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The guide was written, designed and edited by Assistant SID P.J. Gradowski. Editorial assistance provided by the UDM Sports Information office and Mark Engel. Photos by Tim Busch, AJ Mast and UDM Sports Info.
Your Defending Horizon League Champions
2011 Roster Name Name Maarn M rnii Acht hter erh er hoff ho Collet et Han ette anse se en L nd Li ndse sey ey La L m mm mer es Alliliso on Se S arrs Alai Al aiinn ain naa Sttef e an n Chri rist sttiin na Th hor orne ne ne Liz Zo ou uzzal al
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Head Coa acch h: Te errrii An nttho honyy-R -Ryan yaan - Si Sixt xth Se xt Seasson on (Sa Sag gina gin gi naw Va Vallllley ey ‘‘81 81 8 1 1)) Assistantt C Co o oac ach: K ac Kyyle e SSte tefa te fan - Se fan S co ond nd Sea easo son (W Wayyne ne SSta t te ta t ‘09 9)
Lindsey Lammers Fr. Milan, MI
Allison Sears So. Clio, MI
Alainna Stefan Sr. Dearborn, MI
Marni Achterhoff Sr. Muskegon, MI
Christina Thorne Fr. Kingston, ON
Collette Hansen So. West Olive, MI
Liz Zouzal Jr. Windsor, ON
Back Row (L-R): Head Coach Terri Anthony-Ryan, Marni Achterhoff, Alainna Stefan, Liz Zouzal, Lindsey Lammers, Brooke Adamczak, Assistant Coach Kyle Stefan Front Row (L-R): Christina Thorne, Allison Sears, Collette Hansen
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Home Course The e Tita Tit n wome en’s go golf lf teaam is grateful to the e mem embe ers aan nd sta taff ff of We West s er ern n Go G lf and d Count ntry nt tryy Clu ub, b wh ho g accio gr iously allllow ow tthe he ttea eam to use the he cclu lub b as its tss h hom ome e c ur co u se e. Loca Lo cate ted ed in in the h nearb earbyy su ubu b rb of Redf dffo orrd To T wn wnsship ship and an d haavi ving ng celeb bra rate ted te d itts 75 5th hA Ann n iver errsaary in 20 2001 0 , West We sttern ste rn is one ne of tth he mo most h most his isto is tori to ricc coun untrry cl club ubss in the St th Stat atte of Mic ate ichiigan. n Earlyy in n 19 926, 92 6 the he fou o nd n at atio on fo forr th t e cl clu ub was laid ub d with the sol ollic icit citat ittatio ion n of of mem mb be e ers rs, th rs he co con nsstrruct ucttiion n of a clubhouse e an and d tth he h haan nd d of fa f me med ar arch c ittec ch e t Do Donald Dona ald d Ross designi niing n th he e cou urs rse e. Th e. he eu uno noffi no official iaal op pen eniin ng off the golf cou urs rse wa was he h ld d on Ju une ne 9, 19 1927 927 7. Western’ss 18 18 hole olle ess wer ere laaid d out ut amo mon ng g rol olliling ng g hil hilill ills ls and the e me mean ande deri eri ring ng Rou oug ge e Rivver er witth hiin it its ts 6, 6,808 6,80 808 80 yard ya ds. The he cou ours rse se iss ch haaalllllle en n ngi ging gi ng g, d de em maand din ing ng, g, and d yyet et p pla laaya y b blle. e. Ros o s’ s ttra rraadem de ema marks rkks ar are ev evid ident ent in en in We esstte ern rn’s n’ss pu urre la layo ou utt an nd d sma mall alll, su ubt btle le gre ree en ns. ns. s. The he co ou urs rse iiss hea eavi vily ly tre reee-lline line ned, d, aand d, nd str nd traatte eg g gic ical ic calllyy pllaaace ced ce ed p po ond nds, ds, s bun unke kerrss and d dog ogle ogle leg gss pro rovi ovi vide vid de diff fferent re en ntt d dec eciissions ecis ec io on nss on each ea ach ch hol ole. ole. e. SSev evver ev eraall ele er eleva le evaate ted ed te tees es aand nd d gre een ens acce aaccce cent ent n ua uate te the he cha hara ractter er of th he go golf lf co ou urs rse. e In 194 In 9 5, 5, the h B.EE. Ta Tayyl ylor ylo or C Com ompa om mpa pan nyy, a m me etrop etr trop tr opol po ollit itan aan n De ettro oit it lan nd de devve elo lope perr,, ag grree e d to to selll th the club ccllub b tto o itts me memb ber ers, s, an nd d Wes estte ern co ont ntin inue ued d to o gro row w in n sta tatu ture ure. re e. Th The M Miich chig gan an Ope pen was waas he held ld aatt W ld We ester stter ern in in A Aug ug gu usst of o 19 95 52 as as tthe he clu he ub be bega gan its itts qu qu ue esst to e o hos ost maanyy majo ma jor or ch c am mp piion onsh sh hip ps. s. It wa w s th the sttaatte Op pen en’s ’s sec econd ond ap on appe appe pear aran ance e at We West ster ter ern. n. The Th e Mo Moto torr Ci C ty O Ope pen n wa was ssttag a e ed d at We est sterrn G& ster &CC CC in 19 1956 56, 6, an an nd dw waas won wo on by by Bob ob R Ros osbu os burg g in a p pllay ayoff off ag agai ains nst Ed Ed Fur urg go ol.l. The he win nning ssco ning core r was the he h hig ighe ig hest he stt of an ny PG PGA A ev e en ent du durriing duri g a 155-m mo ont nth sp nth span pan, an, at an attte tes te est stin stin ing to to th he ed diffi iffi fficu cu ult ltty wi with ith th wh hiich ch We esstern tern te rn can n pla lay, y, eve ven fo or th the pr pros. Th he cl c ub aals lso ho hosted d the Wesste ern n Ope pen n in n1 196 96 60 aan n nd, d, o d, onc nce ag nc nce gai ain, n,, a pllaayo yoff waass n nee ee e ede ded tto o det etter ermi er mine ne a cha hamp pio ion. n. Th hiis ti t me me, St me, Stan taan n Leonar a d de d fe f ated Art Wal a l in n one ne exttra ra hol ole e to win n th he e to ou urn urn r am men nt ch cham ampion piionsh on nssh hip ip. The club has since disco ontinued ho host sttin ng to t urr e evvve entts, but u it rre ema m in ins th he si site te ffor te o man or ny PG PGA A, USSG A, GA an GA and GAM GAM sse GA ect c io onaal an and reg regi re gion onal al ev nts even ts. Among its no n ted memb mber e sh hip are passt Mi M ch c ig igaan Ama mate eurr C Cha hamp ha m io ons n Chu huck ckk Kocsi occssiis (193 (193 (1 9333-34 34) an and nd B Bu u ud d SSttev even ens (1 (195 9599-63 365). 65 5).). Ste evens is also o a five-time m win nne er of the he GAM AM Ch haamp pio on nsshiip. p. O Wes Of e tern te ern, rn n, le lege gend gend ge ndar ndar aryy go golf professionaal Wa Walter er H Hag ag gen en onc nce w wrrot ote: e:: “IIn n my lo long ng ge exp xp perie erienc er nce nc e wi with h golf ollf cour co our ursse es, it haas be been en my ob en obse ser errvati va tion on n tha hat an a y co cour u se llai aid ai d ou o t by Mr.r Ross test te est sts ts the me mettttle le of anyy g gol ollfe er,r, be he h one ne of th he w rld’s b wo be est st, ei st, eith the th er aama er maate t urr or prrof ofes ofes essi s on o al al.. An nd th this is iss on one o tthe of he chief eff reaso easo ons n why I waass much mu cch h iin n faavo v r of o the he Wes e tern cour co urrse aas th he scene of the big g (192 28 ma match) h)) bettween (U.S. O en Op en Cha hamp pio on) JJoh ohnn n y Farnn Faarre elll aand nd mys ysel e f.f IItt is myy op opinio io on tth hat the Wes este t rn co ou urs r e is a veryy exc xce ellent testt of of go olf,f, botth forr fine fo ness s e an ss nd ac accu cura raacy cy.” cy” Bran Br ando don do n DiPa P ol Pa olaa servves as W ster We ern’s head er ad g gol olf proffes-siion o aall and nd Jas a on o Id ding g is th the M na Ma nage ger. Th he an annu nuaal D nu Det etroit Tittan ans Invitatiional vita al iis ho osted ed at at We Wesste ern n Golf Go lff and Count ounttryy C Clu ub. b
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Wayne Wheeler Titan Golf Practice Center On ne off C Cal alih al ih han H Hal a l’l’s la al l tte estt aaddittio ions ns w was a unv as u vei eile le ed on o Feb b. 16, 2008 16, 2008 20 8 with ith th it he o offi fficiial a ded edic icat atio ion n of o the he Wayyne e Whe heeler heel er Tita Ti Tita tan n Go Golf lf Praact ctiice ce Ce Cent nte er. Lo oca cate ted ed in C Cal allih ali ihan’ss low iha ower e lev evell, th the he Wh hee eele ler Pr Praccttiice Ce en ntter h has ass bee e n a tr trem emen e do d uss ad dd dit itio io on fo or th the UD DM m n’ me n’ss an and d wome women’ wo me en’ n’s g go olff tea eams m . Bu B illt ex exc us excl usiv sivel ivvelyy to benefi enefi fit th the he De etrroi o t go golf lf pro rogr gram gram gr m, the th he ce cen nter nte nt er iinc n lud nc lude des a pu des utt ttiin ing/ g ch hip i piing ng green re een n alo long ng witth tw wo hi h tt ttin ng aarreaas, s, all allllow ow owin win ng th he Tita Ti tanss the he opp por ortu tuni nityy to wo workk on th work thei hei erg gaam me es an ny ti tim me e of tth he ye yearr. TTh he De D ttrroi oitt g go olffer e s ca can an aallsso o use e the he new ew JC JC Vi V de deo deo syystem sttem em to an nal alyz alyz yze th yze heir eiir ssw e win ing gss as th they eyy ge ett reaady dy fo orr the eir ir n xtt tourn ne ou urnam rnaam rn men ent. t t. An avi vd g go olffer er him imse mse s lff, W Wh hee eeler le er ha has be eco com come me e a gre reat at su up pp por orte ter te er of of th he e Tit itan n pro og grram m, an and h hiis m maajjo or do donaati tion on o n he h elp ped ed mak ake th the ne new indo indoor in door do or pra ract cti ct tiicce ce ce ent ne err a reaalility littyy. Wh W he hee ee eler le er iss the e fou und de err an nd d CEO O of D Daata ta Co on nsu sult sul ltin ltin ng G Grrou rou oup oup, p,, wh w hicch iss the e title ittle e spo pons nsor or of th the aan nn nu ual al UDM DM wom omen en’ss gol olf lf tto our urn naam me en ntt. “TThe he Un niivve ersit rsitty is rs is ble less sse ed d witth a sp spe ecciiaal gr group oup o ou off frie fr end nds aan nd aallum umn ni wh ni ho o’v ’ve been been be en exxttre rem me ely ely ly gen ener erous ou o us and ssu an upp por orttiive ve of Ti T ttaan At Ath Athl hllet let etiiccs over eti over ov er th the he ye eaarrss. W Waayn yne yne Whee Whee Wh eeler ler ce c rttai ain nlly fi fits t iint ts nto th nt hat at class llaass ssifi ificat ifi atiio ati on wi on witth h the he way ay he has he as ado op ptted d our ur gollf pr prog ogra ram, m ” UD UDM at UDM ath ath hlle etticc dirrecto eccto or Ke eri ri Gai aith the err saaiid. d. “ Th The ne ew Wa Wayyn ne Wh Whee eelle ler Go Golf llff Cen ente ter te has al ha alre r ad ady dy beco beco be c me a gre eaatt asset sset ss et to ou our te eaam ms.”
