose. If we can fill in around them we’ll be okay. Now our returning players were role players here in the past and I have to say they’ve done more than just fill in around those two. They’ve been main contributors to this team and I couldn’t be more proud of a team to coach.”

Mazzulla feels the same way about his assistants and his players. “I’m very fortunate to have the assistant coaches that I have,” Mazzulla says. “I’ve got Jesse (Wukasch), who had coached in the league at a top program (Wheeling Jesuit) for a few years, George (Wilmore), who has been with this program now for four years and played a big role in helping lead it to the national championship game last season, Derek (Pugh), who was here last year for the run to the title game and now Sham (Shammgod Wells) is back with us and his name is on the wall here. Those are all quality guys who do great jobs for us. “The other thing we have here is guys who know how to win, who expect to win and are willing to do what it takes to be successful. It’s a good situation for me to be in.” Both Howlett and Mazzulla also seem to refreshingly share mutual respect for one another and their respective programs. “Joe has some really interesting philosophies and takes on things,” Howlett says. “He intrigues me. If we weren’t rivals or weren’t in the same conference I’d love to sit down with him and talk basketball, philosophies and strategy.” Mazzulla laughingly replied “I’ve got a lot more losses than Ben. Why would he ever be interested in my philosophies? Maybe I should pay him a visit.” Whatever the case two of the best men’s basketball programs in the Mountain East Conference appear to be in good and very capable hands. And for fans of small college basketball that’s a winwin situation.

Charleston, W.Va. • Charleston Civic Center • Feb. 28-March 4

2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament

ConCord Mountain Lions

2017-18 men’s basketball Roster No. Name Pos. 1 Trey Radcliffe G 2 B.J. Hamlet G 3 Darian Peterson F 4 Colby Hill G 10 Tommy Bolte G 11 Trey Brisco G 13 Cal Cistaro G 14 Malik Johnson G/F 20 AJ Collins G 22 David Bea Mulumba F 23 Jyles Webster F 24 Jafar Musa F 32 Antonio Patterson F 33 Justin Noble F 42 Seth Brown G 44 Trey Shuff F Head Coach: Todd May Assistant Coach: Adam Blake

Ht. 6-1 6-1 6-5 6-1 6-1 6-3 6-3 6-5 5-5 6-6 6-6 6-5 6-5 6-4 6-0 6-6

Wt. 175 185 183 165 186 173 195 183 163 207 233 215 191 240 179 204

Cl. Fr. Sr. Fr. So. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr.

Hometown / Previous School Louisville, Ky.

Roanoke, Va./Massanutten North Chesterfield, Va./Monacan Fork Union

Bluefield, W.Va./Graham Chillicothe, Ohio/Chillicothe Stephens City, Va./Sherando Clarksburg, W. Va./Notre Dame Wytheville, Va./George Wythe Harrisville, W.Va./Parkersburg Catholic Antwerp, Belgium/Teays Valley Christian Chester, Va./L.C. Byrd Edo, Nigeria/Garrett CC Raleigh, N.C./Wakefield Nutter Fort, W.Va./Robert C. Byrd Lewisburg, W.Va./Greenbrier East Glenville, W.Va./Gilmer County

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2017-18 Women’s basketball Roster No. Name Ht. Cl. Pos. 1 Jaime Vest 5-4 Fr. G 3 Heather Chapman 5-11 Sr. F 5 Madison May 6-0 So. F 10 Andreanna Pool 5-9 Jr. G 11 Savannah Dunford 5-6 Fr. G 12 Keely Lundy 6-1 Fr. G 20 Savannah Coble 5-6 Fr. G 21 Lindsey Overbey 5-8 Sr. G 23 Kylie Shuff 5-8 Fr. G 25 Riley Fitzwater 6-4 Fr. F 30 Tamra Scott Fr. F 31 Courtney White 5-11 Jr. F 32 Emily Boothe 5-7 Jr. G 33 Jenna Holton 5-11 Jr. F 34 Jia Coppola 5-11 Fr. F 40 Abigail Gwinn 5-8 Fr. G 42 Danielle Catron 5-8 Sr. G/F Head Coach: Kenny Osborne Assistant Coaches: Tesla Akers, Todd Fong

Hometown / Previous School Princeton, W.Va./Princeton Summerville, S.C. Athens, W.Va / Pikeiew Durham, N.C./Riverside Max Meadows, Va./Fort Chiswell Galax, Va./Carroll County Connelly Springs, N.C./East Burke Gate City, Va./Volunteer Glenville, W.Va./Gilmer County Stouts Mills, W.Va./Gilmer County Edinburgh, Va./Central Princeton, W.Va./PikeView Riner, Va./Floyd County Chillicothe, Ohio/Chillicothe Bluefield, W.Va./Bluefield Shady Spring, W.Va./Shady Spring Marion, Va./Chilhowie

Riley Fitzwater

Charleston, W.Va. • Charleston Civic Center • Feb. 28-March 4

2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament

Fairmont State Falcons

2017-18 men’s basketball Roster

2017-18 Women’s basketball Roster

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown / Previous School 0 R.J. Hutcherson F 6-8 210 R-Jr. Columbus, Ohio/Westerville North 1 Jason Jolly G 5-7 160 Jr. Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge 2/4 Cole VonHandorf G 6-2 180 Fr. Covington, Ky./Covington Catholic 3 D’Ondre Stockman G 6-1 175 Sr. Upper Marlboro, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti (Marymount) 10 Donald Kummer G 5-7 160 R-Fr. Bridgeport, W.Va./Bridgeport 11 Andrew Emrick F 6-9 215 So. Liberty Township, Ohio/Lakota East 12 Vince Franklin F 6-6 205 Jr. Harlem, N.Y./Casper College 13 Christian Sweazie G 5-11 170 Fr. Sterling, Va./Potomac Falls 15 Vonte Montgomery G 6-1 185 Jr. Cleveland, Ohio/Garfield Heights 21 Ron Alston F 6-7 195 So. Annandale, Va./Miller School (NJIT) 22 Troy Cantrell F 6-7 210 Jr. Dayton, Ohio/David H. Ponitz 23 Steven Solomon G 6-2 180 So. Morgantown, W.Va./Morgantown 25 Carlton King-Oliverio F/C 6-6 315 Fr. Morgantown, W.Va./Morgantown 30 Caleb Davis G 6-2 190 R-Sr. Charlotte, N.C./Vance 31 Kenzie Melko-Marshall F 6-4 205 R-Fr. Morgantown, W.Va./Morgantown 33 Garrett Cook G 6-2 190 R-Fr. Bristow, Va./Patriot Head Coach: Joe Mazzulla Assistant Coaches: George Wilmore, Jesse Wukasch Graduate Assistant Coach: Derek Pugh Volunteer Assistant Coach: Shammgod Wells

No. Name Ht. Cl. Pos. Hometown / Previous School 2 Jordan Johnson G 5-3 Fr. Parkersburg, W.Va./Parkersburg South 3 Brooke Kurucz G 5-9 So. Parkersburg, W.Va./Parkersburg (Akron) 10 Rachel Laskody F 6-0 So. Morgantown, W.Va./Morgantown 11 Presley Tuttle G 5-6 Fr. Fairmont, W.Va./North Marion 14 Sierra Kotchman G 5-6 Fr. Washington, Pa./Trinity 20 Molly Rinkevich F 6-2 So. Erie, Pa./McDowell 21 Josie Daugherty G 5-5 Fr. Wheeling, W.Va./Wheeling Park 23 Ozge Yarga G 5-6 Jr. Ankara, Turkey/Western Wyoming CC 25 Taylor Stafford G 5-9 Fr. Frederick, Md./St. John’s Catholic 30 Celeste Etter G 5-10 So. Kettering, Ohio/Fairmont 31 Kelli Jo Harrison F 5-11 Sr. Poca, W.Va./George Washington 32 Hope Bray G 5-10 Fr. Shinnston, W.Va./Lincoln 42 Erin Danik F 6-2 Fr. Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley Head Coach: Stephen McDonald Assistant Coaches: Stephanie Anderson, Amanda Ruffner

Jason JOlly

SIERRA KOTCHMAN

Charleston, W.Va. • Charleston Civic Center • Feb. 28-March 4

2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament

Glenville State Pioneers

2017-18 men’s basketball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. 00 Jaeger Martino F 6-6 190 Fr. 1 Andrew Johnson G 6-0 185 Sr. 2 Darhius Nunn G 5-10 170 So. 3 Dwayne Chastain Jr. G 6-4 175 Jr. 4 Marcus Schofield F 6-4 210 Sr. 5 Jon Dunmyer G 6-2 175 Sr. 11 Theo Brown F 6-8 210 Jr. 12 Nate Frazier G 5-11 175 Fr. 13 Elisha Mayberry F 6-4 207 Fr. 14 John Routzahn G 6-4 185 So. 15 JD Hensler G 6-2 185 Fr. 20 JR Kerr F 6-6 195 Jr. 21 Devin Acord G 6-0 175 Fr. 22 Mohamed Konate F 6-5 195 Fr. 23 Jordan Jackson F 6-10 240 Jr. 24 Brooks Ely G 6-5 195 So. 32 Jeremiah Morehead G 6-2 235 So. 55 Elvin McNally F 6-8 215 R-Fr. Head Coach: Stephen Dye Assistant Coaches: Lamont Cole, Bill Lilly

Hometown/Previous School Niagara Falls, N.Y./Magera Wheatfield Beckley, W.Va./Woodrow Wilson Fairmont, W.Va./Fairmont Senior Dayton, Ohio/Sinclair CC Mullens, W.Va./Univ. of Charleston Atlanta, Ga./Lamar CC Brooklyn, N.Y./South Shore Weston, W.Va./Lewis County Canton, Ga./Cherokee Columbus, Ohio/Hargrave Military Dunmore, W.Va./Pocahontas County Parkersburg, W.Va./Potomac State CC Lester, W.Va./Liberty Sharon, Pa./Kennedy Catholic Tacoma, Wash./Florida A&M Nicholasville, Ky./Hargrave Military Bellflower, Calif./Bellflower Morgantown, W.Va./Morgantown

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2017-18 Women’s basketball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 0 Odyssey Trussell G 5-7 Sr. Wichita, Kansas/Coffeyville CC 1 Maya Horne G 5-5 Jr. Baltimore, Md./Baltimore Polytechnic Int. 2 Bhrea Griffin G 5-6 R-Sr. Chicago, Ill./Central Arkansas 3 Julie Bishop G 5-7 Sr. Glenville, W.Va./Gilmer County 4 Taylor Parker G 5-6 Jr. Detroit, Mich./Kent State 5 Chere Davis G 5-3 So. Woodbridge, Va./Osbourn Park 10 Courtney Davis G/F 6-0 Jr. Baltimore, Md./M.A.T.H.S. 11 Erika Toney F 5-8 Sr. Memphis, Tenn./Itawamba CC 12 Paris McLeod G 5-6 Sr. Belleville, Mi./Inkster 13 Tyaria Horton G 5-3 R-Fr. Fairmont, W.Va/Fairmont Senio 20 Emily Stoller G/F 6-1 So. Fairmont, W.Va./Cleveland State 21 Kristin DesRocher G 5-8 Sr. Chapmanville, W.Va./Chapmanville Regional 23 Tayana Stewart G 5-8 Sr. Hagerstown, Md./South Hagerstown 24 Abby Stoller G 5-9 Fr. Fairmont, W.Va./Fairmont Senior 30 Asiya Smith G 5-7 Sr. Minneapolis, Minn. /Iowa Lakes CC 35 Janele Price C 6-1 Jr. Joppa, Md./Institute of Notre Dame Head Coach: Kim Stephens Assistant Coaches: Cody Gilmore, Scott Stephens

Paris McLeod

Charleston, W.Va. • Charleston Civic Center • Feb. 28-March 4

2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament

Notre Dame Falcons

2017-18 men’s basketball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. 0 Ja’Sean Lewis F 6-8 205 Jr. 1 Daniel Atcheson G 5-10 185 Jr. 2 Kyauta “KT” Taylor G 6-2 175 Sr. 3 Kobie Johnson G 6-1 155 So. 4 Ethan Ching G 5-11 170 Sr. 5 Oliver Megins F 6-8 245 Sr. 10 Jacob Sawman F 7-0 185 Jr. 11 Cole Hayes G 6-6 185 Fr. 14 Jack Kelsheimer G 6-2 175 So. 20 Will Butler G/F 6-2 240 Fr. 24 Halil Parks G 6-2 170 Fr. 25 Levi Frankland G 6-4 175 Fr. 34 Angelo Cugini F 6-7 220 R-Jr. 41 Will Vorhees F 6-8 240 Sr. 44 Drew Scarberry G/F 6-6 200 R-So. Head Coach: Tim Koenig Assistant Coaches: Tim Baab, Pam Phillips Graduate Assistant Coach: Jonathan Wakelin

Hometown/Previous School Columbus, Ohio/Canton Glen Oak Brisbane, Australia/Marist College Cleveland, Ohio/East Tech Middletown, Ohio/Middletown Taguig, Philippines/Impact Academy

Adelaide, Australia/Christian Brothers College

Hartville, Ohio/Marlington Ridgecrest, Calif./Burroughs Westlake, Ohio/Cornerstone Christian Euclid, Ohio/Villa Angela-St. Joseph Arlington, Va./Wakefield High School Queensland, Australia/Hillcrest Christian Col.

Akron, Ohio/Cuyahoga Falls Lime, Ohio/Columbus Grove Franklin Furnace, Ohio/Northwest

KT Taylor

2017-18 Women’s basketball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. 1 Erin Haislah G 5-3 Sr. 2 Marisa Finazzo G 5-3 So. 3 Mariah McGhee G 5-4 R-So. 4 Ajia McIntyre G 5-6 So. 5 Seina Adachi G 5-7 So. 10 Maggie King F 5-10 So. 11 Ciara Reed G 5-7 Sr. 12 Madison Snider F 5-7 So. 13 Mackenzie Meckes G 5-7 So. 14 Stephanie Kemp G 5-8 So. 20 Jessie Stout F 5-11 So. 21 Abi Oriti F 5-10 So. 22 Kim Cook F 5-10 Sr. 23 Judie Lesesne G 5-6 So. 24 Kyleigh Ramlow G 5-8 So. 25 Julie Kemp F 5-11 Fr. 30 Alli DeLaney G 5-8 So. 33 Katie Karalic G 5-8 So. 44 Shay Davidson F 5-11 Fr. Head Coach: Lauren Macer Assistant Coaches: Imani Gordon Graduate Assistant Coach: Martha Nagbe

Hometown/Previous School Euclid, Ohio/Euclid Willoughby Hills, Ohio/Gilmour Academy Richmond Heights, Ohio/Villa Angela St. Joseph

Rochester, N.Y./Greece Athena Attica, Ohio/Seneca East Shelby, Ohio/Shelby Senior Milan, Ohio/Edison Mayfield Heights, Ohio/Mayfield Avon, Ohio/Avon North Olmsted, Ohio/North Olmsted Stow, Ohio/Stow-Munroe Falls Seven Hills, Ohio/Normandy Middleburg Heights, Ohio/Normandy Oberlin, Ohio/Oberlin Toledo, Ohio/Swanton North Olmstead, Ohio/North Olmstead Belmont, Ohio/Union Local Macedonia, Ohio/Nordonia Avon, Ohio/Avon High School

Kim COok

Charleston, W.Va. • Charleston Civic Center • Feb. 28-March 4

2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament

Shepherd Rams

2017-18 men’s basketball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 1 Thomas Lang G 6-0 165 So. New Market, Md./Linganore 2 Steffen Davis G 6-0 180 Sr. Accokeek, Md./Maret School 3 Cam Stephens G 6-4 180 Fr. Bunker Hill, W.Va./Musselman 4 Derek McKnight G 6-1 175 Jr. Teaneck, N.J./Gaston Day School (N.C.)/Louisburg CC 11 Kyle Daggett F 6-6 205 Fr. Walkersville, Md./Walkersville 22 Devin Smith G 6-3 205 Jr. Baltimore, Md./Randallstown/Richard Bland CC 23 Zane Cogan G 5-11 165 Fr. Martinsburg, W.Va./Spring Mills 25 AJ Carr F 6-6 235 Sr. Fairfax, Va./Saint James School 32 Chris McAboy F 6-5 225 Fr. Martinsburg, W.Va./St. Maria Goretti 33 Gavin McTavish F 6-6 205 Sr. Mt. Airy, Md./South Carroll/Bridgton Academy 34 Winston Burgess F 6-6 215 Jr. Stafford, Va./Colonial Forge Head Coach: Justin Namolik Assistant Coaches: Bryan Lewis, Tripp Lowe, Pat Ramey, Brantley Osborne Graduate Assistant Coach: Naim Muhammad

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2017-18 Women’s basketball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. 3 Morgan Arden G 5-5 Sr. 4 Lauren Reed G 5-9 So. 11 Sydney Shaw G 5-7 Fr. 12 Lindsey Bedregal G 5-2 So. 13 Kayla Tibbs G 5-9 Jr. 21 TaRaessha Henderson G/F 5-11 Fr. 22 Kari Lankford G 5-7 Jr. 23 Tiffany McKinney G 5-9 Sr. 24 Sydney Clayton F 5-11 Fr. 25 Marley McLaughlin G 5-8 Fr. 32 Jazmyne Howard F 5-11 Sr. 33 Liz Moormann F 5-10 Jr. Head Coach: Jenna Eckleberry Assistant Coach: Jamie Cluesman Student Assistant Coach: Alexandra Lustig

Hometown/Previous School Hanover, Pa./Spring Grove Winchester, Va./Millbrook Spring Mills, W.Va./Spring Mills Hagerstown, Md./Grace Academy Leesburg, Va./Heritage/Glenville State North Dinwiddie, Va./ARGA York, Pa./West York Area

Edgewater, Md./South River/Anne Arundel CC

Frederick, Md./St. John’s Haymarket, Va./Battlefield Leesburg, Va./Tuscarora New Market, Md./Oakdale

Morgan Arden

Charleston, W.Va. • Charleston Civic Center • Feb. 28-March 4

2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament

University of Charleston Golden Eagles

2017-18 men’s basketball Roster

2017-18 Women’s basketball Roster

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 0 Jordan Smith G 6-3 190 Sr. Dayton, Ohio/Dunbar 1 Keir Anderson G 6-3 200 Sr. Buffalo, N.Y./Navarro College 2 Ke’Andre Gibson G 5-9 145 Jr. Baltimore, Md./CCBC Catonsville 3 Austin Howard G 6-1 175 Sr. Louisville, Ky./University of Maine 4 Bobby Anderson G 5-10 150 R-Fr. Ashland, Ky./Boyd County 5 Malik Young G 6-0 150 Jr. Flint, Mich./Oakland CC 11 Hunter Kenser F 6-4 210 Fr. Ashland, Ky./Boyd County 12 Riley Heatherington F 6-7 175 Fr. Ravenswood, W.Va./Ravenswood 13 Shaq Speights G 6-3 205 Sr. St. Petersburg, Fla./St. Petersburg College 15 Justus Stanback F 6-8 230 Gr. West Lafayette, Ind./IUPUI 22 Tyler Haga G 6-3 170 Fr. Sophia, W.Va./Independence 23 Seth O’Neal G 6-0 185 Fr. Columbus, Ohio/Fork Union Military Academy 24 Anton Ivy F 6-6 205 Jr. Peoria, Ill./Rend Lake College 25 Jordan Bailey G 6-0 170 Fr. Upper Arlington, Ohio/Upper Arlington 32 Jonathan Tshibuy F 6-5 265 Sr. Montreal, QC/LIU Brooklyn 33 Lamont McManus F 6-5 275 Fr. Waldorf, Md./Fork Union Military Academy 42 Jhan Paul Mejia F 6-10 195 Sr. Madrid, Spain/Cal State Fullerton Head Coach: Dwaine Osborne Assistant Coaches: Brett Rector, Allen Osborne, Kyle Bush Graduate Assistant Coach: Matt Herndon

No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 0 MacKenzie Loos G 5-8 So. Windermere, Fla./Olympia 1 Ambrea Williams F/C 6-0 Jr. Kingsland, Ga./East Georgia State 2 Jordin Spears G 5-9 Fr. Pataskala, Ohio/Licking Heights 3 Aloneet Durden G 5-9 Jr. Twinsburg, Ohio/Twinsburg (Lakeland) 4 Marissa Koob G 5-8 Sr. Cincinnati, Ohio/Cincinnati Christian Hills 5 Dionna Sanders F/C 6-1 Jr. Bourbonnais, Ill./(Wabash Valley) 10 Simone Smith F 5-8 So. Upper Marlboro, Md./Bishop McNamara 11 Octavia Loll G 5-4 So. Akron, Ohio/Saint Vincent Saint Mary 12 Abby Watson G/F 5-8 Jr. Hurricane, W.Va./Hurricane 15 Madison Jones G 5-4 So. Sissonville, W.Va./Sissonville 21 Brooklyn Pannell G 5-9 Fr. Columbus, Ohio/Reynoldsburg 22 Malauna Campbell G 5-5 Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio/Summit Academy 34 Rachel Neff F 5-10 So. Commercial Point, Ohio/Bishop Ready 35 Monet Saunders F/C 6-1 Sr. Woodmere, Ohio/Lake Ridge Academy 42 Anna Hayton F/C 6-2 So. Parkersburg, W.Va./Parkersburg South Head Coach: Adam Collins Assistant Coaches: Ahmed Witten, Anthony Carter

Austin Howard

Octavia Loll

Charleston, W.Va. • Charleston Civic Center • Feb. 28-March 4

2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament

Urbana Blue Knights

2017-18 men’s basketball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 0 Abdul Kanu F 6-4 180 Fr. Columbus, Ohio/St. Francis DeSales 1 Chris Jackson G 6-3 193 Fr. Dayton, Ohio/Dunbar 3 Roy Hatchett Jr. G 6-1 175 Jr. Cleveland, Ohio/Glenville (Owens CC) 10 AJ Washington F 6-5 185 Sr. West Chicago, Ill./St. Charles East (Elgin CC) 11 Darius Barksdale G 6-3 185 So. Lexington, Ky./Tates Creek/Oakland City 13 Andre Hawes G 5-10 145 So. Dayton, Ohio/Stivers 14 Aarmanni Garnett SG 6-2 185 Sr. Pataskala, Ohio/Watkins Memorial (Houghton) 15 Malik Jacobs F 6-2 180 Jr. Fairborn, Ohio/Fairborn (Miami Middletown) 20 Ethan Snapp G 6-0 140 So. Newport, Ky./Newport 21 Jordan Bradley G 5-10 177 Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio/Princeton (MiamiHamilton) 22 Carlas Jackson G 6-4 170 Sr. Cincinnati, Ohio/Roger Bacon 23 Mike Ryan F 6-7 195 So. Cleveland, Ohio/St. Edward (Ashland) 34 Nick Detlev C 7-3 225 Jr. Euclid, Ohio/Andrews Osborne (UT-Martin) Head Coach: Nick Dials Assistant Coaches: Anthony Monaco, Jared Kortsen Student Assistant Coach: Josh Cole