A re ecept cept ce ptio ion on aan nd d de edi dica cati t on o off th the e Go Golf lf Cen nterr wa w s held d prrio p rior io or tto o the th he e for o ma mal op open enin in ng, g w wit itth ma m ny of UD DM’ M s athlet e ic ssttaff aff, ccoa oaach o hes es aand nd g gol olfe fers rss aalong g with th heir families e, a nu umb mbe err o off fo orm rmer er TTit itan a gol an o fers and oth her boosters. “TTo ha have hav ve our ur own w iin ndoo or prractice facilityy o on n cam mpu pus iss re eallyy a tremend dou us ad adva vant va n ag nt age e fo or our teams,,” UD ou DM Di Dire rect re ctor ct orr of Go G lf l and me an m n’ n s coac coac co ach h Markk EEng ngel ng el saiid. el d “I do on’ n t th hin nk th the ere’ e’’ve eb bee e n ma ee m ny dayss alll wi al wint n err w whe here he re the cen e te er hasn n’tt be een iin n usse. e. TThe he opportunity for u uss to pra to ract ctic ice ce in inside e if it’s cold or there’s ’s b d we ba weaathe h r, especiallly th he sh shor ortt gaame me, wi w ll rrea e lly pay dividends.” “Wayyne “W ne’s ’ generosity and friendship p is ove verw rw whe h lming,” wome en’s go golf lf coac co a h Te Terrri A An nth n honyy Ryan added. “I thin th hink nk he herrem em membe bere red dhis begi g nnings as a golfe lfe er an nd wh w at p praact ctice meant to o the he way he was was ab blle e to im mp prrov ove ove hiss gam hi game, and ga and he h under der erst s oo st od what at t is pra th racttic ract ice e cent ce ent nter er wo ou uld d mean ean to ea to ou ur pr prog ogram. og m He haas re real allly bec ecom om me a gr grea e t fr frie iend ie nd to ou nd ur golf go o fer e s. s. s”
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Spring Outlook Aftter Af te th hree co cons nsec ecut u ive e seassons of finishi hing g in the top fo our iin n th he Ho orizo on Le Leag ague ag e, includin ng runn nne nn er-up p ho hon nors rs in 200 0 7, the he e TTit itan it an ans ns fi fina n llly cllim imbe b d to the e ttop op o off th he mountain mo un in to wi un w n itts firs rstt cch hampi p onsh s ip las ast sp spriing g. “It’ss ex “I exci c ti ci ting ng to come me b bac ackk as ac as the ed def e en ef nding ng ch ham ampi mpi p ons, but u now w iit’ t s a ne t’ new w seas ason on and d we ha have ve e to gett baack ge c tto o wo work rk,” sai aid he aid h ad ad cco oach Terrrii Ant ntho hony ho ny-R ny -R Ryyaan, the 20 2010 10 0 Horrizon izzon LLea eague gu ue Co Coac a h off tthe ac he eY Yea ear.r. “I be belililiev evve we w are prepaar ared d tto o pl playy mentall tally. y. We took y. to ook ok two wo m mon o th on hs off o in Decemb ber an ber be and nd Janu Janu Ja nua uaarry, y, b but u tthe ut he tea he eam m has a m miissssio ion ion to repeat and th the hey ey havve be een en rea eall allly fo focccu use sed si sinc ncce th they ey came backk.” UDM will willl have wi avve to o rep eplaace e tw two wo ke eyy membe embe em bers rss of that cha haamp mpio ons nshi hip ip sq squa qu uaad in in Ale lexx Av Ave Aver errrsa saa an nd d Racchel he el McHe Mc enr nryy,, butt tthe nry, he Tit he Tit itan ns do do re ettu urrn two two se tw seni niiior n ors,, iinc or ncclu lud diing g two tw o--ttiime o me Alll-H Hor oriz izzon on LLe on eaag e gu ue go gol ollffer er Alaain nnaa Ste teffaan an tefa a d 2010 2010 0 Allll-T -Tou -T ourn ou rnam me en nt ho hono norre ee Ma Marrn Marn ni Ac Ach htter erh ho off ff.. St Ste effan e an w n th wo the e le eag ague ue witth a 54 4-h -hol hole ole 22 ol 226 ccaard d aass a jju uni nior or, o on ne of ttwo wo tou ourn rn nam men ents tss sshe he cap apture ture tu red m me ed daalilisstt hon onor orss.. She or he sh how wed e no siign ns of of slo owi w ng g dow dow wn in in her er fi fin naall se eaaso ason son as so as ssh he le led d De Detroit trr wi wi h a 79. with 9 1 sttro oke ave verraage age ge iin n th the fa faalllll. Acht Ac hter e hoff ff w was as run unne nerr up up aatt th the e co onf nfer ee en nce e cham ch ampi pion onsh ship ips la last st yeaar wi w th a thr hree ee-r ee -rrou ound nd 229 2 total ottaall, an nd fo follllow owed ed tha hatt up wit ith h a fine n ama mate te eu urr sum u me er sl slat ate p sttin po i g a pair ir off top 10 finisshe h s on on tthe he Tayylo he orMad rMade rM ade ad Adidas Collegiate To our ur. “O Our senio ors finished 11 2 at tthe eH Horizzon Leaagu gue e c am ch mpi pion o ship p las a t yearr aand d I rea e llly be eliliev eve th ev t ey ey can an main ma in nta tain ain n thaat an and le l ad us ag gain,” said Ryaan.. “IIn n my opin op inio in io on,, Alaain nna iiss on o e of o the best playyer e s in n tthi hiis leag h le eag ague ue, ue and an d Ma M rn r i’’s pllayy llas asst se eas a on o at th t e ch champiion nsh ship p sho howss how ho w go good od d sh he e rea eallllyy iiss.” Juni Ju nior or Liz Zouza zal al re etu t rnss afte te er re r dsshi hirt rrtting in n last st ssea easo ea so on. n Zouzal Zouz al w was as o one e off th t e Titans ns sta tart rter rt errs du duri ring ng g the e 200 08809 9 ssea easo so on an a d finished ed fourtth o on n the h team m wi with th aan th n8 84 4.9 9 s ro st roke ke aave vera r ge, while placing in n the he top 2 20 on n tthr h ee occcaasi sion ons. s. “Liz played well for us as a sopho omo ore and lasst ye earr didn’t play because of an injury, butt sh d he is b bac a k an and d r ad re dy to go,” said Ryan. After the three upperclassmen, UDM DM M iiss vve eryy yo ou ung g with a pair of sophomores and fresshme hme en n The se n. secco cond dyear uni ye nit is ccomprised of Co ollette te e Han anse en and and Al Alliso All son son Se ears. Hans Ha nsen e ssol en olid lid difi fie ed d tth he ba b cckken e d of of the llin ine e- las e-up at as spriing ng and dw was a ab as big ig rre ig easo a on why UD DM won tthe he llea eagu gue title. e. She con onti tinued tinu e her impre mpre mp ress s ivve pl p ay ay iin n th t e su umm merr
with a pai with airr of Top 10 finishes es att th the Taayl ylor orMa Made e A id Ad das Co olllleg eg gia i te Tou To ur, and an nd wass fo wa our urth th on the e squ uad d i sco in c riing averag aver ag ge in n the f lll at 8 fa 82 2.5. .5 5. M an Me a wh whil hilile, e, Seaar Se ars ssaaw ars aw act ac cti tion tion o in th thre hre ee even ev entss as a rook rook ro okie ie and d two mo tw morre e tthi his hi past pa st fall alll as as s e impr sh im mpr prov ove ess her ga he game game me. Sh he Jr. Liz Zouzal tookk eig to gh htth iin n th he e du uaal agains ag agai ains ai nst O Oaakkllaan nd d,, wh hiile le tyi ying ying ng fo orr 141 41st 41st st as an an ind divvid idua ual al aatt Dayt Da yton o . “C Col olle ett tte re real allyy caam me on n wh he e en nw we e nee eed ed de ed he ed he err to to aass a ffrre esshm hmaan n aand nd n d she he wilill ju just st ge ett be ettte ttte er wi with itth h mor ore p pllay ayin ing ttiime me and nd exp xper xpe erie ienc nce” nc e,” sa e, said aid dR Rya y n. ya n. “Al Alliliso lisso on, n and dC Col ollle o lett ett tte e too to oo, are e bot o h be b tt tter err after fte ft err a ye eaar iin n col co olllle le ege ge and n the hey no now now know kn ow w wha hatt to ha oe exp xpect xp ect ab ec abo ou ut tth he co colllllege eg ge ga gam me e.,.,” LLiind dse ey La Lamm m er mm e s an and Ch and Chriisttin inaa TTh hor orne e both oth gai gaine ga ned ed m ch nee mu ede ded d ex e pe eri rien ence en ce e iin n th he fa falll. La Lamm mm mer ers rs ma mad de e an im imme mm me ediat diatte im di mp paact p pla layi la ying ing ng in all alll fi five ve eve ve en ntts en endi d ng ng w wit ih it the th e se eco cond nd d bes estt ave avver erag age e on the h team m (7 (79 9.6 9. 6)). Sh She e wa was th he t p Ti to T tan taa thre th hre ree e tiime mes an and d ev even e garrne nerre ed a to opp-10 10 finish issh at Day ayyto on, n, whe h re she he end ded wit ith h a 15 52 (7 79, 73). 3). Th hor o ne con ncl clud u ed ud d tth he fall wi with th h tthe he e tthiird db bes est Tita t n averrag aver ge att 82. 2.3, 3, see ein ing g ac acttion ion iin n al alll fi five v eve vent ntss 13 nt 3 round ndss nd off gol o olff. She fi fin nis ishe hed in n tthe he e ttop op p 20 with th h aan n 18 1 th th-p -pla lace la c ce eff ffo ort at Da Dayt yto on, caard rdin in ng a 15 159 9 (8 (83 3, 7 3, 76) 6)), in incl c uding g he her be bes est sin ingl gle e ro r un nd of th he fal alll at 76 6 on tth he final 18. “Bot “B oth fr oth fres esh es hmen ssho hm howe we ed ri righ ight awa aw way ay thatt th hey ccan a co ontri ribu bute e aat thiss lev evel el aand nd h nd he elp us win,” said elp d Ry Ryan a . “II thin th nk we haad d an id dea ea tha hatt Liindse seyy wo w ul u d co come me in an and d plaay pl ay well ell be el beca caaus u e she sh he had a lo ot of o crre ede ent ntials t out ut of hi high gh scho sc hool o , bu ol but Ch C rist istin i a wa was a bi b g su surp priise fforr u us. s. She rea ealllly ly plaayed w pl welll and d pr prob bab bly has as tthe he eb bes estt sh shor ortt ga g me eo off any fre fr eshm hmen e I hav ave e se een en.”
2010 Horizon League Champions * 2010 NCAA Central Regional
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Titan Head Coach 2010 Horizon League Coach of the Year 10 All-Conference Honorees 5 Academic All-Americans 1 Horizon League Championship 1 NCAA Regional Appearance 1 Tournament Championship 1 Horizon League Medalists 1 Horizon League Newcomer of the Year Terri Te Ter rri An rr Anth thonython on nyy--Ryyan a ,a no n ote ed go olff pro rofe fessssssio ion io naal al in in tthe he Met etro tro ro D Det etro et roitt area rea ffo re or th or the las last la st two wo dec ecad des es, join jo oined in ned d the he UDM D staaff in JJu ulyy of 20 2 05 05 to be beco beco come ome its head w me wo men men’ n’’s golf golff coach go h and d cle lear arlly ly has as the e pro r g grram m hea eadi d ng ng in th the riig gh ht dire diire d rect ctio ion. n. Sh he iiss now w iin n he er ssiixxttth h yye ear a wit i h tth he TTiita he tans ns and d com omes es off a sign igna ig natu ture re e sea easso on duri duri du r ng ng whi h ch ch she e led dh he err tea e eam to eam o itss fi firrst rstt Ho orriz izo on n Le eag ague ue Cha h mp pio ons n hip hip an hi nd a be bert rth in n tthe h NCA he CAA Ce ent ntrraal R Re egi g onal on nall. Sh he wa was vo voted ted 20 te 2010 0 Hor oriz izo on n Leaague gue Co gu Coac ach h off tthe he Yea he ear by by her er pe p eer errss att sea easo son’ son’ n s en end. end. d. An A Anth nth hon onyy--Ry Ryan an alsso se serves rves aass tth rv he he ead d go ollf p prro att the he B Be eechwo ee ch hwood wo w ood ods an a d Ev Ever Ever ergr green een H ee Hiilllls Golf Golff Cou Go ours rse ses es in n ne ear arb byy Sou outhfi tth hfi fiel eld, eld el d, a p pos ossio ition ti n sshe he’s he ’s he elld ssiinc nce 1 19 98 989 89 9. Du Duri r ng g he err pro ofe fess ssiio ion naal ca care care ree err, ssh he has has aallso ha o be ee en th th he e he head head d pro ro at V Vaalllle eyy Vie ew G Go olf lf Co ou ursse (S (She heph pher ph erd, d MII),), an M nd d has as be ee en aan n asssisstaant nt at W We e est ster st te errn Golf Go olff & Co ou unt ntryy Clu lub (R (Re ed dffo ord d Tow own nsshi shi hip p,, MI), II)), W Wh hisp issp pe erriiin ng Wiilllllo ng lows ws Gol olf Cour Cou Co urrse e ((Li L vo Li voni n a, ni a MII) and M an nd D Do oraal Co C u un ntr try Cl try Club ub (Mi Miam amiii,, FLL)). Her ba Her He back ckg grrou oun und nd aand nd d rel e aattiio ons nsh sh hiipss bu uiiltt aatt We West est ste errn he help lped ed tur urn th urn the cl club b iint nto nt to th the he Tit TTiita tans ns’ home home ho e ccou ours ou urse e as a wel elll as the h ssit i e of tthe he teaam te m’s ’s aann nnuaal in nn invi viita ttaati tion naall tou ourn rnam ament. ent. en t. In nh her err ccon e onti on tinu inu nuin uin ing duti duti du tie ess wit ith th the SSo the outth hfi fielld d cou ours rses rse es, An Anth Anth thon hon onyy Ry Ryan an ovve ers rsee rsee ees aalllll as aspe p ct cts of tthe he p pro ro ssho h p operattion, organizes ho 12 2 aann nn n nua ual ci cityy go ollf tour tour to urna rnaame ment nttss – in includ clud cl udiin ng the th he SSo out uthfi thfi fielld d chaamp mpi-on o nsh shiip p – and d ove versee vers rssee ees a sttaaff ff of of neaarl rly tw wo do oze zen en in nd diivi v du dualls. s. She h brro ou ugh ght o on ne o off h her er B er Bee ee ecch hw wo ood ds as asssiist stan ants ts, s, Ke Kenny nn n ny Le Lee, e, tto o sse erv erv rve as as the UD th UDM wo wome men’ n’s te t am am’’s ’s fi firrrst sstt assssista ista is tant nt ccoa oach oa ach ch. Anth An nthon thon th onyyy-Ry Ryaan n iiss a p paastt mem e b be e err of of th he e Mich icchig gaan PG GA Bo Boar Boar ard d of of Dire Di D ire rect cttors ctor ors aan or nd o otthe her PGA her PGA co PG comm mmit itte itt tees e (19 991 91-2 - 002) -2 2) and nd haass be ee en a en mem me mb ber er of tth he Mi Midn idn dnight ig ght h G Gol ollf B olf Bo o oar ard of ar of Dire irrec ectors since in nce e 20 00 02. Vot ote ed d Miich M chig igan a P PGA GA Te GA eaach cher er o off th the Ye Yeaaarr in 19 996 96, 6, ma man ny o ny off he herr pr prot oteg ges es hav ave p ay pl ayed ed d hig igh sscchool hool ho ol and d col olle lege g golf. ge olf.f. ol Anth An t on onyy-Ry Ryaan n cco oacch ched ed the em men en’ss gol o f te team am forr one e yea yeaar (1 (198 988) at He H enrry Fo ord rd Commu muni nity tyy Col o le lege ge. Ad Add diiti iti tio on o nal ally ly, sh ly she coa coache he ed g giirl rls ls ba basbasketb ketb ke t all att Red e ford fo ord Unio nion Hig igh h Sc Scho hool ho o fro ol rom om 19 981-8 -89 89. 9. “W We thin th hin inkk th t att TTe erri erri er ri h has as bee een n a great ad addi addi dition tion to o ou ur co coac a hi hing ng g staff taaff ff.. Sh he is veryy we welll-rres e pectted e iin n th the e go golff com o mu un niity” tyy,” TTitan anss at ath athl hlletticc dire di recctor ctor K Ker e i Ga er G it ith her saaid he id. “H “Her ab biiliiti t ess as a co coaach aan nd a g go olff tte eaach e che er have ha ve helpe lped ed ttaake ou ur you ur ung ng w wom o en om en’s gol olff pr pro ogram og raam to o a hig ighe her leve le evel el. Wiith hh her e b er bac ackg ac kg gro r un nd of atten ttend tt en nding ding n Cat atho holiic school olss th t rro oug gho hout ut her e care eer e , Te Terrri al alsso so has as g gai aine ai ined d aan n und nde errstan ndi d ng g of tth he va valu uess o off a Caath Cath t olic schoo ol an nd e ed duca uccation n, whi hich h makes h her er a vve er ery go goo od d fi fitt at UDM. UD M” Anth tho ony-Ry onyon Ryan an gra radu d at a ed fro om SSaag giina n w Va Vallley Staate te iin n1 19 9 981 81 1, ma majo jo or-in ng in Bus Bussin ines e s Ad A mi mini nistra ration on, and rece rece c iv i ed her Edu d caati du tio on d on deg gre ree e from Univers fr rsit ityy of Micchi higa gan in in 199 9 2. 2. She att t ain tt ned he her PGA PG me emb m ersh hip in 19 1984 84.. Sh She e is the pro roud ud d mot othe herr of two wo sons, ons, SSe ean an ean and d Ji Jim mmy.
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2010-11 Titans Marni Achterhoff Senior Muskegon, MI Mona Shores A senior who has continually made improvements since joining the Titan roster… Comes in primed for a great senior year after playing a major role in the Titans’ 2010 Horizon League Championship… Posted a pair of Top 10 finishes in TaylorMade Adidas Collegiate Tour events during her summer schedule… Is counted on by the UDM coaches for her leadership as much as her performance on the golf course… 2010 Fall: Played in all five of the Titans’ fall events…Started the fall with her season-best three-round total of 241 (79, 81, 81) for a share of 25th place Redbird Invitational…Her opening 79 in that tournament was her low 18 of the season… Tallied a two-round 171 (86, 86) for a tie of 41st at the Dayton Invitational, helping UDM to a second-place finish… 2009-10: Posted her best individual finish as a Titan when it mattered the most, as she came in second at the 2010 conference championship, leading UDM to its first-ever team title and a berth in the NCAA Central Regional… Shot a career-low round of 72 to open the Horizon League tournament, and finished with a 54-hole total of 229, second only to teammate Alainna Stefan… That earned her a berth on the All-Tournament Team… Also posted a Top 10 finish at the 2010 Titans Invitational last season, and Top 20’s at Chicago State and Dayton… Broke 80 five times on the season and finished second on the team with an 84.1 stroke average as a junior…
Personal: A 2007 graduate of Mona Shores High School... Fouryear varsity letterwinner in golf... Named Honorable Mention All-Michigan after her senior year... Garnered All-O-K Green Conference honors all four years at MSHS... Finished in a sixthplace tie individually at the 2006 Michigan Division 2 finals en route to All-Michigan First Team accolades... Led MSHS to the 2006 Muskegon City Championship... As play moved into the summer months, Achterhoff won the Lake Michigan Junior Golf Tour Championship while finishing fourth at the 2006 Riverwood State Junior... Ended ninth in the final PowerBilt Golf Junior Tour Player of the Year point standings that same year... Also played basketball in high school and earned two varsity letters... Garnered all-area honorable mention honors in basketball senior season... A member of the National Honor Society… Played in 10 events and finished second in Player of the Year points and 11th in scoring average on the 2007 Adams Golf Junior Tour... Posted a 49th place finish at the Michigan Women’s Amateur and 78th at the Michigan Women’s Open during the summer of 2009… Majoring in secondary education…
2008-09: Played in each event on the Titans schedule as a sophomore and ended up third on the team with an 83.6 average… Was Detroit’s top individual finisher at the Titans Invitational (sixth, her first career Top 10 finish) as well as the NKU Spring Invitational (tied for 26th)… Shot a career-low round of 76 at the North/South Intercollegiate… Came in tied for 14th at the 2009 Horizon League Championships, as she was one of three Titans in the Top 15… 2007-08: Competed in six events for the Titans, three of which were as an individual... Played in 13 rounds and averaged 85.3 on the year... Fired an 18-hole best score of 79 at IPFW... Earned first career Top 20 finish at the Titan Invitational with a 36-hole score of 171... Tied for 16th with a two-day total of 172 at Loyola... Collected her third Top 20 finish of the year at the Horizon League Championship where she posted a 261 to end in a tie for 20th...
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Achterhoff ’s Career Stats Year 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 Fall 2010 Totals
Rounds 13 16 25 12 66
Strokes 1109 1337 2103 1020 5569
Avg. 85.3 83.6 84.1 85.0 84.3
Top 10/20 0/3 2/4 3/5 0/0 5/12
Low 18 79 (IPFW) 76 (North/South) 72 (Horizon) 79 (Redbird) 72 (Horizon)
Low 54 261 (Horizon) 250 (Horizon) 229 (Horizon) 241 (Redbird) 229 (Horizon)
Best Career Finishes: Runner-up at 2010 Horizon League Championship (72, 81, 76-229) 6th at 2010 Detroit Titans Invitational (79, 79-158)
2010 Horizon League Champions * 2010 NCAA Central Regional
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2010-11 Titans Alainna Stefan Senior Dearborn, MI Mercy Has made her mark as one of the HL’s best players heading into her final year at UDM…A two-time All-Horizon League golfer… Has maintained the No. 1 spot in the Detroit lineup most of the last two seasons…Uses her length off the tee to advantage… Ended summer play by reaching the second round of matches at the Michigan Women’s Amateur Championship and finishing runner-up at the Golf Association of Michigan Championship… 2010 Fall: Led Detroit with a 79.1 stroke average in the fall…The top Titan in two events, while finishing tied for the team lead in another two tournaments…Shot a 236 (76, 81, 79), tying her with teammate Lindsey Lammers for the team lead at the Redbird Invitational…The top UDM golfer in the dual against Oakland, finishing with a 156 (80, 76) for a share of third, as well as in the Zippy Invitational, where she tied her season-best carding a 236 (78, 81, 77) for a tie of sixth place…Shared Detroit’s top finish again with Lammers after tallying a 152 (78, 74) for sixth at Dayton… 2009-10: Peaked at absolutely the best time as she became the first Titan ever to win the Horizon League individual championship, in turn, leading Detroit to the team title… Matched her career-low with a 73 to open the conference tournament, then followed with rounds of 77 and 76 for a 226 total, good enough for a three-shot victory over teammate Marni Achterhoff…That earned her a berth on the All-Tournament Team as well as a second straight All-League award as voted on by the HL coaches…Also won medalist honors at the Titans invitational with a 75-79-154 card, and posted Top 10 finishes at Chicago State (T-9) and Dayton (T-5) as well…Led the team with an 81.4 stroke average for the season…
Personal: A 2007 graduate of Farmington Mercy High School… Four-year varsity letter winner in golf…Earned first-team Division I All-State accolades as a senior after being named honorable mention in the previous two seasons…Finished eighth individually to help lead Mercy to sixth in the team standings at the 2007 state finals…Runner-up individually as Mercy won a regional Championship on the way to the finals senior season…Won third straight Catholic League individual championship, while pacing Mercy to its third consecutive team title in 2007…Helped lead Mercy to seventh place in the Division I state finals as a sophomore, and third place a year later…Led the Marlins to the 2006 Oakland County Division I Championship…Three-time all-area selection… Named All-Oakland County as a senior after receiving honorable mention recognition the previous season…Captured the 2006 Downriver Junior Championship, finished sixth at the Westfield PGA Junior Sectional and 13th at the GAM Girls Championship… Tied for 13th in stroke qualifying to reach match play at the 2007 Michigan Women’s Amateur…Her older brother Kyle serves as the Titans’ assistant coach... Majoring in nursing…
2008-09: Averaged a team -best 80.4 stroke average over 10 events en route to being named All-Horizon League…Captured the Chicago State Fall Invite after firing an 18-hole total of 74, which matched a career-low at the time…Placed fifth at the Titan Invitational after posting a two-day total of 156 (76-80) for her second Top 10 finish during fall campaign…She posted two more scores in the top 10 in the spring as she grabbed third place at the North/South Intercollegiate and second at Butler… Shot a careerlow 73 in the final round at the North/South… Took 11th place at the Horizon League Championship to lead the way for the Titans… 2007-08: One of three Titans to play all 24 rounds... Ended fourth on the team with a 82.4 scoring average…Finished in the Top 20 for nine events and in the Top 10 twice…Fired a season-low 18hole score of 74 at IPFW to end as Detroit’s top finisher (154), in a tie for eighth place... Had best finish at Grand Valley State, third place, after posting a two-day total of 150…Tied for 20th in the last three tournaments, including the Horizon League Championship where she fired a 261…
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Stefan’s Career Stats Year 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 Fall 2010 Totals
Rounds 13 16 25 13 67
Strokes 1109 1286 2035 1029 5459
Avg. 85.3 80.4 81.4 79.1 81.4
Top 10/20 0/3 4/7 5/6 3/4 12/20
Low 18 79 (IPFW) 73 (North/South) 73 (Horizon) 74 (Dayton) 73 (2 times)
Low 54 261 (Horizon) 247 (Horizon) 226 (Horizon) 236 (Redbird/Zippy) 226 (Horizon)
Best Career Finishes: Medalist at 2010 Horizon League Championship (73, 77, 76-226) Medalist at 2010 Titans Invitational (75, 79-154) Medalist at 2008 Chicago State Fall Invitational (74)
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2010-11 Titans Liz Zouzal Junior Windsor, ON Holy Names Redshirted last season and is anxious to get back into the Titan playing rotation once again… Came to UDM as a transfer student in the fall of 2008 and was a regular in the starting lineup as a Detroit sophomore… Highlighted her summer schedule by finishing 40th at the Ontario Women’s Amateur…
years and also competed on the volleyball squad second year at HNCHS… Ranked 123rd nationally on the RCGA Future Links Junior Order of Merit in 2007…Served as Minister of Internal Affairs for Student Administrative Council (SAC) as a junior and was vice president the following year… Majoring in digital media studies…
2010 Fall: Played in two fall tournaments…As an individual at the Zippy Invitational, she carded a 269 (83, 89, 97) for 64th place… She also played one round in the dual versus Oakland, shooting an 82 at the Katke-Cousins Golf Course before withdrawing due to injury… 2009-10: Did not compete, leaving her with junior eligibility… 2008-09: Played in every event for the Titans and ended up fourth on the team with an 84.9 stroke average... Finished in the Top 20 in three tournaments, including a 15th place effort at the Butler Invitational…Also came in 17th at the Horizon League Championship and 19th at the Titans Invitational…Shot a personallow round of 78 in the rain-shortened Wolverine Invitational to tie for 23rd place individually… At Gardner-Webb: Competed for one season (2007-08) at Gardner-Webb prior to transferring to Detroit…Played in five events for the Bulldogs…Shot season-low 18-hole total of 77 at the Draper Valley Women’s Intercollegiate…Ended the year with an 82.8 stroke average… Personal: A 2007 graduate of Holy Names Catholic High School…Played four years of golf for the Knights…Shot an 18-hole total of 80 at the OFSAA during her junior season to end in a tie for 10th place at the provincial championships…Captured the 2006 Ping Canadian Match Play Tournament…Finished second on the 2006 Burger King Tour…Finished 17th at the 2006 Ontario Juniors after posting a 54hole total of 242 (78-84-80)…Played junior basketball freshman and sophomore
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Zouzal’s Career Stats Year Rounds Strokes 2007-08* 9 745 2008-09 17 1444 2009-10 Redshirted 2010 Fall 4 351 Totals 30 2540 *-at Gardner-Webb
Avg. 82.7 84.9
Top 10/20 Low 18 0/0 77 (Draper) 0/3 78 (Wolverine)
Low 54 240 (Sea Trail) 255 (Horizon)
87.7 84.6
0/0 0/3
269 (Zippy) 240 (Sea Trail)
82 (OU Dual) 77 (Draper)
Best Career Finishes: 15th at 2009 Butler Invitational (87, 80-167) T-17th at 2009 Horizon League Championship (87, 86, 82-255)
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2010-11 Titans Collette Hansen Sophomore West Olive, MI Grand Haven Solidified herself in the starting line-up as a freshman, where she was a major contributor to the Titans’ championship run... Has a great short game and plays very well around the greens… Posted a pair of Top 10 finishes in TaylorMade Adidas Collegiate Tour events during her summer schedule…
Golf Junior Tour the same summer, as well as 15th on the Golf Association of Michigan’s honor roll… Her sister Raquel played collegiately at Ferris State before graduating in 2009… Majoring in nursing…