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2017-18 Women’s basketball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. 1 Jada Love G 5-6 R-Fr. 3 Danie Shafer G 5-8 Sr. 4 T’erra Eubanks G 5-4 Fr. 5 Taj Thompson G 5-7 Fr. 15 Weston Minnich G 5-11 So. 20 Jennifer Alflen G 5-7 Jr. 22 Stefanie Davis G 5-7 Sr. 24 Erin Morrow G 5-10 Jr. 32 Jenae Curtiss G 5-8 Jr. 33 Megan Beachy G 5-9 Jr. 34 Sylvia Hudson F 5-10 So. 40 Mikayla Ward C 6-2 Sr. 42 Haley, Jazmyn F 5-11 Sr. 45 Emma Havener C 6-2 Jr. Head Coach: Andrea McCloskey Assistant Coach: Mark Schwitzgable

Hometown/Previous School Cincinnati, Ohio/Colerain

Huber Heights, Ohio/Kettering Fairmont(Maryville)

Springfield, Ohio/Springfield Trotwood, Ohio/Trotwood-Madison Centerville, Ohio/Centerville Huber Heights, Ohio/Wayne Springfield, Ohio/Kenton Ridge Van Wert, Ohio/Van Wert Dayton, Ohio/Thurgood Marshall Millersburg, Ohio/Berlin Hiland Sidney, Ohio/Sidney

Ypsilanti, Mich./Ann Arbor Huron (Owens CC)

Bellefontaine, Ohio/Bellefontaine Kettering, Ohio/Fairmont/Malone

Stefanie Davis

Charleston, W.Va. • Charleston Civic Center • Feb. 28-March 4

2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament

UVA-Wise CAVALIERS TM

2017-18 men’s basketball Roster

2017-18 Women’s basketball Roster

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 0 Michal Seals G 5-10 180 So. Lancaster, Pa./High Point Christian Academy 1 Michael Osborne G 6-3 175 R-Fr. Floyd, Va./Floyd County 2 Ricardo Hill Jr. G 5-10 170 Sr. Cincinnati, Ohio/University of Akron 3 Rahji Langford G 6-2 180 Jr. Newport News, Va./Palm Beach State 4 Gianni Street G 5-9 170 Fr. Hampton, Va./Hampton Christian 5 Chance Sheffey G 6-4 185 So. Staunton, Va./Miller School of Albemarie 10 Leandro Amador F 6-8 225 Jr. São Paulo, Brazil/Cathedral 12 Briggs Parris G 6-4 180 Fr. Boones Mill, Va./Franklin County 14 Corey Dick F 6-3 220 Sr. Whitsett, N.C./Eastern Guilford 20 DeMarcus Edwards G 6-3 195 Sr. Mount Vernon, Va./Wentworth Military Academy & College 22 Yesid Mosquera-Perea F 6-6 210 So. Quibdó, Chocó, Colombia/Carlisle School 23 Jordan Pointer F 6-7 205 Fr. Chesterfield, Va./Steward School 24 Tajh Eason F 6-4 180 So. Newport News, Va./Warwick 50 Taiwo Badmus F 6-7 205 R-Sr. London, England/Fairmont State Head Coach: Blake Mellinger Assistant Coaches: Drew Absher, Davis Absher

No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 3 Janice Ladson G 5-3 Jr. Woodbridge, Va./Chesapeake CC 5 Bianca Lockamy G 5-7 Fr. Greenville, N.C./The Oakwood School 10 Adalmaryz Rivera-Gomez G 5-6 Jr. Bayamón, Puerto Rico/Florida Air Academy 12 Hanna Oliver G 5-5 Fr. Woodbridge, Va./Woodbridge 13 Judy Kaylynn Cummings G 5-6 Fr. Clarksville, Tenn./Clarksville 20 Kalee Johnson G 5-10 R-Fr. Elizabethton, Tenn./Happy Valley 22 Ashley Cullen G 5-9 Jr. Mooresville, N.C./Mooresville 23 Leia Moore G/F 5-10 So. Bidwell, Ohio/Fairmont State 24 Allison Ball G 5-8 Sr. Newport, Tenn./Cocke County 25 Ada Stanley F 5-11 Fr. Nokesville, Va./Brentsville District 30 Cynita Webb F 5-11 So. Virginia Beach, Va./Landstown 32 Catrina Woods G/F 5-11 Fr. Manassas, Va./Osbourn 34 Dakotah Turner C 6-0 Jr. Tazewell, Tenn./Claiborne County 42 Nokomis Williams F 6-0 Fr. Greensboro, N.C./Southern Guilford 45 Alle Moore F 5-10 Jr. Marietta, Ohio/Marietta Interim Head Coach: Elise Clyburn Assistant Coaches: Alex Stam, Chelsea Williams

Taiwo Badmus

Ashley Cullen

Charleston, W.Va. • Charleston Civic Center • Feb. 28-March 4

2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament

WEST LIBERTY Hilltoppers

2017-18 men’s basketball Roster

2017-18 Women’s basketball Roster

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 1 Jordan Watson G 6-2 170 Sr. Philadelphia, Pa./Chestnut Hill Academy (Lincoln) 2 Dan Monteroso G 6-3 195 Gr. St. Clairsville, Ohio/St. Clairsville (Purdue) 3 Will Yoakum G 6-5 170 Fr. Delaware, Ohio/ Hayes 4 Nate Allen G 6-4 205 Jr. Toledo, Ohio/Bowsher (Hill JC) 5 Dalton Bolon G 6-4 200 Fr. Gnadenhutten, Ohio/Indian Valley 10 Brady Arnold G 5-10 165 Sr. Millersburg, Ohio/West Holmes 11 Brandon Smith F 6-5 205 Sr. Sandusky, Ohio/Perkins 12 Luke Dyer G 5-11 170 Fr. Clarksburg, W.Va./Robert C. Byrd 13 James Griffin F 6-5 215 Jr. Brisbane, Australia/Westwind Prep (Marist) 14 Marlon Moore Jr. F 6-5 200 Fr. Cleveland, Ohio/St. Benedictine 23 Tyler Primmer F 6-5 205 Jr. Ashville, Ohio/Teays Valley 24 Keegan Saben G 6-3 195 Fr. Centerville, Ohio/Centerville 25 Evan French F 6-4 210 Jr. Vincent, Ohio/Warren Local 33 Eric Meininger F 6-5 220 Jr. Centerville, Ohio/Centerville Head Coach: Ben Howlett Assistant Coaches: Brett Ervin, Dr. Aaron Huffman

No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 2 McKenna Shives G 5-5 Sr. Struthers, Ohio/Struthers (Gannon) 3 Olivia Belknap G 5-8 R-Fr. Dover, Ohio/Dover 4 Micah Findley G 5-6 So. Wooster, Ohio/Triway 5 Audrey Tingle G 5-6 Fr. West Lafayette, Ohio/Ridgewood 10 Samantha Hall G 5-10 Fr. Millersburg, Ohio/West Holmes 13 Allie Farina C 6-1 Jr. North Canton, Ohio/Hoover 15 Marissa Brown C 6-3 Jr. Columbus, Ohio/Hartley (Youngstown State) 20 Grace Fodor G 5-7 So. Hilliard, Ohio/Bradley 21 Brandi Beader G 5-8 Jr. Hermitage, Pa./Hickory 22 Taylor Johnson* G 5-10 Jr. Pickerington, Ohio/Central (Belmont Abbey) 23 Monica Bragg F 5-11 So. Weirton, W.Va./Madonna 24 Jaclyn Kitts G 5-9 R-Fr. Erie, Pa./Villa Maria 32 Johnie Olkosky G 5-9 Jr. Pittsburgh, Pa./Canevin Head Coach: Kyle Cooper Assistant Coaches: Cassie Seth, Robbie Bonar

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Marissa Brown

Charleston, W.Va. • Charleston Civic Center • Feb. 28-March 4

2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament

WEST VIRGINIA STATE YELLOW JACKETS

2017-18 men’s basketball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 0 Glen Abram G 6-1 140 Fr. Country Club Hills, Ill./Rich Central 1 Ernest Jenkins, Jr G 6-2 175 So. Upper Marlboro, Md./Bishop McNamara 2 Garrett McCarty G 5-10 170 Jr. S. Charleston, W.Va./Louisburg CC 3 Brent Bauer G 5-8 163 Jr. Xenia, Ohio/Xenia 4 Kalik Ross G 5-8 150 Fr. Charleston, W.Va./Capitol 5 Jeremiah Moore F 6-6 185 Fr. West Orange, N.J./West Orange 10 Jayson Hankins F 6-5 215 So. Charlotte, N.C./Hargrave Military Academy 11 Langston Cooke G 6-3 183 Jr. Columbus, Ohio/ North Country CC 12 Jahlen Greene F 6-6 210 Sr. Upper Marlboro, Md./Hagerstown JC 14 Isaiah Noel G 6-1 175 So. Cleveland, Ohio/Tiffin 24 Sable Cooper G 6-1 175 Jr. Akron, Ohio/Akron 25 Neil Higgins G 5-9 187 Fr. Hillsborough, N.C./Barton College 30 Pat Johnson-Agwu F 6-5 215 Jr. Bowie, Md./PGCC 31 Alex Osburn F 6-4 200 So. Scott Depot, W.Va./WV Wesleyan 34 Robert Fomby F 6-3 215 Sr. Cleveland, Ohio/Cuyahoga CC 40 Isiah Hodges F 6-3 229 Fr. South Charleston, W.Va./South Charleston 44 Chol Kiir F 6-9 205 Sr. Regent Parks, Australia/Central Wyoming CC Head Coach: Bryan Poore Assistant Coaches: Cookie Miller, L ester Raines, Brandon Tucker

ROBERT FOMBY

2017-18 Women’s basketball Roster No. Name Pos. 01 Alexandra Jackson G 03 Lyrin Hatcher G 11 Jasmine Davis F 12 Michael Lashon Everhart G 14 Kimberly Richburg G 20 Sydney Bates G 21 Allison Johnson G 23 Jordan Miller G 24 Rebecca Burghardt F 25 Denisha Bowman F 32 Amari Grace G 40 Mar Lamadrid Coll F 42 Aurreeshae Hines G 44 Anna Ross F Head Coach: Charles Marshall Assistant Coach: Ginny Mills

Ht. 5-6 5-10 5-11 5-10 5-9 5-9 5-7 5-5 5-10 6-4 5-8 5-10 5-6 6-2

Cl. Jr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Sr. So.