2010 Fall: Played in all five events and was fourth in the fall in scoring with an 82.5 stroke average…Her best finish was a share of 15th after carding a 156 (74, 82) at the Dayton Invitational, which included her season-best 18-hole effort of 74 in the first round… Claimed a piece of 16th place at the Zippy Invitational posting a 36-hole total of 243 (78, 79, 86)… 2009-10: Played 20 rounds last season and started each of the final four tournaments of the year… Her openinground 76 helped propel the Titans to the 18-hole lead at the 2010 Horizon League Championship and the team never looked back en route to its first conference crown… Her first-round score set a new personal best… Ended up 15th individually in that tournament, the third time she cracked the Top 20 as a freshman… Also turned the trick at Chicago State (T-18) in her first college start as well as at the Titan Invitational (T-13)… Finished her rookie season with an 86.2 stroke average… Personal: A two-time All-State player at Grand Haven High School… Led Grand Haven to 13th place at the 2008 Division 1 state finals in her final season with the team… She also won three in-season invitationals as a senior and was named O-K Red All-Conference for a fourth straight year… Hansen won the Riverwood State Junior girls championship during 2008 summer play while finishing 13th at the Michigan Girls Junior and fourth in Player of the Year points on the Adams Golf Junior Tour… Finished in a 16th-place tie at the 2009 Michigan Junior Girls Amateur Championship… Ended up third in Player of the Year points on the Adams
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Hansen’s Career Stats Year 2009-10 2010 Fall Totals
Rounds 20 13 33
Strokes 1724 1073 2797
Avg. 86.2 82.5 84.7
Top 10/20 1/4 1/3 2/7
Low 18 76 (Horizon) 74 (Dayton) 74 (Dayton)
Low 54 247 (Horizon) 243 (Zippy) 243 (Zippy)
Best Career Finishes: T-13th at 2010 Titan Invitational (87, 85-172) 15th at 2010 Horizon League Championship (76, 85, 86-247) T-15th at 2010 Dayton Invitational (74, 82-156)
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2010-11 Titans Allison Sears Sophomore Clio, MI Powers A diminutive sophomore who adds to the talent level of the Titan roster and remains anxious to crack the starting lineup and claim her share of playing time… 2010 Fall: Took part in two fall events…She shared eighth in the dual against Oakland carding a 175 (89, 86)…Played as an individual at Dayton posting a 171 (87, 84), good for a share of 41st… 2009-10: Made three appearances as a freshman, playing as an individual in tournaments hosted by Cincinnati and Bowling Green as well as UDM’s own Titans Invitational… Had her best individual placing when she came in 24th at Detroit’s home tournament… Posted two other milestones at Bowling Green’s Falcon Invitational with personal bests for low 18 (83 in the final round) and 36-hole total (177)… High School: Played a major role on a Flint Powers team which captured consecutive Division 3 state championships during her last two seasons on the squad... Sears was co-medalist at the 2008 Big Nine Conference’s pre-season tournament, was second at the regionals and tied for ninth place at the state finals… Tied for 23rd at the 2009 Michigan Junior Girls Amateur… Former Powers teammate Ashley Swanson now plays for Ferris State…Her brother Nick is a junior on the golf team at nearby Madonna University this year… Majoring in psychology…
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Sears’ Career Stats Year 2009-10 2010 Fall Totals
Rounds 6 4 10
Strokes 543 346 889
Avg. 90.5 86.5 88.9
Top 10/20 0/0 0/0 0/0
Low 18 83 (BGSU) 84 (Dayton) 83 (BGSU)
Low 54 n/a n/a n/a
Best Career Finishes: 24th at 2010 Titan Invitational (86, 95-181) T-41st at 2010 Dayton Invitational (87, 84-171)
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2010-11 Titans Lindsey Lammers Freshman Milan, MI Milan The first Michigan All-State Super Team player ever to sign with the Titans… Brings a great deal of skill and playing experience with her to UDM… Has the ability to make a quick impact on the Titan lineup… Has good length off the tee, which will be an ally on some of the longer courses she’ll see at the Division I college level… Comes in with confidence after having won the 2010 Michigan Girls’ Junior State Amateur Championship while also reaching the semi-finals of the Michigan Women’s Amateur during the summer…
play by just one stroke – while finishing 45th at the Michigan Women’s Amateur and 57th at the GAM Women’s Championship… Also played point guard basketball at Milan High, earning Region Player of the Year honors after averaging 16.7 points and 5.0 assists a game as a senior… Her brother Nate played golf at Toledo…
2010 Fall: A rookie who made an immediate impact, Lammers participated in all five events, ending the fall with the second-best stroke average on the squad, 79.6…Shared or was the top Titan in the clubhouse on three occasions…Started her collegiate career with her best 54-hole total to date with a 236 (79, 78, 79) at the Redbird Invitational, tying her with teammate Alainna Stefan for the team’s best finish (T-15th)…Claimed sixth, along with Stefan again for UDM’s top mark, at the Dayton Invitational with a 152 (79, 73)…Her final round at that tournament included her season low 18 score…Tied for 11th at the Zippy Invitational with a 240 (85, 76, 79)…Led the red, white and blue with a 245 (87, 76, 82) for 52nd at the Lady Paladin Invitational… Personal: Had an outstanding senior season which saw her win five individual high school tournament titles, including a Regional in the 2009 state tournament… Came in second at the MHSAA Division 3 finals with a 73-78-151 score card… Also helped the fourth-year Milan girls’ golf team to its first team tournament title, at the Southgate Anderson Invitational… Qualified for the state tournament during all four of her varsity years and improved each season… Finished 21st as a freshman, 16th as a sophomore and fourth as a junior, helping her earn first-team Division 2 All-State honors in 2008… Was named to the AllHuron League, All-County and All-Region Teams four seasons each. Was named Region Golfer of the Year by the Monroe News in 2008 and again in 2009, and the Washtenaw County Player of the Year as a senior… Also excelled during her summer tournament schedule, earning a tie for ninth place at the 2009 Michigan Girls’ Junior – missing match
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Lammers’ Career Stats Year Rounds Strokes 2010 Fall 13 1036
Avg. 79.6
Top 10/20 Low 18 2/4 73 (Dayton)
Low 54 236 (Redbird)
Best Career Finishes: 6th at 2010 Dual vs. Oakland (80, 83-163) T-6th at 2010 Dayton Invitational (79, 73-152)
2010 Horizon League Champions * 2010 NCAA Central Regional
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2010-11 Titans Christina Thorne Freshman Kingston, ON Bayridge An experienced junior golfer who has a chance to help the Titans right away this season… A hard worker who knows what it takes to win… Posted a 37th-place finish at the Ontario Women’s Amateur this summer… 2010 Fall: Another rookie who made a big impact, appearing in all five tournaments…Third on the team with an 82.3 stroke average in 13 rounds of golf…In her first collegiate event, she tied for 57th with a 251 (82, 83, 86) at the Redbird Invitational… Helped Detroit finish runner-up at Dayton sharing 18th with a 159 (83, 76), including her best single round of 76 on the final 18…Carded her season-best 36-hole total of 250 (81, 81, 88) for a share of 71st place at the Lady Paladin Invitational… Personal: Won Bayridge Secondary School’s Top Female Athlete Award in 2008 and again in 2009 while playing on the golf, volleyball and tennis teams… Had a number of top finishes in 2009 summer play... Finished seventh at the Ontario Junior Girls’ Championship, improving on her 22nd place finish in 2008…Placed 45th at the Canadian Junior Girls’ Championship before catching fire at the Ontario Junior Girls’ Match Play, advancing to the tournament semi-finals in a strong field… Capped off her summer by firing rounds of 75 and 77 to qualify for her city district women’s team event... Was a prominent fixture in Kingston district golf in 2009, winning the Kingston district girls’ title and captaining the junior girls’ district team… From the same home town as two members of the UDM men’s golf team, Simon Reyers and Kyle Benford… Is a self-taught guitarist… Majoring in Education…
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Thorne’s Career Stats Year Rounds Strokes 2010 Fall 13 1071
Avg. 82.3
Top 10/20 Low 18 1/2 76 (Dayton)
Low 54 250 (Lady Paladin)
Best Career Finishes: 5th at 2010 Dual vs. Oakland (80, 77-157) T-18th at 2010 Dayton Invitational (83, 76-159)
2010 Horizon League Champions * 2010 NCAA Central Regional
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2010 Year In Review The 2010 season can be summed up in one phrase - We Are The Champions. It only took the Detroit program six seasons since its inception in 2004 to win its first Horizon League championship and the Titans did so in record form. Detroit set a school record with an opening score of 300 in the first round of play as the red, white and blue played through rain to win the title, carding a 943 (300-324-319) last April at the Kearney Hill Links in Lexington, KY, the site of the 1997 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship. They opened up a 10-shot lead over the field by firing that 300, but UDM saw its advantage shrink to just two shots at the end of 36 holes. The Titans poured it on in the final round and posted an 11-stroke victory over Youngstown State, their closest pursuer. The championship weekend saw Alainna Stefan lead Detroit to victory by taking medalist honors with a 226 (73-77-76). She was also named first team All-Horizon League and AllTournament. Joining her on the All-Tournament team was Marni Achterhoff, who finished with a 229 (72-81-76) for second place. As a freshman, Collette Hansen earned 15th at the league tournament, while seniors Rachel McHenry (252) and Alex Aversa (253) left Detroit with a ring on their fingers finishing in 19th and 20 place, respectively. The victory sent the Titans to their first NCAA field, where UDM placed 23rd at the Central Regional, held at Otter Creek Golf Club in Columbus, IN. The Titans also became the first Horizon League team to ever to appear in a women’s golf Regional. Seeded 23rd at the regional, Detroit maintained that position on the leader board throughout the tournament, opening play on with a 352. In blustery conditions a day later, UDM carded a 354 and finishing the tournament with a 358 on the final 18. The field included some of the best golf teams in the nation with 16 schools ranked in the nation’s Top 50, including regional winner in fifth-ranked USC.
Stefan led Detroit as she came home tied for 91st place individually with a 251 (87-7886). Aversa and McHenry were next in line for the Titans, tied at 272. Detroit also tallied a tournament victory on the year by winning its Titan Invitational. Stefan won that event carding a 154 (75-79), while two other Titans placed in the top 5 and four in the top 10.
Aversa was third with a 157 (77-80), while McHenry tallied a 160 (80-80) to take fifth.
The year started with four fall events, with Detroit taking fifth at Chicago State PTSIR Classic. Stefan paced UDM tying for ninth with a 161. The tournament would be the first of five on the year that she would finish in the top 10. After fall events at Cincinnati and Akron, UDM ended the fall in a tie for second at the Dayton Invitational. Stefan took a share of fifth in the two-round classic, while Jackie DeMarco tied for ninth. It was then on to the spring where Detroit opened play in the Sunshine State by finishing seventh at the Don Benbow Invitational and falling short in a friendly dual to Seminole State College. The Don Benbow saw McHenry top the team leaderboard ending in a tie for 24th.
2010 Season In A Glance First Horizon League Championship NCAA Central Regional Participants Horizon League Coach of the Year One All-Horizon League Golfer Two All-HL All-Tournament Golfers Five Titans named All-American Scholar Teams by the National Golf Coaches Association Two Tournament wins 26
Alainna Stefan was the medalist at the 2010 HL Championship.
Detroit geared up for its championship run with two other spring events earning 11th at the C&F Bank Intercollegiate in Williamsburg, VA, and seventh at BGSU’s Falcon Invitational.
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2010 Year In Review TEAM TOURNAMENT RESULTS Date Tournament Sept. 21-22 Chicago State PTSIR Classic (Lost Marsh GC, Hammond, IN) Sept. 28-29 Cincinnati Fall Classic (Elks Run GC, Batavia, OH) Oct. 5-6 Zippy Invitational (Rosemont CC, Fairlawn, OH) Oct. 19-20 Dayton Invitational (NCR CC, Dayton, OH) Mar. 8-9 Don Benbow Invit. (Jacksonville Beach GC, Jacks. Beach, FL) Mar. 11 Dual vs. Seminole State Coll. (Walkabout GC, Mims, FL) Mar. 20-21 C&F Bank Intercoll. (Ford’s Colony GC, Williamsburg, VA) Apr. 2-3 Titans Invitational (Western CC, Redford, MI) Apr. 17-18 BGSU Falcon Invit. (Stone Ridge GC, Bowling Green, OH) Apr. 25-26 Horizon League Champ. (Kearney Hill Links, Lexington, KY) May 6-8 NCAA Central Regional (Otter Creek GC, Columbus, IN) INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENT RESULTS Golfer PTSIR Cincinnati Achterhoff 165 (79-86) * 17 259 (90-81-88) * T68 Aversa 171 (86-85) * T32 248 (83-82-83) * T49 DeMarco 172 (83-89) * T35 242 (78-83-81) * 31 Hansen 166 (80-86) * T18 258 (85-86-87) * 67 McHenry 174 (86-88) * T38 247 (88-81-78) * T44 Sears DNP DQ (DQ-93-92) * DNF Stefan 161 (78-83) * T9 255 (89-84-82) * 62 Zouzal DNP DNP Golfer Achterhoff Aversa DeMarco Hansen McHenry Sears Stefan Zouzal
C&F Bank 172 (89-83) * T72 162 (80-82) * T30 166 (79-87) * T50 DNP 170 (88-82) * T63 DNP 164 (83-81) * T40 DNP
2009-10 TITAN AVERAGES Golfer Cl. Alainna Stefan Jr. Marni Achterhoff Jr. Jackie DeMarco So. Alex Aversa Sr. Rachel McHenry Sr. Collette Hansen Fr. Allison Sears Fr. Liz Zouzal Jr. Team
Titans 166 (82-84) * 10 157 (77-80) * 3 176 (89-87) * T16 172 (87-85) * T13 160 (80-80) * 5 181 (86-95) * 24 154 (75-79) * 1 DNP
Result 5th of 10 - 663 (320-343) 13th of 14 - 1003 (345-328-330) T-9th of 15 - 991 (341-316-334) T2 of 10 - 645 (322-323) 7th of 11 - 682 (344-338) 2nd of 2 - 346 11th of 20 - 658 (330-328) 1st of 5 - 637 (314-323) 7th of 11 - 668 (345-323) 1st of 7 - 943 (300-324-319) 23rd of 24 - 1064 (352-354-358)
Zippy 249 (82-83-84) * T36 252 (89-81-82) * T45 254 (89-74-91) * T52 DNP 251 (88-81-82) * T40 DNP 248 (82-80-86) * T31 DNP BGSU 168 (89-79) * T30 168 (89-79) * T30 DNP 170 (87-83) * T36 172 (86-86) * T44 177 (94-83) * T52 165 (83-82) * T19 DNP
Hometown/High School Dearborn, MI/Mercy Muskegon, MI/Mona Shores LaSalle, ON/St. Thomas of Villanova LaSalle, ON/St. Thomas of Villanova Livonia, MI/Stevenson West Olive, MI/Grand Haven Clio, MI/Powers Windsor, ON/Holy Names
Rounds 25 25 17 25 25 20 6 redshirt 25
Dayton 161 (83-78) * T13 171 (87-84) * T35 160 (79-81) * T9 165 (83-82) * T23 169 (82-87) * T30 DNP 158 (78-80) * T5 DNP Horizon 229 (72-81-76) * 2 253 (79-93-81) * T20 DNP 247 (76-85-86) * 15 252 (82-81-89) * 19 DNP 226 (73-77-76) * 1 DNP
Top Detroit Player Stefan - T9 (161) DeMarco - 31 (242) Stefan - T31 (248) Stefan - T5 (158) McHenry - T24 (167) Stefan - 4 (85) Aversa - T30 (162) Stefan - 1 (154) Stefan - T19 (165) Stefan - 1 (226) Stefan - T92 (251)
Benbow 171 (88-83) * T34 181 (88-93) * 48 178 (90-88) * T43 175 (85-90) * T37 167 (83-84) * T24 DNP 168 (85-83) T26 DNP
Seminole 90 * T8 86 * 5 87 * 6 88 * 7 90 * T8 DNP 85 * 4 DNP
NCAA Regional 273 (87-97-89) * 118 272 (84-97-91) * T116 DNP 283 (95-93-95) * 121 272 (94-86-92 * T116 DNP 251 (87-78-86) * T92 DNP
Strokes 2035 2103 1435 2121 2124 1724 543
Average 81.4 84.1 84.4 84.8 85.0 86.2 90.5
Low 18 73 (Horizon) 72 (Horizon) 74 (Zippy) 77 (Titan) 78 (Cincinnati) 76 (Horizon) 83 (BGSU)
Low 54 226 (Horizon) 229 (Horizon) 242 (Cincinnati) 248 (Cincinnati) 247 (Cincinnati) 247 (Horizon) n/a
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2010 Fall Review TEAM TOURNAMENT RESULTS Date Tournament Sept. 11-12 Redbird Invitational (Weibring Golf Club, Normal, IL) Sept. 19 Dual vs. Oakland (Katke-Cousins Golf Course in Rochester, MI) Oct. 11-12 Zippy Invitational (Rosemont Country Club, Fairlawn, OH) Oct. 18-19 Dayton Invitational (NCR North Course, Kettering, OH) Oct. 29-31 Lady Paladin Invitational (Furman University GC, Greenville, SC) INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENT RESULTS Golfer Redbird Achterhoff 241 (79, 81, 81) * T25 Adamczak DNP Hansen 247 (88, 82, 77) * T50 Lammers 236 (79, 78, 79) * T15 Sears DNP Stefan 236 (76, 81, 79) * T15 Thorne 251 (82, 83, 86) * T57 Zouzal DNP 2010-11 TITAN AVERAGES Golfer Yr Alainna Stefan Sr. Lindsey Lammers Fr. Christina Thorne Fr. Collette Hansen So. Marni Achterhoff Sr. Allison Sears So Liz Zouzal Sr. Brooke Adamczak Fr. Team
Dual vs. OU 84 (WD) (I) 178 (89, 89) *10th 175 (83, 92) * T8 163 (80, 83) * 6th 175 (89, 86) * T8 156 (80, 76) * T3 157 (80, 77) * 5th 82 (WD)
Hometown/High School Dearborn, MI/Mercy Milan, MI/Milan Kingston, ON/Bayridge West Olive, MI/Grand Haven Muskegon, MI/Mona Shores Clio, MI/Powers Windsor, ON/Holy Names Muskegon, MI/Mona Shores
Result 7th of 11 - 954 (316, 322, 316) L, 625-651 4th of 12 - 972 (325, 323, 324) 2nd of 10 - 619 (314, 305) 16th of 17 - 996 (332, 329, 335)
Zippy 257 (84, 87, 86) * T46 DNP 243 (78, 79, 86) * T16 240 (85, 76, 79) * T11 DNP 236 (78, 81, 77) * T6 254 (85, 87, 82) * T40 (I) 269 (83, 89, 97) * T64
Rounds 13 13 13 13 12 4 4 2 13
Strokes 1029 1036 1071 1073 1020 346 351 178 4192
Avg. 79.1 79.6 82.3 82.5 85.0 86.5 87.7 89.0 322.4
Top Detroit Player Stefan/Lammers - T15 (236) Alainna Stefan - T3 (156) Alainna Stefan - T6 (236) Stefan/Lammers - T6 (152) Lammers - T52 (245)
Dayton 171 (86, 86) * T41 DNP 156 (74, 82) * T15 152 (79, 73) * T6 (I) 171 (87, 84) * T41 152 (78, 74) * T6 159 (83, 76) * T18 DNP
Low 18 74 (Dayton) 73 (Dayton) 76 (Dayton) 74 (Dayton) 79 (Redbird) 84 (Dayton) 82 (OU Dual) 89 (OU Dual) 305 (Dayton)
Lady Paladin 267 (92, 86, 89) * 90th DNP 252 (82, 86, 84) * 75th 245 (87, 76, 82) * T52 DNP 249 (82, 86, 81) * T69 250 (81, 81, 88) * T71 DNP
Low 54 236 (Redbird/Zippy) 236 (Redbird) 250 (Lady Paladin) 243 (Zippy) 241 (Redbird) n/a 269 (Zippy) n/a 954 (Redbird)
The 2010 Detroit Titans women’s golf team got together at halftime of a men’s basketball game at Calihan Hall to raise UDM’s first-ever women’s golf banner.
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Detroit Records TEAM Low 18-Hole Round 300 – 2010 Horizon League Championship (1st) 304 – 2008 Grand Valley State Invitational (2nd Round) 304 – 2007 Grand Valley State Invitational (2nd) 304 – 2007 UDM Triangular Match (2nd) 305 – 2010 Dayton Invitational (2nd) 306 – 2007 IPFW Fall Classic (1st) 308 – 2008 Grand Valley State Invitational (1st) 309 – 2007 NKU Spring Fling (2nd) 311 – 2007 NKU Spring Fling (1st) 312 – 2006 NIU Huskie Classic (2nd) 313 – 2007 Cincinnati Invitational (1st) 313 – 2007 Grand Valley State Invitational (1st) 314 – 2010 Detroit Titan Invitational (1st) 314 – 2010 Dayton Invitational (1st) 316 – 2010 Zippy Invitational (2nd) 316 – 2010 Redbird Invitational (1st) 316 – 2010 Redbird Invitational (3rd) Low 36-Hole Tournament 612 – 2008 Grand Valley State Invitational (308-304) 619 – 2010 Dayton Invitational(314-325) 623 – 2009 Don Benbow Invitational (316-307) 627 – 2007 Fall IPFW Classic (306-321) 632 – 2006 NIU Huskie Classic (320-312) 636 – 2007 Youngstown State Invitational(319-320) 636 – 2006 Taco Bell Youngstown State Invitational (320-316) 636 – 2007 Youngstown State Invitational(319-320) 636 – 2010 Detroit Titans Invitational(314-323) 642 – 2008 North/South Collegiate (325-317) 645 – 2009 Dayton Invitational (322-323) 653 – 2007 Dayton Invitational (327-326) 653 – 2007 NIU Huskie Classic (325-328) 653 – 2005 Taco Bell Youngstown State Invitational (327-326) 655 – 2006 Detroit Titans Invitational (327-328) Low 54-Hole Tournament 943 – 2010 Horizon League Championships (300-324-319) 954 – 2010 Redbird Invitational (316-322-316) 955 – 2006 Butler Invitational (320-321-314) 972 – 2010 Zippy Invitational (325-323-324) 987 – 2008 Horizon League Championship (330-334-323) 991 – 2009 Zippy Invitational (341-316-334) 996 – 2009 Horizon League Championship (338-330-328) 996 – 2010 Lady Paladin Invitational (332-329-335)) 1003 – 2009 Cincinnati Invitational (345-328-330) 1007 – 2008 Cincinnati Invitational (341-323-343) 1011 – 2005 IPFW Fall Classic (346-325-340) 1021 – 2005 Rocket Fall Classic (342-331-348) 1024 – 2006 Rocket Spring Classic (337-337-350) 1035 – 2006 Horizon League Championship (355-328-352)
INDIVIDUAL Low 18-hole round (Round) 68 – Rachel McHenry, 2007 Grand Valley State Invite (1st) 71 – Rachel McHenry, 2007 UDM Triangular Match (2nd) 72 – Marni Achterhoff, 2010 Horizon League Championship (1st) 72 – Ashley Hamilton, 2006 Taco Bell YSU Invite (2nd) 73 – Lindsey Lammers, 2010 Dayton Invitational (2nd) 73 – Rachel McHenry, 2006 Butler Invitational (3rd) 73 – Alainna Stefan, 2010 Horizon League Championship (1st) 74 – Jackie DeMarco, 2009 Zippy Invitational (2nd) 74 – Collette Hansen, 2010 Dayton Invitational (1st) 74 – Alainna Stefan, 2008 Chicago State Fall Invitational (1st) 74 – Alainna Stefan, 2010 Dayton Invitational (2nd) 74 – Rachel McHenry, 2008 Grand Valley State Inv. (2nd) 74 – Alainna Stefan, 2007 IPFW Fall Classic (1st) 74 – Mandi Dupuis, 2005 NIU Huskie Classic (2nd) 74 – Rachel McHenry, 2007 NKU Spring Fling (2nd) 74 – Mandi Dupuis, 2005 IPFW Fall Classic (1st) 74 – Mandi Dupuis, 2005 NIU Huskie Classic (2nd) 74 – Mandi Dupuis, 2006 Taco Bell Youngstown State Inv. (1st) 75 – Alainna Stefan, 2010 Titan Invitational (1st) Low 36-hole tournament 147 – Rachel McHenry, 2007 Grand Valley State Inv. (79-68) 148 – Rachel McHenry, 2007 UDM Triangular Match (77-71) 150 – Alainna Stefan, 2009 Don Benbow Invitational (77-73) 150 – Alainna Stefan, 2008 Grand Valley State Inv. (75-75) 150 – Mandi Dupuis, 2005 NIU Huskie Classic (76-74) 151 – Rachel McHenry, 2008 Grand Valley State Inv. (77-74) 152 – Lindsey Lammers, 2010 Dayton Invitational (79-73) 152 – Rachel McHenry, 2007 NKU Spring Fling (78-74) 152 – Mandi Dupuis, 2007 Grand Valley State Inv. (75-77) 152 – Alainna Stefan, 2010 Dayton Invitational (78-74) Low 54-hole tournament 226 – Alainna Stefan, 2010 HL Championship (73-77-76) 228 – Mandi Dupuis, 2005 IPFW Fall Classic (74-77-77) 229 – Marni Achterhoff, 2010 HL Championship (72-81-76) 233 – Rachel McHenry, 2006 Butler Invitational (76-84-73) 236 – Mandi Dupuis, 2005 Rocket Fall Classic (78-78-80) 236 – Lindsey Lammers, 2010 Redbird Invitational (79-78-79) 236 – Alainna Stefan, 2010 Redbird Championship (76-81-79) 236 – Alainna Stefan, 2010 Zippy Championship (78-81-77) 237 – Ashley Hamilton, 2004 Eastern Kentucky Inv. (78-80-79) 239 – Mandi Dupuis, 2004 Eastern Kentucky Inv. (77-81-81) 240 – Ashley Hamilton, 2006 Butler Invitational (81-81-78) 240 – Lindsey Lammers, 2010 Zippy Invitational (85-76-79) 241 – Marni Achterhoff, 2010 Redbird Invitational (79-81-81) 241 – Rachel McHenry, 2008 HL Championship (79-79-83) 242 – Jackie DeMarco, 2009 Cincinnati Invitational (78-83-81) 243 – Collette Hansen, 2010 Zippy Invitational (78-79-86 244 – Rachel McHenry, Spring 2008 Cincinnati Inv. (83-80-81) 245 – Mandi Dupuis, 2006 Horizon League Champ. (83-81-81) 245 – Lindsey Lammers, 2010 Lady Paladin Invite. (87-76-82)
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All-Time Award Winners
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Marni Achterhoff
Mandi Dupuis
Ashley Hamilton
HL All-Tournament: 2010
All-Horizon League: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 HL All-Tournament: 2007, 2008
All-Horizon League: 2006, 2007, 2008 HL All-Tournament: 2005
Rachel McHenry
Alainna Stefan
HL Newcomer of the Year: 2007 All-Horizon League: 2007, 2008 HL All-Tournament: 2008
Horizon League Medalist: 2010 All-Horizon League: 2009, 2010 HL All-Tournament: 2010
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The Horizon League HORIZON LEAGUE Entering its 32nd season of operation in the 2010-11 academic year, the Horizon League continues to aspire toward its goal of being one of the nation’s leading athletics conferences while being recognized as a leader in the development of student-athletes as leaders and role models. The Horizon League membership features ten public and private institutions t h a t h ave i m p re s s i ve a c a d e m i c reputations and a storied tradition of broad-based athletic programs. Current membership includes Butler University, Cleveland State University, the University of Detroit Mercy, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Loyola University Chicago, Valparaiso University, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wright State University and Youngstown State University. The Horizon League’s primary focus is on adding value to the educational experience through its four platforms: athletic performance, academic achievement, community outreach, and personal responsibility and accountability. It is the League’s belief that athletics is a powerful and visible resource tool that can be used to enhance student-athletes’ collegiate experience. The Horizon League’s goals are to enhance the holistic university experience for the student-athlete, to create an affiliation of institutions with similar athletic goals, and to adhere to the principals of integrity, diversity, excellence and growth. The Horizon League sponsors competition in 19 sports - nine for men (baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field and tennis) and ten for women (basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, tennis and volleyball). The League receives automatic bids to NCAA championships in baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, women’s volleyball, and for the first time in League history, women’s golf. The Horizon League is headquartered in Indianapolis, the “Amateur Sports Capital of the World,” with offices in the Pan American Plaza (201 S. Capitol Avenue), located a block from Lucas Oil Stadium and just minutes from Conseco Fieldhouse, the State Capitol Building, Victory Field (home of the Indianapolis Indians) and the NCAA national office. A PROUD HISTORY Founded on June 16, 1979, as the Midwestern City Conference with six charter members, the League changed its name to the Midwestern Collegiate Conference in 1985 and added women’s sports for the 1986-87 academic year. Charter members of the conference included current members Butler and Loyola as well as the University of Evansville, Oklahoma City University, Oral Roberts University and Xavier University.