Hometown/Previous School Somerset, N.J./Lackawanna College Arlington, Va./Wakefield Syracuse, NY. / Coffeyville Palm Harbor, Fla./Three Rivers College Jersey City, N.J./Essex College Springfield, Ohio/Kenton Ridge St. Albans, W.Va./St. Albans Virginia Beach, Va./ Salem Hollywood, Md./Lenoir-Rhyne Whites Creek, Tenn./Volunteer State Columbus, Ohio/ Africentric Calella, Spain/ Sheridan College Jeffersonville, Ind./Jeffersonville Cleveland, Ohio/ Mercyhurst North East

AuRRESHAE HINES

Charleston, W.Va. • Charleston Civic Center • Feb. 28-March 4

2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament

WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN BOBCATS

2017-18 men’s basketball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 2 Justice Cuthbertson G 6-3 190 R-Jr. Thomasville, N.C./Louisburg JC 3 Clay Todd G 6-2 165 Jr. Oakland Md./Southern Garrett 4 Tayler Brletic G 5-10 150 Fr. Woodbridge, Va./Christ Chapel 5 Nick Brooks G 6-1 180 So. Franklin Park N.J./Vermont Academy 10 Marcus Larsson F 6-4 205 So. Solna, Sweden/Fork Union Military (VMI) 11 Kevin Kangni G 6-3 185 Jr. Amelia, Va./Amelia Academy 12 Dedan Williams Jr. F 6-6 190 Jr. Landover, Md./Largo/Allegany College 20 Kameron Cooper G 6-4 195 So. Gainesville Va./Hargrave Military Academy 22 Jalen Melvin F 6-2 200 So. Hyattsville, Md./Northwestern 23 Luka Petrovic G 6-5 180 So. Knjazevac, Serbia/Huntington Prep 30 Jacob White F 6-5 195 Jr. Bowie, Md./St. Andrews Episcopal 33 Luke Layhew F 6-8 205 So. Ripley, W.Va./Ripley 42 Dusan Vicentic F 6-8 210 So. Belgrade, Serbia/Walsingham Acad. 44 Fred Brondsted G/F 6-6 200 Jr. Holbaek, Denmark / Stenhus 45 Aaron Ariri F 6-8 245 Sr. Brampton, Ont./St. Anthony (Troy) Head Coach: Jack Meriwether Assistant Coaches: Sidney Crist, Chuck Elkins Volunteer Assistant Coaches: Garrett Grantham, Soren Doessing

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2017-18 Women’s basketball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. 2 Mykenzie Martin G 5-5 Jr. 3 Tyra Hughes G 5-6 Jr. 10 Brittany Stawovy G 5-8 Fr. 12 Summer Matlack G 5-5 Fr. 15 Nicole Gilyard F 6-1 So. 20 Mari Stewart F 6-0 Sr. 21 Alexa Szelong G 5-9 Jr. 22 Stacy Remer G 5-10 Sr. 23 Katie Demi G 5-8 So. 24 Abi Gabauer F 5-10 Fr. 25 Corin Todd G 5-8 So. 32 Lana Long F 6-0 Sr. 33 Tara Goldman F 6-1 Sr. 34 Victoria Jackson G 5-8 Fr. 42 Carrie Bennett G 5-10 Fr. 50 Kiara Rodriguez C 6-2 Fr. Head Coach: Vicky Bullett Assistant Coach: Kathryn Lamastra

Hometown/Previous School Canvas, W.Va./Nicholas County Walkersville, Md./Walkersville

Belle Vernon, Pa./Greensburg Central Catholic

Arlington, Va./Wakefield Tulsa, Okla./Victory Christian Templeton, Calif./Templeton Mount Pleasant, Pa./Mount Pleasant Area Grand Forks, N.D./Sacred Heart Claysville, Pa./McGuffey Norwin, Pa./Norwin Clarksburg, W.Va./Robert C. Byrd Walkersville, Md./Walkersville Logan, Utah/Sky View Marietta, Ga./Hillgrove Charlotte, N.C./Carmel Christian Sayerville, N.J./Middlesex Academy

Mari STEWART

Charleston, W.Va. • Charleston Civic Center • Feb. 28-March 4

2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament

WHEELING JESUIT CARDINALS

2017-18 men’s basketball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 1 Drake Goddard G 6-2 210 Sr. Fort Washington, Md./Maret School 2 Pat Moseh F 6-6 225 Sr. Springfield, Va./Bishop Ireton 3 Chris Greene F 6-6 220 Fr. Newport News, Va./St. Mary’s Ryken 4 Preston Boswell G 6-2 190 So. New Martinsville, W.Va./Magnolia 5 Brent Pegram G 5-11 170 Fr. Upper Marlboro, Md./Henry Wise 11 Ryan Cooper F 6-8 225 Jr. Welland, Ontario/Notre Dame College 12 Jakoby Lane-Harvey G 6-0 170 Fr. Lima, Ohio/Lima Perry 13 Miguel Rodriguez G 6-0 170 Jr. Brooklyn, N.Y./Spire Institute 15 Zack Duffy G 5-8 175 Jr. Beaver Falls, Pa./Beaver Falls 21 Zach Collins G 6-1 190 So. South Riding, Va./Freedom 22 Jeremiah Wilson F 6-6 230 Jr. Chicago, Ill./Hammond (Ind.) 23 Brendan Hoban G 6-2 180 Fr. Watertown, Mass./Millbrook School 24 Haywood Highsmith F 6-7 220 Sr. Baltimore, Md./Archbishop Curley 34 Jeremiah Brooks F 6-3 215 R-Fr. Springfield, Va./Bishop Ireton 44 Alex Kassolis G 6-2 175 R-Fr. Baltimore, Md./Delaney Head Coach: Danny Sancomb Assistant Coaches: Ryan Kostur, Steve Bridgeman, Bobby Brackett

Preston Boswell

2017-18 Women’s basketball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. 1 Mariah Callen G 5-4 Sr. 2 Khira Burton G 5-5 So. 3 Tori Harrison G 5-6 Fr. 4 Cassi Stein G 5-10 Sr. 5 Kelsi Chapman G 5-7 Fr. 10 Sadera Johnson G 5-8 Fr. 11 Rya Nelson G 5-2 Fr. 13 Monica Burns G 5-6 R-Jr. 14 Lauren Lipscomb G 5-9 So. 15 Lauryn Clarke-Cornette G 5-6 Fr. 21 Chenelle Moore F 6-0 Jr. 22 Aislyn Hartman F 5-10 R-Fr. 23 Kiara Wade F 6-3 Fr. 24 Taliah Cashwell G 5-7 So. Charleston Head Coach: Debbie Buff Assistant Coach: Callie Phillips

Hometown/Previous School Morgantown, W.Va./University Cincinnati, Ohio/Walnut Hills Centerville, Ohio/Centerville Newark, Ohio/Licking Valley Magnolia, W.Va./Reagan Columbus, Ohio/Independence Waldorf, Md./Thomas Stone New Stanton, Pa./Hempfield Area (IUP) Columbus, Ohio/Pickerington North Brooklyn, N.Y. Westerville, Ohio/Westerville South Cincinnati, Ohio/Mariemont Farrell, Pa./Farrell South Charleston, W.Va./South

MariAH callen

Charleston, W.Va. • Charleston Civic Center • Feb. 28-March 4

2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament

COMMISSIONER REID AMOS Reid Amos brings an extensive background in administration and athletics to go with a sincere passion for the NCAA Division II experience as the Mountain East Conference commissioner. Amos, the unanimous choice by the MEC Board of Directors in November 2012 to serve as commissioner, has helped direct the league to extreme heights in just a short amount of time with the MEC having earned a reputation as a regional and national power. In virtually each of the 19 sports sponsored by the MEC, teams have reached new heights since associating with the conference. Since the conference began competing in 2013, 12 teams have reached the national semifinals and six have played for a national championship. The MEC has also produced a pair of NCAA Division II championships with Wheeling Jesuit’s title in volleyball in 2015 and the University of Charleston’s championship in men’s soccer in 2017 -- the first ever team NCAA championships for any school in any sport. Amos has also expanded the number of championships offered during his five years with the addition of championships in women’s lacrosse and men’s and women’s swimming. The MEC sponsors 19 championships for nearly 4,000 student-athletes.

pionships, and is slated to host the 2019 NCAA Division II Men’s Golf Championship at The Resort at Glade Springs. Commissioner Amos has helped raise the visibility of the league and its institutions with the development of the MEC Digital Network and the creation of the the Mountain East Conference Football “Game of the Week,” which has drawn thousands of online viewers since its inception. He also forged a partnership with WV MetroNews to deliver high-definition video streams on the web and provide radio coverage for the football and basketball games across the region. In addition to multiple network-wide regular season basketball broadcasts, WVMetroNews will provide live coverage for the third-straight year of the MEC Basketball Tournament, including 14 high-definition video webcasts. Prior to his role as commissioner, Amos was the Vice President of Broadcasting at West Liberty University. He was promoted to that role following a successful stint as the Executive Director for the WLU Office of Communications. During his time at West Liberty, Amos’s work was instrumental in the growth of West Liberty University Television (WLTV-14), which today reaches more than 100,000 cable homes in West Virginia and Ohio. Known throughout the Upper Ohio Valley as the “Voice of the Hilltoppers,” he served as play-by-play announcer for approximately 50 televised football and basketball games each year at West Liberty.

In addition to his daily duties, Commissioner Amos also just completed his second year on the NCAA Division II Football Committee. The committee is responsible for the oversight of the sport in addition to the evaluation and selection of the teams that advance to the postseason. Amos is also an active member of the Division II Conference Commissioner’s Association (D2CCA) as chair of the public relations committee. In that capacity, he helped the D2CCA become the official sponsor of the NCAA Division II all-region teams. Amos has also helped lead efforts to help land NCAA championships in the MEC’s footprint. The league has co-hosted multiple sotball and lacrosse cham-

Charleston, W.Va. • Charleston Civic Center • Feb. 28-March 4

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Amos served as executive producer and play-by-play man on several WLTV telecasts that have aired on ROOT Sports, the regional cable sports network in Pittsburgh that reaches 2.5 million cable homes. He achieved a major coup when he successfully negotiated and coordinated the first-ever live telecast of the 2012 WVIAC Tournament’s men’s basketball championship game on ROOT Sports. In addition to his experience as a member of the West Liberty University’s senior staff and broadcaster at West Liberty, Amos also has the benefit of being a successful collegiate coach and NCAA administrator. He enjoyed a highly successful run as head men’s golf coach at Fairmont State University from 2003-07. A two-time WVIAC Coach of the Year and the 2007 NCAA Division II East Region Coach of the Year, Amos led the Falcons to a pair of WVIAC championships, five consecutive NCAA Division II regional tournament bids and the 2007 NCAA Division II East Region championship. His career coaching record at Fairmont State was a sparkling 450-215-7 (.677). Since 2009, Amos has served in NCAA governance as a member of the NCAA Division II Men’s Golf National Committee that administers the NCAA Division II national championship tournament. As part of that role, Amos has served as Chair of the Atlantic/East Regional Committee and has been the NCAA’s site representative for the NCAA Division II Atlantic/East Regional each year since 2009. Along with fellow national committee members, he serves as a site representative for the NCAA Division II national championship tournament and was appointed Chair of the NCAA Division II Men’s Golf National Committee for the 2012-13 season.

Along with his work in broadcasting and athletics, Amos also brings extensive communications and marketing experience to the table. Since 2003, he has been the owner/operator of Intermedia Solutions, LLC, a multimedia consulting company working with many of the institutions he now serves in the MEC. Amos was responsible for developing the largest Division II tournament radio network in the nation and has also worked as director of business development for an information technology government contractor as well as director of operations for a radio ownership group. Amos cut his teeth in the broadcasting business during 13 years as Sports Director at WMMN-AM radio in Fairmont, W.Va., where he handled play-by-play duties for the football and basketball teams at Fairmont State. He began working at the station while still a student at FSU. A Fairmont native and a graduate of Fairmont Senior High, Amos graduated from Fairmont State in 1994 with a B.A. in Speech Communication and earned his Master’s Degree in Communications from West Virginia University in 1996. He resides in Fairmont with his wife, Jennie, and their children, Elizabeth and Cate.

Charleston, W.Va. • Charleston Civic Center • Feb. 28-March 4

2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament

Mountain east conference STAFF Hannah Hinton Associate Commissioner of Compliance/Senior Woman Administrator Hannah Hinton was named Assistant Commissioner of Compliance and Senior Woman Administrator in November of 2013, and was promoted Associate Commissioner in August 2015. Hinton oversees and organizes all of the administration of the conference’s NCAA compliance program, and additionally serves as the league’s chief diversity and inclusion officer. She currently serves as the tournament director for the league’s volleyball, lacrosse and tennis championships. She serves as the conference liaison for the Senior Woman Administrators, Faculty Athletic Representatives and the SAAC. In October of 2017 she was selected to represent the Mountain East Conference on the Division II Management Council. Hannah will serve a fouryear term, from January 2018 to January 2022. She is a 2010 graduate of the Boston University School of Law. She was admitted to the Georgia Bar in August of 2011 and is a member of the Atlanta Bar Association. During her time at Boston University she served as treasurer of the Black Law Student Association. Prior to coming to the Mountain East Conference, Hinton spent the last year Houston Tennis Association (HTA) where she served as the junior tennis coordinator and provided operational oversight to amateur tournaments, leagues, and junior events throughout the greater Houston area. Before accepting the position at the HTA, Hinton spent six months practicing law at Allison Jones & Associates Family Law Firm. She also spent time at the Country Club of Ocala as the Director of Tennis before moving on to Houston. Hinton graduated magna cum laude from the University of Cincinnati in 2007 where she played No. 1 singles and doubles on the tennis team. She was a two-time team captain for the Bearcats and was named to the Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Conference USA/ BIG EAST) in each of her four seasons. She was a first team selection on the Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholar team in 2006 and was a Cincinnati honoree of the Legion of Excellence Award in 2004. She also spent time working in the Compliance Office for UC Athletics.

Allie Kolezynski Assistant Commissioner for Communications & Operations Allie Kolezynski was named Assistant Commissioner for Communications and Operations at the Mountain East Conference in January 2017. Kolezynski coordinates various aspects of the MEC’s 19 sports and 18 conference championship events while performing budgeting, accounting, and fiscal management duties. She is a member of the NCAA Atlantic Region Advisory Committee for softball. Prior to joining the MEC staff, Kolezynski spent four years as Assistant Athletic Director/Director of Athletic Communications at her alma mater, Chowan University. In that capacity, she handled all communications for the 18 varsity sports that included website maintenance, social media, and publications. She earned CIAA Sports Information Director of the Year accolades in 2014 and 2016. In addition to her athletic communications duties, Kolezynski also oversaw all business transactions for the CU athletic department and accounts for individual sports, including fundraising, camps and clinics. Kolezynski served as head coach for the school’s newly created women’s cross country team during her first two years on staff before moving into full-time administration. As a student-athlete at Chowan, Kolezynski was a four-year starter and captain on the softball team. She was a three-time All-CIAA selection, three-time CIAA Commissioner’s All-Academic Team honoree, two-time NCCSIA All-State selection, NCCAA All-American, Capital One Academic All-American and Daktronics All-Region team member. Kolezynski led the team to three consecutive CIAA Northern Division titles and the program’s first-ever CIAA championship in 2010. Off the field, she served a three-year term on the NCAA Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), including a two-year stint as vice-chair, and went on to be a co-adviser during her time as an administrator at Chowan. As a senior, Kolezynski was named the 2012 CIAA Woman of the Year, the highest honor bestowed on a female CIAA student-athlete. She was again recognized by the league in 2013 earning the Commissioner’s Service Award for representing the CIAA SAAC and her work at Chowan. In October 2017, Kolezynski received the Chowan University Distinguished Young Alumnus Award. The Strongsville, Ohio native graduated from Chowan in 2012 with a degree in Business Administration and earned an MBA from Cleveland State University in 2013.

Charleston, W.Va. • Charleston Civic Center • Feb. 28-March 4

2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament Adam Zundell Senior Associate Commissioner of Communications Adam Zundell was named Associate Commissioner of Communications at the Mountain East Conference in July 2013. He was promoted to Senior Associate Commissioner in August of 2015. Zundell directs and oversees all communications efforts for the league’s 19 sports and 18 championship events. He also serves as Chief of Staff in addition to working in an advisory capacity to the commissioner. Zundell oversees and administers the all-conference awards for all 19 sports, in addition to the academic awards given each semester and the league’s annual awards. He was also heavily involved with the creation and implementation of the league’s conference-wide digital network, which delivers hours of streaming MEC content online and on OTT devices. Zundell was a member of the D2SIDA Board of Directors from 2013-16, and currently serves on the NCAA Atlantic Region Advisory Committee for men’s soccer. Additionally, he is also Atlantic Region coordinator for the Division II Collegiate Commissioners Association men’s basketball team. Zundell came to the MEC after spending seven years at Fairmont State as the Director of Athletic Communications and Marketing. He was in charge of the publicity of all 15 sports for the Falcons. He served as the editor and provided a majority of the content for fightingfalcons.com, in addition to overseeing the site’s re-design in 2010. Zundell wrote and edited all of Fairmont State’s media guides. The 2009 football media guide was rated third-best in the country by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and the 2010 women’s basketball guide was awarded fourth-best in the nation. In addition to his media relations responsibilities, he was instrumental in leading Fairmont State’s award-winning community engagement initiatives from 2009-12. FSU was recognized as having the top initiative in the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for threestraight years, and the 2011 campaign, “Put Your Best Fairmont Forward,” was recognized by the NCAA as the best in country. Prior to coming to Fairmont State, Zundell spent three years at the University of Maryland as an assistant sports information director. At Maryland, he was the primary media relations liaison for men’s soccer, wrestling and women’s lacrosse. He received national awards from CoSIDA and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) for publications and articles he generated. The Fairmont, W.Va., native earned his bachelor’s degree from Wheeling Jesuit where he was a four-time All-WVIAC and three-time NCAA Division II Academic All-America performer in cross country, in addition to winning three individual conference titles in track. He was inducted into the school’s athletics Hall of Fame in 2013. He earned his master’s degree from West Virginia University and spent three years working in the sports communication office at WVU. Zundell and his wife Kelly are the parents of Drew (11), Tyler (9) and Cara (7).

Charleston, W.Va. • Charleston Civic Center • Feb. 28-March 4

2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament

This IS The MOUNTAIN EAST The Mountain East Conference was conceived in 2012 with the mission of combining institutions that shared the goal of competing at the highest level of NCAA Division II athletics. The MEC’s footprint includes nine schools in West Virginia, two in Ohio and one in Virginia. The Mountain East Conference sponsors 19 championship sports. In just under five years of existence, the MEC has established itself as one of the top leagues both in the region and in the country. Since its beginning, MEC members have enjoyed unprecedented levels of success compared to their previous 20 years of participation at the NCAA Division II level. The league’s successes have spread across numerous institutions, seasons and sports helping to quickly establish its well-respected reputation. Among the highlights are: • 2 NCAA team championships with Wheeling Jesuit winning the volleyball title in 2015 and the University of Charleston claiming the men’s soccer championship in 2017. • 5 different schools have competed in 7 NCAA championship games in four different sports ... all NCAA title game appearances were the first for those institutions. • MEC institutions have made 13 appearances in the NCAA semifinals. • All 12 institutions have qualified a team for NCAA postseason play since joining the conference. • The MEC has earned 104 berths into the NCAA postseason since its inaugural year. • The league has won 18 Atlantic Region/Super Region 1 championships. • The conference has produced 7 NCAA Elite 90 winners (presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative gradepoint average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA’s 90 championships). • The MEC has had 5 different programs ranked No. 1 in the country, including three in men’s basketball in the last two seasons.

In 2016-17, Wheeling Jesuit continued its dominance in volleyball with a sixth-straight NCAA Atlantic Region title, and Charleston played for a national title for the second time in three years. Fairmont State became the second school to play for an NCAA Division II title in men’s basketball after putting together one of the best seasons in school history. West Virginia Wesleyan capped another tremendous year for the MEC winning the NCAA Atlantic Region title in softball (the second-straight for the MEC), and was among the final four teams remaining at the national championships. After UC’s championship in men’s soccer this fall, the MEC cohosted its first-ever swimming and diving championship along with the Great Midwest Athletic Conference to expand its championship offering to 19. In addition to team success,individuals have been put in a position to earn accolades as well earning numerous region Player of the Year awards and All-America honors in multiple sports. The success of MEC institutions and individuals has demonstrated the league’s motto of “providing opportunities and pursuing excellence.” Along with the success on the field, MEC student-athletes have excelled in the classroom as well. In the fall of 2016, nearly 800 student-athletes were recognized by the league for maintaining over a 3.25 in the fall semester, including over 350 who posted a GPA of 3.70 or better. An MEC athlete has been awarded the Elite 90 award on seven occasions, including UC men’s soccer player Conor Branson who earned the award in successive years in 2014 and 2015. The Mountain East Conference is located in Bridgeport, W.Va. For more information, visit www.mountaineast.org.

Charleston, W.Va. • Charleston Civic Center • Feb. 28-March 4

2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament

Women’s basketball INDIVIDUAL Tournament Records POINTS 69 69 67 56 52 52 50 49 48

Martha Nagbe, Notre Dame College, 2015 (4 games) Liz Flowers, West Liberty, 2016 (3 games) Keyanna Tate, Glenville State, 2015 (2 games) Jaila Bryant, Wheeling Jesuit, 2016 (3 games) Amanda Ruffner, Fairmont State, 2016 (3 games) Jordyn Peck, Charleston (3 games) Lexy Carson, W.Va. State, 2014 (2 games) Gabby Flinchum, Shepherd, 2015 (2 games) Hillary Southworth, West Liberty, 2015 (3 games) Deidra Combs, Fairmont State, 2017 (3 games)

SCORING AVERAGE (MIN 3 GAMES) 23.0 Liz Flowers, West Liberty, 2016 (3 games) 18.7 Jaila Bryant, Wheeling Jesuit, 2016 (3 games) 17.3 Martha Nagbe, Notre Dame College, 2015 (4 games) 17.3 Amanda Ruffner, Fairmont State, 2016 (3 games) 17.3 Jordyn Peck, Charleston, 2017 (3 games) 16.3 Hillary Southworth, West Liberty, 2015 (3 games) 16.0 Deidra Combs, Fairmont State, 2017 (3 games) 15.3 Emily Puskarich, Fairmont State, 2017 (3 games) 15.3. Monica Burns, Wheeling Jesuit, 2017 (3 games) SCORING AVERAGE (MIN 2 GAMES) 33.5 Keyanna Tate, Glenville State, 2015 (2 games) 25.0 Lexy Carson, W.Va. State, 2014 (2 games) 25.0 Gabby Flinchum, Shepherd, 2015 (2 games) 23.5 Hallie Gunnoe, Fairmont State, 2015 (2 games) 23.0 Liz Flowers, West Liberty, 2016 (3 games) 22.5 DeVonyea Johnson, Urbana, 2014 (2 games) 22.5 Jaila Bryant, Wheeling Jesuit, 2015 (2 games) 22.5 Hailey Garrett, Fairmont State, 2015 (2 games) 19.5 Briana Vade, Shepherd, 2015, 2 games) 19.0 Liz Flowers, West Liberty, 2014 (2 games) 19.0 Kaya Carey, UVa-Wise, 2017 (2 games) FIELD GOALS MADE 27 Liz Flowers, West Liberty, 2016 (3 games) 26 Keyanna Tate, Glenville State, 2015 (2 games) 20 Jaila Bryant, Wheeling Jesuit, 2015 (2 games) 20 Martha Nagbe, Notre Dame College, 2015 (4 games) 20 Amanda Ruffner, Fairmont State, 2016 (3 games) 18 Hallie Gunnoe, Fairmont State, 2015 (2 games) 18 Deidra Combs, Fairmont State, 2017 (3 games) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 51 Liz Flowers, West Liberty, 2016 (3 games) 50 Martha Nagbe, Notre Dame, 2015 (4 games) 47 Jaila Bryant, Wheeling Jesuit, 2016 (3 games) 44 Hillary Southworth, West Liberty, 2015 (3 games) 41 Jordyn Peck, Charleston, 2017 (3 games) 39 Liz Flowers, West Liberty, 2014 (2 games) 39 Liz Flowers, West Liberty, 2015 (3 games) 39 Jaila Bryant, Wheeling Jesuit, 2015 (2 games) 39 Keyanna Tate, Glenville State, 2015 (2 games) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (MIN 15 MADE) .739 (17-23) Kierra Simpson, West Liberty, 2015 (3 games) .714 (20-28) Amanda Ruffner, Fairmont State, 2016 (3 games) .680 (17-25) Gabby Flinchum, Shepherd, 2015 (2 games) .667 (26-39) Keyanna Tate, Glenville State, 2015 (2 games) .593 (16-27) Kayla Carey, UVa-Wise, 2017 (2 games) .581 (18-31) Hallie Gunnoe, Fairmont State, 2015 (2 games) .577 (15-26) Jaana Motton, Wheeling Jesuit, 2017 (3 games) .571 (16-28) Hailey Garrett, Fairmont State, 2015 (2 games) .548 (17-31) DeVonyea Johnson, Urbana, 2014 (2 games) .529 (27-51) Liz Flowers, West Liberty, 2016 (3 games)

THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE 12 Emily Puskarich, Fairmont State, 2017 (3 games) 11 Kenyell Goodson, Glenville State, 2014 (3 games) 9 Hillary Southworth, Wheeling Jesuit, 2015 (3 games) 9 Liz Flowers, West Liberty, 2016 (3 games) 8 DeVonyea Johnson, Urbana, 2014 (2 games) 8 Emily Puskarich, Fairmont State, 2016 (3 games) THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 27 Emily Puskarich, Fairmont State, 2017 (3 games) 25 Kenyell Goodson, Glenville State, 2014 (3 games) 25 Liz Flowers, West Liberty, 2016 (3 games) 23 Blair Harding, UVa-Wise, 2015 (2 games) 23 Liz Flowers, West Liberty, 2015 (3 games) 22 Emily Puskarich, Fairmont State, 2016 (3 games) 21 Ginny Mills, Glenville State, 2014 (3 games) 19 Monica Burns, Wheeling Jesuit, 2017 (3 games) THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (MIN 5 MADE) .714 (5-7) Kylie Frizell, Wheeling Jesuit, 2016 (3 games) .714 (5-7) Kayla Mullins, UVa-Wise, 2017 (2 games) .667 (6-9) Morgan Arden, Shepherd, 2016 (1 game) .556 (5-9) Jessica Garcia, Notre Dame, 2015 (4 games) .556 (5-9) Makenzie Cluesman, UVa-Wise, 2016 (2 games) .538 (7-13) Kylie Frizell, Wheeling Jesuit, 2017 (3 games) .529 (9-17) Hillary Southworth, West Liberty, 2015 (3 games) FREE THROWS MADE 25 Martha Nagbe, Notre Dame College, 2015 (4 games) 23 Jaila Bryant, Wheeling Jesuit, 2016 (3 games) 22 Mariah Callen, Wheeling Jesuit, 2016 (3 games) 21 Taylor Sandidge, UVa-Wise, 2015 (2 games) 19 Jordyn Peck, Charleston, 2017 (3 games) 18 Lauren Langenderfer, Notre Dame College, 2015 (4 games) 18 Monica Burns, Wheeling Jesuit, 2017 (3 games)

ASSISTS 21 Kailee Howe, West Liberty, 2015 (3 games) 18 Kailee Howe, West Liberty, 2016 (3 games) 16 Liz Flowers, West Liberty, 2015 (3 games) 16 Gabrielle Etter, Fairmont State, 2016 (3 games) 15 Makenzie White, Fairmont State, 2017 (3 games) 14 Cara Mason, Shepherd, 2017 (2 games) 13 Martha Nagbe, Notre Dame, 2016 (2 games) 13 Makenzie Cluesman, UVa-Wise, 2017 (2 games) 12 Makenzie White, Fairmont State, 2014 (2 games) STEALS 13 12 11 10 9 8 8 8

Martha Nagbe, Notre Dame College, 2014 (4 games) Mariah Callen, Wheeling Jesuit, 2016 (3 games) Emily Puskarich, Fairmont State, 2017 (3 games) Emily Puskarich, Fairmont State, 2016 (3 games) Makenzie White, Fairmont State, 2017 (3 games) Deidra Combs, Fairmont State, 2014 (2 games) Chenelle Moore, Wheeling Jesuit, 2016 (3 games) Kailee Howe, West Liberty, 2016 (3 games)

BLOCKED SHOTS 12 Aesha Peters, Glenville State, 2014 (3 games) 12 Kierra Simpson, West Liberty, 2016 (3 games) 12 Kierra Simpson, West Liberty, 2015 (3 games) 7 Deidra Combs, Wheeling Jesuit, 2016 (3 games) 6 Asia Greenleaf, W.Va. State, 2014 (2 games) 6 Gabby Flinchum, Shepherd, 2015 (2 games) 5 Jaana Motton, Wheeling Jesuit, 2016 (3 games) 5 Liz Myers, Shepherd, 2017 (2 games)

FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 36 Martha Nagbe, Notre Dame College, 2015 (4 games) 29 Taylor Sandidge, UVa-Wise, 2015 (2 games) 28 Jaila Bryant, Wheeling Jesuit, 2016 (3 games) 26 Mariah Callen, Wheeling Jesuit, 2016 (3 games) 24 Lauren Langenderfer, Notre Dame College, 2015 (4 games) 23 Chyress Lockhart, Charleston, 2014 (3 games) 22 Gabby Flinchum, Shepherd, 2015 (2 games) 21 Keyanna Tate, Glenville State, 2015 (2 games) 20 Lexy Carson, W.Va. State, 2014 (2 games) 20 Jordyn Peck, Charleston, 2017 (3 games) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE (MIN 10 MADE) 1.000 (18-18) Monica Burns, Wheeling Jesuit, 2017 (3 games) 1.000 (14-14) Chyress Lockhart, Charleston, 2016 (2 games) 1.000 (11-11) Taneka Lewis, Wheeling Jesuit, 2014 (2 games) 1.000 (10-10) Kailee Howe, West Liberty, 2016 (3 games) .950 (19-20) Jordyn Peck, Charleston, 2017 (3 games) .941 (16-17) Briana Vaden, Shepherd, 2015 (2 games) .917 (11-12) Rachel Ward, W.Va. State, 2015 (1 game) .923 (12-13) Amanda Ruffner, Fairmont State, 2016 (3 games) .917 (11-12) Kylie Frizell, Wheeling Jesuit, 2016 (3 games) .909 (10-11) Hallie Gunnoe, Fairmont State, 2015 (2 games) REBOUNDS 39 Kierra Simpson, West Liberty, 2015 (3 games) 34 Kierra Simpson, West Liberty, 2016 (3 games) 32 Martha Nagbe, Notre Dame, 2015 (4 games) 29 Kiara Johnson, Charleston, 2014 (3 games) 26 Aesha Peters, Glenville State, 2014 (3 games) 26 Liz Myers, Shepherd, 2017 (2 games) 25 Jaana Motton, Wheeling Jesuit, 2016 (3 games) 25 Chenelle Moore, Wheeling Jesuit, 2016 (3 games) 24 Amanda Ruffner, Fairmont State, 2016 (3 games)

Charleston, W.Va. • Charleston Civic Center • Feb. 28-March 4

2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament

Women’s basketball INDIVIDUAL SINGLE GAME RECORDS POINTS 37 37 34 30 30 29 28

Keyanna Tate (GSC) vs. W.Va. State (3/3/15) Morgan Arden (SU) vs. Charleston (3/1/16) Liz Flowers (WLU) vs. Fairmont State (3/5/16) Hailey Garrett (FSU) vs. Urbana (3/3/15) Keyanna Tate (GSC) vs. Shepherd (3/5/15) Makenzie Cluesman (WISE) at W.Va. State (3/1/16) Andrea Bertrand (CU) vs. Wheeling Jesuit (3/4/14)

FIELD GOALS 14 Keyanna Tate (GSC) vs. W.Va. State (3/3/15) 13 Morgan Arden (SU) at Charleston (3/1/16) 12 Keyanna Tate (GSC) vs. Shepherd (3/5/15) 12 Liz Flowers (WLU) vs. Fairmont State (3/5/16) 11 Hallie Gunnoe (FSU) vs. Wheeling Jesuit (3/5/15) 11 Liz Flowers (WLU) vs. UVa-Wise (3/3/16) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 30 Morgan Arden (SU) vs. Charleston (3/1/16) 26 Jaila Bryant (WJU) vs. West Liberty (3/7/15) 24 Andrea Bertrand (CU) vs. Wheeling Jesuit (3/4/14) 24 Liz Flowers (WLU) vs. Fairmont State (3/5/16) 24 Paris McLeod (GSC) vs. Charleston (3/2/17) 22 Martha Nagbe (NDC) vs. West Liberty (3/8/15) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (MIN 10 ATTEMPTS) .833 (10-12) Amanda Ruffner (FSU) vs. Glenville State (3/3/16) .818 (9-11) Chelsea Richardson (WJU) vs. Shepherd (3/2/17) .769 (10-13) Jaila Bryant (WJU) vs. Fairmont State (3/5/15) .727 (8-11) Hailey Garrett (FSU) vs. W.Va. Wesleyan (3/4/14) .727 (8-11) Deidra Combs (FSU) vs. Concord (3/1/16) .714 (10-14) Hailey Garrett (FSU) vs. Urbana (3/3/15) .714 (10-14) Deidra Combs (FSU) vs. Charleston (3/4/17) THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS 8 Emily Puskarich (FSU) vs. Notre Dame (3/2/17) 6 Kenyell Goodson (GSC) vs. W.Va. State (3/8/14) 6 Morgan Arden (SU) vs. Charleston (3/1/16) THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 15 Emily Puskarich (FSU) vs. Notre Dame (3/2/17) 14 Liz Flowers (WLU) vs. Fairmont State (3/5/16) 13 Kenyell Goodson (GSC) vs. W.Va. State (3/8/14) 13 McKenna Shives (WLU) vs. Charleston (3/1/17) 12 Blair Harding (WISE) vs. West Liberty (3/5/15) 12 Jasmine Davis (WVSU) vs. UVa-Wise (3/2/17)

FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 16 Taylor Sandidge (WISE) vs. Concord (3/3/15) 14 Chyress Lockhart (UC) vs. West Liberty (3/8/14) Keyanna Tate (GSC) vs. W.Va. State (3/315) Jordyn Peck (UC) vs. Glenville State 93/2/17) 13 Four Times FREE THROW PERCENTAGE (MIN 8 FTM) 1.000 (14-14) Jordyn Peck (UC) vs. Glenville State (3/2/17) 1.000 (10-10) Chyress Lockhart (UC) vs. Shepherd (3/1/16) 1.000 (10-10) Kailee Howe (WLU) vs. Wheeling Jesuit (3/6/16) 1.000 (9-9) Cara Mason (SU) vs. Urbana (3/4/14) 1.000 (8-8) Monica Burns (WJU) vs. Shepherd (3/2/17) 1.000 (8-8) Amanda Ruffner (FSU) vs. Charleston (3/4/17) REBOUNDS 19 Jazmyn Haley (UU) vs. W.Va. Wesleyan (3/1/16) 17 Jaana Motton (WJU) vs. West Liberty (3/7/15) 17 Liz Myers (SU) vs. Wheeling Jesuit (3/2/17) 16 Kiara Johnson (UC) vs. Urbana (3/6/14) Kierra Simpson (WLU) vs. Wheeling Jesuit (3/7/16) Kierra Simpson (WLU) vs. Fairmont State (3/5/16) 14 Anna Hayton (UC) vs. West Liberty (3/1/17) ASSISTS 12 Kailee Howe (WLU) vs. Notre Dame (3/8/15) 10 Gabrielle Etter (FSU) vs. Glenville State (3/3/16) 9 Makenzie White (FSU) vs. W.Va. Wesleyan (3/4/14) Liz Flowers (WLU) vs. UVa-Wise (3/6/14) 8 Four times

SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD 2014.......... Nichole Perry (Charleston) 2015.......... Martha Nagbe (Notre Dame) 2016.......... Martha Nagbe (Notre Dame) 2017.......... Makenzie Cluesman (UVa-Wise)

HEART& HUSTLE AWARD 2014.......... Jessica Parsons (Glenville State) 2015.......... Hillary Southworth (West Liberty) 2016.......... Emily Bucon (West Liberty) 2017.......... Makenzie White (Fairmont State

HIGHEST SCORING AVERAGE 2014.........Lexy Carson (W.Va. State) -- 25.0 ppg 2015.........Keyanna Tate (Glenville State) -- 33.5 ppg 2016.........Liz Flowers (West Liberty) -- 23.0 ppg 2017.........Kayla Carey (UVa-Wise) --19.0 ppg

TOURNAMENT MVP 2014.........Kenyona Simmons (Glenville State) 2015.........Kailee Howe (West Liberty) 2016.........Jaila Bryant (Wheeling Jesuit) 2017.........Jaana Motton (Wheeling Jesuit)

STEALS 7 Makenzie White (FSU) vs. Notre Dame (3/2/17) 6 Tasia Bistow (GSC) vs. Wheeling Jesuit (3/6/14) Martha Nagbe (NDC) vs. W.Va. Wesleyan (3/3/15) Mariah Callen (WJU) vs. Notre Dame (3/5/16) 5 Eleven Times BLOCKS 6 Kierra Simpson (WLU) vs. Fairmont State (3/5/16) 5 Aesha Peters (GSC) vs. Wheeling Jesuit (3/6/14) Aesha Peters (GSC) vs. W.Va. State (3/8/14) Kierra Simpson (WLU) vs. UVa-Wise (3/5/15) Kierra Simpson (WLU) vs. Wheeling Jesuit (3/7/15) 4 Erin Entinghe (NDC) vs. UVa-Wise (3/4/14)

THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (MIN 5 3FGM) .667 (6-9) Morgan Arden (SU) vs. Charlesotn (3/1/16) .625 (5-8) Makenzie Cluesman (UVa-Wise) vs. Notre Dame (3/4/14) .625 (5-8) Martha Nagbe (NDC) vs. Urbana (3/3/16) .556 (5-9) Makenzie Cluesman (WISE) at W.Va. State (3/1/16) .533 (8-15) Emily Puskarich (FSU) vs. Notre Dame (3/2/17) .500 (5-10) Jenn Mohney (WLU) vs. UVa-Wise (3/6/14) FREE THROWS 14 Jordyn Peck (UC) vs. Glenville State (3/2/17) 12 Taylor Sandidge (WISE) vs. Concord (3/3/15) 11 Rachel Ward (WVSU) vs. Glenville State (3/3/15) Briana Vaden (SU) vs. Glenville State (3/5/15) 10 Five Times

Charleston, W.Va. • Charleston Civic Center • Feb. 28-March 4

2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament

men’s basketball INDIVIDUAL Tournament Records POINTS 114 76 72 70 65 64 64 63 62

Tyree Gaiter, Notre Dame, 2016 (4 games) Will Vorhees, Notre Dame, 2016 (4 games) Donte Morales, Glenville State, 2015 (4 games) Rob Reed, Concord, 2016 (3 games) Seger Bonifant, West Liberty, 2016 (2 games) Sedric Nady, Glenville State, 2016 (2 games) Devin Hoehn, West Liberty, 2017 (3 games) Sedric Nady, Glenville State, 2015 (4 games) Lawrence DeArmond, Notre Dame, 2014 (2 games)

SCORING AVERAGE (MIN 3 GAMES) 28.5 Tyree Gaiter, Notre Dame, 2016 23.3 Rob Reed, Concord, 2016 21.3 Devin Hoehn, West Liberty, 2017 20.0 Jamel Morris, Fairmont State, 2015 19.0 Will Vorhees, Notre Dame, 2016 18.7 Shawn Dyer, West Liberty, 2014 18.3 CJ Hester, West Liberty, 2014 18.3 Terry Hopewell, Concord, 2016 18.3 Dan Monteroso, West Liberty, 2017 SCORING AVERAGE (MIN 2 GAMES) 32.5 Seger Bonifant, West Liberty, 2016 32.0 Sedric Nady, Glenville State, 2016 31.0 Lawrence DeArmond, Notre Dame, 2014 28.5 Tyree Gaiter, Notre Dame, 2016 26.5 Elliott Cole, Charleston, 2017 25.0 Justin Fritts, Wheeling Jesuit, 2014 24.0 Lawrence DeArmond, Notre Dame, 2015 23.5 Andre Harris, Wheeling Jesuit, 2014 23.3 Rob Reed, Concord, 2016 22.5 Brett Morris, Glenville State, 2016 FIELD GOALS MADE 37 Tyree Gaiter, Notre Dame, 2016 (4 games) 28 Will Vorhees, Notre Dame, 2016 (4 games) 25 Lawrence DeArmond, Notre Dame, 2014 (2 games) 25 Devin Hoehn, West Liberty, 2017 (3 games) 23 CJ Hester, West Liberty, 2014 (3 games) 23 Donte Morales, Glenville State, 2015 (4 games) 23 Rob Reed, Concord, 2016 (3 games) 23 Kyauta Taylor, Notre Dame, 2016 (4 games) 21 Sedric Nady, Glenville State, 2015 (4 games) 21 Terry Hopewell, Concord, 2016 (3 games) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 76 Tyree Gaiter, Notre Dame, 2016 (4 games) 65 Kyauta Taylor, Notre Dame, 2016 (4 games) 57 Will Vorhees, Notre Dame, 2016 (4 games) 52 Rob Reed, Concord, 2016 (3 games) 44 Lawrence DeArmond, Notre Dame, 2014 (2 games) 44 Elliott Cole, Charleston, 2017 (2 games) 42 Reggie Williams, Glenville State, 2015 (4 games) 42 Devin Hoehn, West Liberty, 2017 (3 games) 41 Donte Morales, Glenville State, 2015 (4 games) 40 Dan Monteroso, West Liberty, 2017 (3 games) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (MIN 15 MADE) .793 (23-29) CJ Hester, West Liberty, 2014 (3 games) .750 (21-28) Terry Hopewell, Concord, 2016 (3 games) .654 (17-26) Lawrence DeArmond, Notre Dame, 2015 (2 games) .643 (18-28) Eric Siefert, Wheeling Jesuit, 2014 (2 games) .633 (19-30) Seger Bonifant, West Liberty, 2016 (2 games) .600 (21-35) Sedric Nady, Glenville State, 2015 (4 games) .595 (25-42) Devin Hoehn, West Liberty, 2017 (3 games) .576 (19-33) Andre Harris, Wheeling Jesuit, 2014 (2 games) .576 (19-33) Denzel Douglas, Charleston, 2014 (3 games) .568 (25-44) Lawrence DeArmond, Notre Dame, 2014 (2 games)

THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE 15 Rob Reed, Concord, 2016 (3 games) 14 Tyree Gaiter, Notre Dame, 2016 (4 games) 13 Jamel Morris, Fairmont State, 2015 (3 games) 12 Brett Ervin, W.Va. Wesleyan, 2014 (2 games) 12 Xavier Humphrey, Charleston, 2014 (3 games) 10 Justin Fritts, Wheeling Jesuit, 2014 (2 games) 10 Donte Morales, Glenville State, 2015 (4 games) 10 Sedric Nady, Glenville State, 2015 (4 games) THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 40 Tyree Gaiter, Notre Dame, 2016 (4 games) 35 Kyauta Taylor, Notre Dame, 2016 (4 games) 29 Xavier Humphrey, Charleston, 2014 (3 games) 27 Jamel Morris, Fairmont State, 2015 (3 games) 27 Rob Reed, Concord, 2016 (3 games) 21 Brett Ervin, W.Va. Wesleyan, 2014 (2 games) 20 Justin Fritts, Wheeling Jesuit, 2014 (2 games) 20 Sedric Nady, Glenville State, 2015 (4 games) 20 Devin Hoehn, West Liberty, 2016 (2 games) THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (MIN 5 MADE) .727 (8-11) Devin Hoehn, West Liberty, 2014 (3 games) .636 (7-11) Carlas Jackson, Urbana, 2016 (1 game) .625 (5-8) Matt Csuhran, Urbana, 2015 (1 game) .615 (8-13) Chase Morgan, Fairmont State, 2014 (2 games) .615 (8-13) Chase Lawson, Wheeling Jesuit, 2017 (2 games) .600 (6-10) Eric Siefert, Wheeling Jesuit, 2014 (2 games) .571 (12-21) Brett Ervin, W.Va. Wesleyan, 2014 (2 games) .556 (10-18) Donte Morales, Glenville State, 2015 (4 games) .556 (15-27) Rob Reed, Concord, 2016 (3 games) .556 (5-9) Matt Day, UVa-Wise, 2016 (1 game) FREE THROWS MADE 26 Tyree Gaiter, Notre Dame, 2016 (4 games) 23 Seger Bonifant, West Liberty, 2016 (2 games) 16 Pat Moseh, Wheeling Jesuit, 2015 (3 games) 16 Tyree Gaiter, Notre Dame, 2015 (2 games) 16 Donte Morales, Glenville State, 2015 (4 games) 16 Brett Morris, Glenville State, 2015 (4 games) 16 Will Vorhees, Notre Dame, 2016 (4 games) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 30 Seger Bonifant, West Liberty, 2016 (2 games) 29 Tyree Gaiter, Notre Dame, 2016 (4 games) 23 Donte Morales, Glenville State, 2015 (4 games) 23 Brett Morris, Glenville State, 2015 (4 games) 22 Tyree Gaiter, Notre Dame, 2015 (2 games) 21 Pat Moseh, Wheeling Jesuit, 2015 (3 games) 21 Terry Hopewell, Concord, 2016 (3 games)

REBOUNDS 49 Ja’Sean Lewis, Notre Dame, 2016 (4 games) 41 Terry Hopewell, Concord, 2016 (3 games) 33 Zac Grossenbacher, West Liberty, 2016 (2 games) 33 Zac Grossenbacher, West Liberty, 2017 (3 games) 32 Will Vorhees, Notre Dame, 2016 (4 games) 31 Fred Simpson, Charleston, 2014 (3 games) 31 Haywood Highsmith, Wheeling Jesuit, 2015 (3 games) 28 Morgan McDonald, Shepherd, 2014 (2 games) 28 Geovonte Rose, Notre Dame, 2014 (2 games) 28 Kyauta Taylor, Notre Dame, 2016 (4 games) ASSISTS 32 Tyree Gaiter, Notre Dame, 2016 (4 games) 18 Denzel Douglas, Charleston, 2014 (3 games) 17 Shammgod Wells, Fairmont State, 2017 (3 games) 16 David Dennis, West Liberty, 2017 (3 games) 14 Eric Siefert, Wheeling Jesuit, 2014 (2 games) 14 Cedric Harris, West Liberty, 2014 (3 games) 14 Reggie Williams, Glenville State, 2015 (4 games) STEALS 10 9 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6