Among other current members, Detroit joined in 1980, and Cleveland State, UIC, Green Bay, Milwaukee and Wright State came aboard in 1994 (along with Northern Illinois University) in the largest non-merger conference expansion in history. Youngstown State joining in 2001 and Valparaiso in 2007. On June 4, 2001, the Horizon League unveiled its current name and ushered in a new dynamic direction that has brought the League closer to its stated goal of being one of the nation’s top ten collegiate athletic conferences with a focus on enhancing the student-athletes’ experience by upgrading the League’s market and competitive positions. ATHLETIC SUCCESS In the past few years, the Horizon League has enjoyed unprecedented success on the national stage, highlighted by Butler’s 2010 NCAA men’s basketball championship game appearance where the Bulldogs fell to Duke, 61-59. The Horizon League has compiled a 10-7 record in the past five years in the NCAA tournament, ranking sixth among all collegiate conferences for winning percentage. Green Bay’s women’s basketball team became the league’s first atlarge bid to the NCAA Championship in 2010 with Cleveland State receiving the automatic nod. The Phoenix knocked off No. 5 seed Virginia in the first round before falling to Elite Eight participant Iowa State, 60-56. Men’s soccer has tasted victory in seven out of the last eight years (Milwaukee 2002-05, UIC 2006-08), with UIC just one win away from the College Cup in 2007. In softball, League teams won a game in the national tournament four straight years earlier in the decade (UIC 2002, 2004; Wright State 2003; Green Bay 2005) while advancing into the second round in women’s soccer three of the last six seasons (Detroit 2004, Milwaukee 2005-06). Butler’s Victoria Mitchell became the League’s first NCAA individual champion when she won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
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The Mission Inn Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, FL, will serve as the site for the 2011 Horizon League Championships ACADEMIC SUCCESS Horizon League student-athletes also excel in the classroom as more than 500 have been named to the Academic Honor Roll each of the past seven semesters for carrying a grade-point average of 3.2 or better, including more than 600 for the last four semesters. Twenty-seven student-athletes were named to ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District teams in 2009-10, while 10 earned Academic All-America honors. COMMUNITY SERVICE In addition to its athletics success, the Horizon League has secured a well-earned reputation for its community service initiatives. Each January, member institutions partner with local elementary schools for an art, music and essay contest highlighting the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with winners recognized at League games on the weekend of MLK Day. The Horizon League Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) also has continued a tradition of working with youth in Indianapolis during its annual summer meeting. In addition, several League men’s basketball coaches coached barefoot to support Samaritan’s Feet, and the League’s schools and fans donate to Komen for the Cure for breast cancer awareness during its annual women’s basketball championship. On campus, student-athletes have raised money and awareness for such causes as breast cancer, diabetes and hurricane relief, while hosting blood drives, neighborhood clean-ups, Big Brother/ Big Sister programs and more. SPORTSMANSHIP One of the Horizon League’s points of emphasis is fostering collegial environments for competition among student-athletes, coaches, administrators and fans in a pro-active approach. Among the vehicles is the Ethical Conduct Pledge, which is signed each season by student-athletes, coaches, officials, and campus and
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League administrators. Its purpose is to make all the involved groups aware of the Horizon League expectations of behavior during conference events. DEMOGRAPHICS Horizon League institutions boast a combined enrollment of more than 130,000 plus nearly a quarter-million living alumni centered in the League’s Midwest footprint. League media markets include five of the nation’s top 35 in Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Indianapolis and Milwaukee, covering more than ten million television households and encompassing more than nine percent of the nation’s television audience. GOVERNANCE The Horizon League is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of the ten member institutions’ chief executive officers. Dr. Bobby Fong, President of Butler, serves as Board Chair through June 30, 2011. Barry Collier, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at Butler, serves as chair of the Executive Council, and Elaine Jacobs, Associate Athletic Director/Senior Woman Administrator at Youngstown State, is the Vice Chair and Joseph Kirsch of Butler serves as chair of the Faculty Athletics Representatives. LEADERSHIP Jonathan B. (Jon) LeCrone is in his 19th year as Commissioner of the Horizon League, having been named to the position on May 11, 1992, and is the fifth-longest tenured commissioner among the 31 Division I conferences. He is the fifth commissioner in League history, succeeding Daniel B. “Tucker” DiEdwardo (1989-92), James W. Shaffer (1984-89), Cecil N. Coleman (1980-84) and James J. McCafferty (1979-80). LeCrone is in the second year of a four-year term on the NCAA Division I Leadership Council after completing a five-year term on the Division I Men’s Basketball Committee.
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Detroit... • is home to the Motown sound founded by Berry Gordy Jr. in 1957 • is home to the first Van Gogh painting in a public collection in the U.S. at the Detroit Institute of Arts, “Self Portrait,” Vincent Van Gogh, 1887 • installed the first mile of paved concrete road, just north of the Model T plant, on Woodward Avenue between McNichols and 7 Mile Roads in 1909 • built the nation’s first urban freeway, the Davison, in 1942 • is home to the oldest state fair in the nation — the Michigan State Fair, first held in 1849 • is the potato chip capital of the world, based on consumption • has country’s largest island park within a city — Belle Isle Park • is second in the nation in fishing rod sales
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Detroit... • is north of Canada • is home to the world’s only floating post office, the J.W. Westcott II, can be found on the Detroit River • shares the world’s first auto traffic tunnel between two nations – the Detroit/Windsor Tunnel • is home to the second tallest hotel in North America – the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center, at 73 stories • the nation’s first soda – Vernors – created in Detroit by pharmacist James Vernor in 1862. Detroit is also home to Sanders hot fudge, Better Made Potato Chips, Faygo soda pop and Stroh’s Ice Cream • has the most registered bowlers in the United States • was the first city in the nation to assign individual telephone numbers in 1879 2010 Horizon League Champions * 2010 NCAA Central Regional
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About Detroit Having celebrated its tricentennial in 2001, Greater Detroit has the best of the old and the most promising of the new. From Greektown to Bricktown, Detroit has it all. The oldest city in the Midwest, Detroit was discovered in 1701 and has since become the center of business and recreation for millions. It is the largest city in Michigan and the 11th largest in the United States. Encompassing three counties — Wayne, Oakland and Macomb — the Metropolitan Detroit area spans 2,026 square miles and is home to 4.4 million people, nearly one million of whom live within the City of Detroit. Detroit’s vibrant, 75-acre Civic Center is a riverfront mecca for convention, entertainment, festival and sporting activities. Home to Cobo Conference/Exhibition Center and Arena, Joe Louis Arena and Philip A. Hart Plaza, the Civic Center is adjacent to some of the area’s finest hotels, top-notch restaurants and the famous Renaissance Center. Cobo Conference/Exhibition Center underwent a $200 million expansion, which was completed in 1989 and increased the facility’s exhibit space to 720,000 square feet, making it one of the nation’s largest convention centers. Renaissance Center, now the world headquarters for General Motors, is the city’s largest office complex, with seven gleaming towers of activity located on the Detroit riverfront. The 73-story Marriott Hotel is housed within this symbol of downtown development. Long known as the automobile capital of the world, the Detroit area is headquarters to all of the major automobile companies. While a lot of the area’s industry centers around the “horseless carriage,” Detroit is more than a smokestack town. Home to 16 of the Fortune 1000 firms, greater Detroit ranks sixth among U.S. cities in total spendable income. A short walk from the riverfront and the rigors of business is the enjoyment of exciting ethnic nightlife, known to Detroiters as Greektown. A two-block area of authentic Greek food and entertainment, Greektown became an even more invigorating locale in recent years with the addition of the Greektown Casino, one of three major casinos operating near downtown. One can enjoy art and scan the shelves that house 2.5 million books in the Detroit Public Library; and experience Michigan’s Underground Railroad movement at the Museum of AfricanAmerican History. Americana at its finest is displayed at Dearborn’s Henry Ford and Greenfield Village. While The Henry Ford is a museum that displays artifacts and implements used in earlier times, Greenfield Village demonstrates how these items were used and how they affected lifestyles.
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Ford Field is home to the NFL’s Detroit Lions, while Comerica Park serves as the home venue for MLB’s Detroit Togers.
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About Detroit Music for every taste abounds in Greater Detroit. The Detroit symphony is worldrenowned. Jazz greats join local performers at the annual Montreaux Jazz Festival. Popular music fans are entertained at several area music houses including the Royal Oak Music Theater, Orchestra Hall and the Fox Theatre. Detroit is a great sports town, known throughout the country for its enthusiastic fans. The Detroit Tigers play in Comerica Park, which opened in 2000 and hosted the 2005 Major League All-Star Game as well as 2006 World Series contests. Immediately adjacent to the Tigers’ home, the NFL Lions play in another wonderful new facility, Ford Field, which hosted Super Bowl XL in 2006 and will host the 2010 NCAA Frozen Four. The 2008 NCAA Men’s Basketball Midwest Regional was played in Ford Field as will be the 2009 Final Four, both of the event, incidentally, hosted by UDM. The 2008 Stanley Cup Champion Red Wings call Joe Louis Arena home. The NBA Detroit Pistons play in the Palace of Auburn Hills. Two-thirds of a mile across the Detroit River lies Windsor, Ontario, Canada. To celebrate the friendship and independence of the two nations, the International Freedom Festival is The Renaissance Center & GM World Headquarters is located held for two weeks each summer, with activities right along the Detroit River in downtown Detroit. in both countries.