Tyree Gaiter, Notre Dame, 2016 (4 games) Denzel Douglas, Charleston, 2014 (3 games) Juwan Wells, Glenville State, 2015 (4 games) Kyauta Taylor, Notre Dame, 2016 (4 games) Eric Siefert, Wheeling Jesuit, 2015 (3 games) Derrick Sanderfer Jr., Urbana, 2014 (1 game) Pat Moseh, Wheeling Jesuit, 2015 (3 games) Jamel Morris, Fairmont State, 2015 (3 games) Nain Muhammad, Shepherd, 2017 (2 games) David Dennis, West Liberty, 2017 (3 games) Matt Bingaya, Fairmont State, 2017 (3 games)

BLOCKED SHOTS 10 Trevor Andrews-Evans, Fairmont State, 2014 (2 games) 10 Ja’Sean Lewis, Notre Dame, 2016 (4 games) 8 Brett Morris, Glenville State, 2017 (2 games) 7 Keene Cockburn, West Liberty, 2014 (3 games) 6 Morgan McDonald, Shepherd, 2014 (2 games) 6 Haywood Highsmith, Wheeling Jesuit, 2015 (3 games) 6 Brett Morris, Glenville State, 2015 (4 games) 6 Zac Grossenbacher, West Liberty, 2016 (2 games) 6 Trevor Andrews-Evans,Fairmont State, 2017 (3 games) 6 Zac Grossenbacher, West Liberty, 2017 (3 games)

FREE THROW PERCENTAGE (MIN 10 MADE) 1.000 (12-12) Matt Stewart, Wheeling Jesuit, 2015 (3 games) .929 (13-14) Tyree Gaiter, Notre Dame, 2014 (2 games) .917 (11-12) Shawn Dyer, West Liberty, 2014 (3 games) .897 (26-29) Tyree Gaiter, Notre Dame, 2016 (4 games) .857 (12-14) Aleksander Kesic, Charleston, 2014 (3 games) .846 (11-13) Jamel Morris, Fairmont State, 2015 (3 games) .842 (16-18) Will Vorhees, Notre Dame, 2016 (4 games) .833 (10-12) Thomas Wimbush, Fairmont State, 2015 (3 games) .824 (14-17) Elliott Cole, Charleston, 2017 (2 games) .813 (13-16) Naim Muhammad, Shepherd, 2015 (2 games)

Charleston, W.Va. • Charleston Civic Center • Feb. 28-March 4

2018 Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament

men’s basketball INDIVIDUAL SINGLE GAME RECORDS POINTS 41 39 34 34 33 33 32 32 32 32 32

Sedric Nady (GSC) at Shepherd (3/1/16) Tyree Gaiter (NDC) vs. Wheeling Jesuit (3/5/16) Rob Reed (CU) vs. West Liberty (3/5/16) Devin Hoehn (WLU) vs. Wheeling Jesuit (3/4/17) Lawrence DeArmond (NDC) vs. W.Va. State (3/3/15) Seger Bonifant (WLU) vs. Concord (3/5/16) Justin Fritts (WJU) vs. UVa-Wise (3/4/14) Lawrence DeArmond (NDC) vs. West Liberty (3/7/14) Jamel Morris (FSU) vs. Notre Dame (3/6/15) Tyree Gaiter (NDC) vs. UVa-Wise (3/1/16) Seger Bonifant (WLU) vs. Glenville State (3/4/16)

FIELD GOALS 14 Lawrence DeArmond (NDC) vs. W.Va. State (3/4/14) 13 Tanner McGrew (WVWC) vs. W.Va. State (3/1/16) 12 Lawrence DeArmond (NDC) vs. W.Va. State (3/3/15) 12 Sedric Nady (GSC) at Shepherd (3/1/16) 12 Devin Hoehn (WLU) vs. Wheeling Jesuit (3/4/17) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 25 Lawrence DeArmond (NDC) vs. W.Va. State (3/4/14) 25 Kyauta Taylor (NDC) vs. Concord (3/6/16) 24 Sedric Nady (GSC) at Shepherd (3/1/16) 24 Tanner McGrew (WVWC) vs. W.Va. State (3/1/16) 23 Rob Reed (CU) vs. West Liberty (3/5/16) 23 Tyree Gaiter (NDC) vs. Concord (3/6/16) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (MIN 10 ATTEMPTS) .900 (9-10) C.J. Hester (WLU) vs. Fairmont State (3/8/14) .900 (9-10) Damion Harris (WVSU) at Notre Dame (3/3/15) .800 (8-10) Haywood Highsmith (WJU) vs. W.Va. Wesleyan (3/4/16) .786 (11-14) Brett Morris (GSC) vs. UVa-Wise (3/1/17) .769 (10-13) Andre Harris (WJU) vs. UVa-Wise (3/4/14) THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS 9 Jamel Morris (FSU) vs. Notre Dame (3/6/15) 8 Brett Ervin (WVWC) vs. Urbana (3/4/14) 7 Sedric Nady (GSC) at Shepherd (3/1/16) 7 Carlas Jackson (UU) at Charleston (3/1/16) 7 Rob Reed (CU) vs. West Liberty (3/5/16) THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 16 Tyree Gaiter (NDC) vs. Concord (3/6/16) 15 Jamel Morris (FSU) vs. Notre Dame (3/6/15) 15 Kyauta Taylor (NDC) vs. Concord (3/6/16) 14 Brett Ervin (WVWC) vs. Urbana (3/4/14) 14 Devin Hoehn (WLU) vs. Concord (3/5/16) THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (MIN 5 3FGM) 1.000 (6-6) Rob Reed (CU) vs. Charleston (3/4/16) .714 (5-7) Chase Lawson (WJU) vs. W.Va. Wesleyan (3/3/17) .667 (6-9) Xavier Humphrey (UC) vs. Wheeling Jesuit (3/7/14) .667 (6-9) Chase Morgan (FSU) vs. West Liberty (3/8/14)

FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 16 Charles George (UVa-Wise) vs. Wheeling Jesuit (3/4/14) 16 Seger Bonifant (WLU) vs. Concord (3/5/16) 16 Tyree Gaiter (NDC) vs. Wheeling Jesuit (3/5/16) 14 Deon Boyce (UVa-Wise) vs. Wheeling Jesuit (3/4/14) 14 Tyree Gaiter (NDC) vs. W.Va. State (3/3/15) 14 Seger Bonifant (WLU) vs. Glenville State (3/4/16) 14 Brett Morris (GSC) vs. West Liberty (3/4/16) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE (MIN 8 FTM) 1.000 (16-16) Tyree Gaiter (NDC) vs. Wheeling Jesuit (3/5/16) 1.000 (10-10) Sedric Nady (GSC) at Shepherd (3/1/16) .917 (11-12) Aleksander Kesic (UC) vs. Wheeling Jesuit (3/7/14) .900 (9-10) Mo Berchie (WVWC) vs. Wheeling Jesuit (3/3/17) .889 (8-9) Tyree Gaiter (NDC) vs. W.Va. State (3/4/14) .889 (8-9) Danny Goins (UU) vs. W.Va. Wesleyan (3/4/14) REBOUNDS 22 Zac Grossenbacher (WLU) vs. Concord (3/5/16) 21 Geovonte Rose (NDC) vs. W.Va. State (3/4/14) 19 Terry Hopewell (CU) vs. West Liberty (3/5/16) 18 Ja’Sean Lewis (NDC) vs. Fairmont State (3/4/16) 18 Jahmere Howze (UU) vs. Charleston (3/1/17) 17 Tanner McGrew (WVWC) vs. Shepherd (3/3/15) 16 Morgan McDonald (SU) vs. Concord (3/4/14) 15 Mo Berchie (WVWC) vs. W.Va. State (3/1/16) ASSISTS 12 Tyre Gaiter (NDC) vs. UVa-Wise (3/1/16) 10 Eric Siefert (WJU) vs. Charleston (3/7/14) 10 Ricardo Hill (WISE) at Notre Dame (3/1/16) 9 Denzel Douglas (UC) vs. Glenville State (3/8/14) 8 Shawn Dyer (WLU) vs. Notre Dame (3/7/14) 8 Shammgod Wells (FSU) vs. West Liberty (3/8/14) 8 Tyree Gaiter (NDC) vs. Fairmont State (3/4/16) 8 Tyree Gaiter (NDC) vs. Concord (3/6/16) 8 Shammgod Wells (FSU) vs. Shepherd (3/4/17) STEALS 6 Derrick Sanderfer Jr. (UU) vs. W.Va. Wesleyan (3/4/14) 5 Eric Siefert (WJU) vs. UVa-Wise (3/4/14) 5 Kyle Ritz (WJU) vs. Charleston (3/7/14) 5 Pat Moseh (WJU) vs. Fairmont State (3/7/15) 5 Michal Seals (WISE) vs. Gleville State (3/1/17) 5 David Dennis (WLU) vs. Fairmont State (3/5/17) BLOCKS 7 Trevor Andrews-Evans (FSU) vs. West Liberty (3/8/14) 5 Ja’Sean Lewis (NDC) vs. Fairmont State (3/4/16) 4 Keene Cockburn (WLU) vs. Fairmont State (3/8/14) 4 Morgan McDonald (SU) vs. West Liberty (3/6/15) 4 Justin Johnson (UU) at Charleston (3/1/16) 4 Zac Grossenbacher (WLU) vs. Concord (3/5/16) 4 Brett Morris (GSC) vs. West Liberty (3/3/17) 4 Zac Grossenbacher (WLU) vs. Glenville State (3/3/17) 4 Trevor Andrews-Evans (FSU) vs. Charleston (3/3/17) 4 Brett Morris (GSC) vs. UVa-Wise (3/1/17)

SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD 2014.......... Seger Bonifant (West Liberty) 2015.......... Brien Winston (Glenville State) 2016.......... Kyle Ritz (Wheeling Jesuit) 2017.......... A.J. Carr (Shepherd)

HEART& HUSTLE AWARD 2014.......... C.J. Hester (West Liberty) 2015.......... Thomas Wimbush (Fairmont State) 2016.......... Tyree Gaiter (Notre Dame) 2017.......... Thomas Wimbush (Fairmont State)

HIGHEST SCORING AVERAGE 2014.......... Lawrence DeArmond (Notre Dame) -- 31.0 2015.......... Lawrence DeArmond (Notre Dame) -- 24.0 2016.......... Seger Bonifant (West Liberty) -- 32.5 2017.......... Elliott Cole (Charleston) -- 26.5

TOURNAMENT MVP 2014.......... Fred Simpson (Charleston) 2015.......... Donte Morales (Glenville State) 2016.......... Rob Reed (Concord) 2017.......... Devin Hoehn

FREE THROWS MADE 16 Tyree Gaiter (NDC) vs. Wheeling Jesuit (3/5/16) 12 Charles George (UVa-Wise) vs. Wheeling Jesuit (3/4/14) Deon Boyce (UVa-Wise) vs. Wheeling Jesuit (3/4/14) Aleksander Kesic (UC) vs. Wheeling Jesuit (3/7/14) Seger Bonifant (WLU) vs. Glenville State (3/4/16)

Charleston, W.Va. • Charleston Civic Center • Feb. 28-March 4

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