Campus Martius is home to many activities, including ice skating during the winter months in the Motor City
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Titan Training The main goal of the Strength and Conditioning Department is to help the student-athlete improve physically and mentally in their respective sport. This will be accomplished in such a way that is safe and efficient for each individual athlete. As the studentathlete participates in these activities we will work to lessen the possibility of injury or re-injury. If an injury should occur, we will work with the Sports Medicine Staff and the student-athlete to complete rehabilitation. Each team will have an individualized program based on their particular sport. Each program takes into account the intensity level, the physical demands, and skill involved in each individual sport and also each individual student-athlete. All teams and individuals will be subject to performance tests that will help design each program and also will help to determine the success of the program. The Strength and Conditioning Staff will work with each individual coach at all times. Each coach will receive updated attendance, evaluation, and comments on a regular basis about each studentathlete. Communication is the key to success in the weight room and on the playing field. The Titans condition and train in the Larry Bleach Weight Room, located in Calihan Hall. All UDM student-athletes are trained under the supervision of two full-time certified strength and conditioning coaches, as well as two intern assistants. Every member of the Titan strength and conditioning staff is assigned a team, which allows daily interaction
between the athletes and the coaches. Such interaction is a tremendous asset when developing a program that best serves the athlete and the team.
Joe Tofferi Asst. AD for Strength & Conditioning
Nick Wilson Asst. Strength & Conditioning Coach
In the past three years, the fitness center expanded by over 400 square feet. Olympic style platforms, squat racks, stretch and other auxiliary speed equipment have also been added, all designed and implemented to improve the Titans’ speed and power. The center also features the ONS Performance nutritional shake, which is designed to help every athlete recover from training and conditioning with a supplement increase in their protein and carbohydrate intake.
The UDM strength and conditioning staff has not only helped the Titan student-athletes, but professional athletes as well. UDM graduate and current New Orleans Hornets guard Willie Green comes back to use the facilities during the offseason as well as former Detroit Tigers’ left-hander Nate Robertson. In what has become an annual event, the department started the very successful “Cardio for a Cause”. The fundraiser showcases 216 participants from student-athletes, UDM athletic department staff and members of the community as each ride a stationary bike for ten minutes, pedaling through the day and night and keeping the bike going for 24 consecutive hours. The 2011 event will help raise money for the Detroit Titan Strength & Conditioning program and the V Foundation for Cancer Research.
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Sports Medicine At the University of Detroit Mercy, the sports medicine staff is committed to providing the best care to all Titan athletes. Director of Sports Medicine and Head Athletic Trainer Michael Miller coordinates and oversees the sports medicine services at UDM for over 250 student-athletes. The sports medicine staff is responsible for assessing athletic injuries and illnesses, administering first aid and CPR care, making medical referrals, Chris Ashley and preventing and rehabilitating athletic injuries that Michael Miller Asst. AD for Hinderliter VanMeter occur during the school year. Sports Asst. Dir. of Asst. Dir. of The sports medicine department is under the Medicine Sports Medicine Sports Medicine guidance of Dr. Michael Workings, a family practice physician from the Henry Ford Health System. Dr. Workings also acts as the Team Physician for the Detroit Tigers. Joining him for the 2010-11 year is Team Orthopedic Dr. Terrence Lock and Dr. Rehal Bhojani and Dr. Patrick Jean-Pierre, who will provide clinic and game coverage. The athletic training facility is located at Calihan Hall. This training facility is equipped with a taping and first aid station, treatment and modality tables, hydrotherapy whirlpools, and rehabilitative equipment. The goals of the University of Detroit Mercy Sports Medicine Department is to prevent athletic injuries as much as possible through effective injury prevention programs, and to return injured athletes to their previous competitive status in the safest and quickest manner possible.
Lorena Carithers Athletic Training Intern
Adam Siero Athletic Training Intern
Victoria Vintevoghel Graduate Asst. Athletic Trainer
Dr. Michael G. Workings Team Physician
Dr. Terrence R. Lock Team Orthopedic
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Academics/Compliance When talking about students who compete in a varsity sport, the term typically used is “studentathlete.” The word “student” comes first, and that’s the way the University of Detroit Mercy approaches all of its athletic team members. Although performance in competition is important, they are students first, and athletes second, with their performance in the classroom plenty important in Titan Territory. UDM’s Center for Student-Athlete Development, one of the first of its kind, offers programs for academic classes, drug education, student enhancement and works to improve communication skills. All 19 varsity teams are encouraged to take full advantage of the programs offered at the center. The center also heads up the NCAA Life Skills Program, which focuses on the student in student-athlete and how to deal with issues that all student-athletes today must face. Through seminars, guest speakers and NCAA videos, student-athletes are made aware of issues such as gambling and drug and alcohol abuse, and how to deal with these concerns. The center is made possible, in part, by a grant from the NCAA. In conjunction with the staff of the University Learning Center, members of the center’s staff teach UAS 107, “Athletes in Transition,” each year. All freshman and transfer student-athletes must take this course during their studies at UDM. The course deals with how student-athletes can make the transition from high school to college. This important class teaches student-athletes to deal with time and stress management, study skills and the importance of good nutritional habits. Another example of Detroit’s commitment to its
student-athletes’ academic excellence is the Athletic Academic Coordinator’s post. Since the position was created, UDM’s graduation rate Amy Paling Steve Corder for studentAsst. Dir. of Asst. AD for athletes has NCAA Compliance/ steadily risen. Compliance Academic Cord. Assistant Athletic Director For NCAA Compliance Steve Corder, no stranger to collegiate athletics as he played soccer for Detroit from 1994-98, and his staff carefully track each Titan’s academic progress to make sure they are on the right path toward graduation. In addition, student-athletes are helped with their tutorial needs through the use of the student-run Learning Center, where professors and students donate their time as tutors. The student-athletes’ academic progress is closely monitored and study table is set up to assist the Titans with any and all academic areas, including providing tutors and a writing lab. The center is open daily and also has evening hours to work around a student-athlete’s busy schedule. All freshmen must take part in the study table, as well as other studentathletes who have not yet achieved a 2.75 GPA. The University of Detroit Mercy is committed to the principles of institutional control in operating our athletic department. We are responsible for adhering to the rules, regulations and spirit of the NCAA, Horizon League and the University. The University of Detroit Mercy Compliance Office directs this effort and acts a primary resource concerning NCAA rules, regulations and compliance issues. We ensure that our institution complies with all NCAA standards and we are responsible for monitoring all athletic programs to assure compliance.
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Notable Alumni -ARichard Abdoo (Retired President & CEO, Wisconsin Energy) .............. BusAdm’69 -BAnita Barone (Actress) ................................................................................. LAE ’86 Stephanie Bergeron (Ret. VP & Treasurer, Goodyear Tire & Rubber)........ BusAdm ’81 Emil Brolick (President, YUM! Brands) ............................................BusAdm ’69, ’70 -CCynthia Canty (Radio Personality, WMGC-FM) ........................................... LAE ’75 Thomas Capo (Chairman, Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group) ..........BusAdm ’73, ’75, ’80 Michael F. Cavanagh (Justice, Michigan Supreme Court)............... LAE ’62, LW ’66 Maura Corrigon (Justice, Michigan Supreme Court) ......................................LW ’73 Matthew Cullen (President & COO Rock Enterprises) .......................... BusAdm ’83 -DChristopher Darga (Actor) ............................................................................ LAE ‘80 Thomas Denomme (Ret. Vice Chair & CAO, DaimlerChrysler) ............ BusAdm ’61 -EMichael Evans (President Loyola High School, MI)...................................... LAE ‘75 -FW. James Farrell (Retired Chairman & CEO, Illinois Tool Works) ................E&S ’68 Robert Ficano (Executive, Wayne County) ....................................................LW ’77 -GEugene A. Gargaro (Sr. Vice President, Masco Corporation) ........................LW ’67 Robert Goodenow (Former Executive Director, NHL Players Assoc.) ............LW ’79 Roman S. Gribbs (Former Mayor, City of Detroit) .................... BusAdm ’52, LW ’54 -HJohn P. Hayes (Retired Chairman & CEO, National Gypsum) .............. BusAdm ’43 Robert Hendry (Retired CFO, General Motors) ..................................... BusAdm ’69 Sister Mary Ellen Howard (Director, St. Frances Cabrini Clinic).................. CHP ’68 William Hermann (Managing Partner, Plante & Moran)......................... BusAdm ‘72 -KFrank Kelley (Attorney General Emeritus, State of Michigan) ........................LW ’51 David Patrick Kelley (Actor) .......................................................................... LAE ‘77 John C. Kennedy (President & CEO, Autocam Corp.) .......................... BusAdm ’79 James Kokas (President/Owner, Opus One) ............................................... LAE ‘73 -LJames D Lark (Owner, The Lark) ................................................................. LAE ‘52 Elmore Leonard (Author/Screenplay Writer) ................................................ LAE ’50 Albert Lorenzo (President, Macomb County CC) ............................BusAdm ’65, ’66 -MThaddeus McCotter (Congressman, US House of Representatives) ...... LAE ’87, LW ’90 Isaiah McKinnon (Former Chief of Police, City of Detroit) .................... LAE ‘75, ‘78 William Morrow (Executive Vice President, Crain Communications) ......... BusAdm ’68 Peter Munoz (Director, Michigan State Police) ............................................. LAE ’76 -NBenny Napoleon (Sheriff, Wayne County) .................................................... LAE ‘82 Joseph Nathan (Retired President & COO, Compuware Corp.) .......LAE ’74, BusAdm ’78 James Norrod (President, Segway) ...................................................... BusAdm ‘75 -OJames O’Sullivan (Pres. & CEO, Mazda North American Oper.) .......BusAdm ’76, ’84 -PL. Brooks Patterson (Executive, Oakland County) .......................... LAE ’61, LW ’67 Marlena Lazar-Peleo (Chief Creative Officer, McDonald’s Corp.) ................ LAE ‘72 -RArlene Robinson (CEO, Girl Scouts of Metro Detroit) .................................. LAE ’75 Louis Rossetti (Chairman & CEO, Rossetti Associates)................................. AR ’59 -SDavid Schembri (President, Smart USA)............................................... BusAdm ‘75 David Stangis (VP Corp Social Responsibilitiy, Campbell Soup) ...............E & S ‘87 Robert Soulliere (President & CEO, ThyssenKrupp) ............................. BusAdm ‘85 -VAndy Vazzano (President & Managing Partner, SmithGroup) ............... BusAdm ’80 -YWilliam C. Young (President, Absopure Water Co.) ....................................E&S, ’66
A former Horizon League Player of the Year as well as the fourth all-time scorer in Titan history, Willie Green graduated with an education degree in 2003.
Allison Payne is a seven time Emmy award winning anchor at CW affiliate and cable superstation WGN-TV in Chicago. She graduated Magna Cum Laude in Liberal Arts from the University of Detroit in 1985.
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Titan Hall Of Fame UDM established its Sports Hall of Fame in 1977 in order to honor those student-athletes, coaches and administrators who have helped develop the successful tradition of Titan Athletics. The Hall of Fame now has 112 members, following the 10 latest additions made on Homecoming Weekend on Jan. 26, 2010. The 2002 induction dinner was truly one to remember. The inductees included two of the Titans’ former basketball All-Americans, Terry Tyler and John Long – or Thunder and Lightning, as they were affectionately known during their playing days – as well as the 1960 Titan football team as a unit. Additionally, the beautiful new Hall of Fame display in the Calihan Hall lobby was unveiled that night for a crowd which would fill the arena’s main floor during the induction dinner. Long and Tyler were part of one of the winningest eras of Titan basketball, having helped their team to an 86-25 record over their four years combined. They helped the Titans to an NCAA Tournament berth in 1977, and an NIT appearance one year later.
L-R: Adam Walicki, Joe Kopicki, Kim Jess, Pat Adams, Ken Dubois, Mike Pesci, Maria Pandele (Not Pictured: Jermaine Jackson, Rashad Phillips, Cassandra Pack) The 2010 Titan Hall of Fame Class was inducted at halftime of the men’s basketball game against Wright State on Jan. 26.
Long was the only player ever to lead the Titans in scoring for four straight varsity seasons, and he’s still the second-leading point producer in school history. Tyler, meanwhile, is the all-time Detroit leader for blocked shots in a game, a season and a career. He is also second in career field goal percentage and sixth in scoring.
The pair’s old coach, none other than Dick Vitale, was the keynote speaker at his former players’ induction dinner. The present-day ESPN/ABC telecaster kept the audience captivated for more than an hour with his memories of coaching the Titans. The 1960 football squad became the first team ever to be inducted into the Hall of Fame en masse. That team finished the season 7-2 – the winningest U-D record of the post-World War II era. Two of those victories, over Cincinnati and Xavier, came by shutout. Future pro stars Larry Vargo, Bruce Maher, Steve Stonebreaker and Jerry Gross were all part of the 1960 Titan roster. The most recent induction class included four former basketball players – Joe Kopicki, Jermaine Jackson, Rashad Phillips and, from the women’s team, Cassandra Pack – as well as former stars from baseball (Pat Adams and Mike Pesci), cross country/track and field (Ken Dubois and Kim Jess), golf (Adam Walicki) and tennis (Maria Pandele).
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Titan Hall Of Fame Inductee The 1960 Titan Football Harry Ackermann Pat Adams Grady Alderman Bob Babbish Chuck Baer Vince Banonis Ed Barbour Al Baumgart Joseph Beer Paul Bibeau John Biringer Larry Bleach Lloyd Brazil Dad Butler Bob Calihan Dan Cantillon Pudge Cavanaugh Mary (Lillie) Cicerone Earl “Dutch� Clark Earl Clark Jr. Tom Connell John Conti Frank Corej Pete Craig Cindy Crosbie Earl Cureton Bill Daly Coretta Daniels Dave DeBusschere Gus Dorais Ken Dubois Terry Duerod Dick Dzik Bill Ebben Andy Farkas George Fefles Tim Finnin Cindy Fix Al Ghesquiere William Giovan Ralph Goldstein Nate Goodnow Bob Greiner Jerry Gross Wally Gruber Ken Hamann Spencer Haywood Fred Hooker Bob Ivory Jermaine Jackson Kim Jess William Kelly Joyce Mike Kaysserian Howard Keating Kal Kaliszewski John Kirwan
Sport Team Swimming Baseball Football Golf Football Coach Football Football Player, Coach Football Football Baseball Football Basketball Football Trainer, Coach Basketball Fencing Tennis Basketball Football Coach Tennis Player, Coach Football Football Baseball Baseball Softball Basketball Track Basketball Basketball Football Coach Cross Country, Track Basketball Basketball Basketball Football Basketball Football Soccer Football Fencing Basketball Football Football Football Football, Track Baseball Basketball Fencing Football Basketball Track Golf Coach Football Football Soccer Basketball
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Inductee Brad Kinsman Greg Kocab Sam Kocsis Joe Kopicki Robert Koval Jack Kurkowski Harold Lauer John Long Ed Lukas Dick Lutz Bruce Maher Gene Malinowski Ted Marchibroda James Massey Art Masucci Denny McCotter Pat McDonald Brendan McNamara Bob Miller Cheryl (Williams) Miller Dorie Murrey John Mulroy Charley North Doug Nott Brakie Orr Cassandra Pack Terry Page Ed Palumbo Maria Pandele Bud Payne Richard Perry Mike Pesci Rashad Phillips Walter Poff Mike Polvi Bob Prendergast Al Rappaport Bruce Rodwan Harold Ryan Larry Salci John Shada Tyrone Simmons Steve Stonebreaker Gerry Surowiec Norm Swanson Tom Thornton Bill Turkington Terry Tyler Larry Vargo Dick Vitale Tillie Voss Tom Watrous Adam Walicki Mike Walsh Bonnie (Fitzpatrick) Wood Ed Wood Joe Wright
Sport Athletic Director Fencing Golf Basketball Football Football Football Basketball Basketball Player, Coach Football Football Football Football Football Football Football Fencing Basketball Baseball Basketball Basketball Administration Basketball Football Baseball Basketball Basketball Football Tennis Football Fencing Coach Baseball Basketball Basketball Baseball Baseball Track Basketball Track Basketball Football Player, Coach Fencing Football Fencing Basketball Football Baseball Basketball Football Basketball Coach Football, Basketball Golf Golf Basketball, Baseball Cross Country/Track Football Football/Basketball/Baseball
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Athletic Director Keri Gaither was appointed as the University of Detroit Mercy’s director of athletics in May of 2007. Keri Gaither was appointed as University of Detroit Mercy’s Director of Athletics in May of 2007, less than six months after being asked to serve as Interim Director of Athletics. Soon after taking the helm of Titan athletics, Gaither announced the expansion of the Detroit Titans Division I sports program from 16 to 19 teams with the addition of men’s lacrosse, women’s lacrosse and men’s tennis, all of which began play in 2008-09. In her first two years, Gaither also expanded the athletic staff by adding eight full-time positions to the department, directed the building and completion of a new $1.6 million all-purpose synthetic turf field and track, and was responsible for the hiring of men’s basketball coach Ray McCallum, women’s basketball coach Autumn Rademacher, and softball coach Sunny Jones. Gaither recently completed a successful fundraising campaign for the renovation of the men’s basketball office suite and recently completed tennis complex that includes eight new tennis courts, a tennis pavilion and a new grass practice field for the lacrosse and soccer teams. Gaither was recognized for her strong leadership as UDM’s Director of Athletics when she was appointed to the University of Detroit Mercy’s (UDM) senior leadership team as a member of the Associate Vice President’s group in June of 2007. For the three years preceding her appointment as A.D., Gaither served as second in command for the Detroit Titans Athletic Department and also supervised nine Titan women’s varsity sports as the Senior Associate Athletic Director. During her tenure as Senior Associate A.D., Gaither played an instrumental role in the planning and implementation of women’s golf in 2004 when it became UDM’s 16th varsity team. Prior to her selection as A.D., Gaither had served in several key administrative roles for the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics including stints as Senior Woman Administrator and Director of Business Operations. Gaither Chaired the Detroit Local Organizing Committee (DLOC) for the 2009 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four which was played in front of a record-setting crowd of 72,922 at Ford Field in Detroit as the University of Detroit Mercy served as the host institution. As the DLOC Chair, Gaither provided strong leadership for the DLOC and maintained ultimate responsibility for the local operations of the Final Four event. Gaither held the same position, in addition to being designated Tournament Director, for the 2008 NCAA Men’s Basketball Midwest Regional. As a current member of the Horizon League’s Executive Council, Gaither is actively involved with League operations. She currently serves on the League’s Men’s Basketball Strategic Planning Committee and has served on both the finance and television committees. In July of 2010, Gaither was appointed a new member of the Executive Committee of the Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association. She is one of just 13 members serving on the Executive Committee, which works on behalf of the membership of the D1-AAA, in addition to its President and five other officers.
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Gaither was also appointed to the NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee (MOIC) in September of 2009. As one of six Division I members on the 15-person committee, Gaither is currently in year two of a four-year term. The MOIC was formed to review issues related to the interests of ethnic minorities and women with a focus on education and welfare of minority studentathletes, as well as the enhancement of opportunities for ethnic minorities and women in coaching, athletics administration, officiating and the NCAA governance structure. In March of 2008, Gaither was presented with the Phenomenal Women’s Ashley Gray Legacy Award by the University of Detroit Mercy’s Student Programming Board. This award was presented for her outstanding contribution toward the growth and development of students as the Director of Athletics at UDM. Gaither was also honored in September of 2008 when she was named one of Crain’s Detroit Business’ “2008 Women to Watch” for her goals and initiatives in the Detroit Titans athletics program and her leadership in serving as chair of Detroit’s Local Organizing Committee for the 2009 NCAA Final Four. While a member of the 2006 UDM Self-Study Steering Committee for NCAA Athletic Certification, Gaither also served on the Equity and Student-Athletic Welfare SubCommittee and was designated the campus liaison during the certification process. Shortly after the University received its full certification in April of 2007, Gaither was asked by the NCAA to serve as a Peer-Review Team Member. She also participated as a member of the Tourism Action Group (TAG) Hospitality Committee, a group organized by the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitor Bureau dedicated to training the hospitality industry for Detroit-area events such as the 2005 MLB All Star Game, Super Bowl XL, as well as future major events. In 2006, the Titan AD completed the NCAA’s inaugural Leadership Institute for Ethnic Minority Females, a leadership development program sponsored by the NCAA Office for Diversity and Inclusion and the Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee. The Leadership Institute, designed to address the critical shortage of senior-level minority administrators at NCAA member institutions and conference offices, prepares diverse leaders through a 12-month leadership training and skills development experience. Gaither served as a past steering committee member of the Women’s Leadership Symposium for Intercollegiate Athletics and recently assisted in coordinating its national leadership conference. Gaither is also a member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators (NACWAA), the Minority Opportunities Athletic Association (MOAA), and the Black Coaches Association (BCA). Graduating magna cum laude from the University of Detroit Mercy, Gaither earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics. During her undergraduate studies, she was a two-time recipient of the College of Liberal of Arts’ Economics Student of the Year Award. Gaither and her husband, Brad Trombley, reside in Pleasant Ridge with their two children, Elliott (20), a junior on the University of Detroit Mercy fencing team, and daughter Kennedy (13).
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Athletic Staff
Stacey Barns Men’s Basketball Office Manager
Lorena Carithers Athletic Training Intern
Tanya Carper Cheer Team Coach
Dennis Carlesso Dir. of Development For Athletics & Student Facilities
Steve Corder Asst. AD for NCAA Compliance
Anita Foster Olympic Sports Office Manager
Keri Gaither Associate V.P. & Athletic Director
Adam Gentry Strength and Conditioning Assistant
P.J. Gradowski Senior Asst. Sports Info Director
Greg Haapala Director of Ticket Sales & Fan Experience
Dean Haddad Pep Band Director
Chris Hinderliter Asst. Director of Sports Medicine
Casey Hornung Equipment & Facilities Intern
Teri Kromrei Associate AD for Business Operations/SWA
Jeff Latinen Asst. AD for Facilities & Special Events
Phuong Le Assistant Business and Ticket Manager
Jessica Liebner Compliance Intern
Brandon Longmeier Dir. of Athletic Marketing & Promotions
Mike Miller Asst. AD for Sports Medicine
Daron Montgomery Sr. Associate Athletic Director
Amy Paling Asst. Director of Compliance/ Academic Cord.
Nic Ryan Assistant Director of Athletic Facilities
Jordan Sames Director of Concessions & Merchandising
Adam Siero Athletic Training Intern
Alyssa Starkey Athletic Administration Intern
Kit Stetzel Asst. Sports Information Director
Harvey Theeck Athletic Equipment Manager
Joe Tofferi Asst. AD for Strength & Conditioning
Ashley VanMeter Asst. Director of Sports Medicine
Emily Vannice Dir. of Ticket Ops. & Special Events/Dance
Victoria Vintevoghel Graduate Asst. Athletic Trainer
Joel Walrath Sports Info. Assistant
Eli Warren Graduate Asst. For Academic Services
Mitch Wigness Sports Information Director
Nick Wilson Asst. Strength & Conditioning Coach
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Titan Head Coaches
Terri AnthonyRyan Women’s Golf HL-2010
Grant Asher Men’s Tennis
Nicholas Deren Men’s Soccer
Todd Dressell Fencing MFC - 2009
Mark Engel Men’s Golf HL- 1992-19992007-2009-2010
Matt Holtz Men’s Lacrosse
Sunny Jones Softball
Mike Lupenec Women’s Soccer HL- 1995-19962005
Ray McCallum Men’s Basketball
Mary Ann Meltzer Women’s Lacrosse
Guy Murray Track & Field/CC HL-1996-19981999-2000-20022003
Sam Poole Women’s Tennis
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Autumn Rademacher Women’s Basketball HL-2010
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Points Of Pride DETROIT RECEIVE HIGH MARKS IN NCAA’S APR No less than eight Titan athletic teams brought home perfect scores in the NCAA Division I Academic Progress Rate report issued in June for 2008-09. At the same time, every one of Detroit’s varsity teams registered a multi-year APR above the minimum standard (925) established by the NCAA. And no contemporaneous or historical penalties were cited against UDM as all varsity teams met NCAA standards. Eight teams which received perfect 1000’s for 2008-09 are men’s and women’s fencing, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s track and field and softball. ACADEMIC ACCOLADES KEEP ROLLING IN FOR DETROIT Senior women’s basketball player Brigid Mulroy was named an honorable mention member of the 2010 Division I-AAA Athletic Directors Association ScholarAthlete Team. Three members of the 2010 Horizon League Champion Detroit Titans men’s golf team – David Byrne, Jeff Clarridge and Britt Pronk– were named to the Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars Team, while Alex Aversa, Rachel McHenry, Alainna Stefan, Marni Achterhoff and Collette Hansen were honored by the National Golf Coaches Association as members of its All-American Scholar Teams. The Detroit men’s and women’s track and field teams were recognized for its work in the classroom as both programs were named one of the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Association’s (USTFCCA) AllAcademic Scholar Teams of the Year for the 2009-10 season, while the men’s and women’s cross country programs earned AllAcademic Team status for 2009.
The men’s and women’s tennis teams earned ITA All-Academic Teams in the summer of 2010, while Alex Latosinsky, Nick Tolomei, Patrick Troy, Melanie Capuano, Svetlana Flankova, Carolina Salas Espinosa and Sophie Sjoberg-Sundstrom were all ITA Scholar-Athletes. Over 65 percent of all Detroit student-athletes were named to the AD Honor Roll, which marked the 19th consecutive semester in which over 50 percent of the University’s student-athletes have achieved a 3.0 or better. More than 100 student-athletes were listed on the Horizon League’s fall and spring Academic Honor Roll, while 18 Titans were selected to the HL All-Academic Teams. For the Titans competing out of the Horizon League, six men’s lacrosse players landed on the All-MAAC Academic Team, while a conference-best five women lacrosse players were selected to the All-NLC Academic Team TITANS SEES HALL OF FAME GROW TO 112 MEMBERS The ranks of the Detroit Titans Sports Hall of Fame swelled by 10 with the 2010 Induction Class – which includes former Horizon League Men’s Basketball Players of the Year Jermaine Jackson and Rashad Phillips – was inducted. The class also includes two other former Detroit basketball greats (Cassandra Pack and Joe Kopicki) as well as former stars from baseball (Pat Adams and Mike Pesci), cross country/track and field (Ken Dubois and Kim Jess), golf (Adam Walicki) and tennis (Maria Pandele).
(SAAC) was busy handing out meals to the homeless as part of its “Sandwich Bus” initiative. The women’s lacrosse team helped raise money for the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance during one of its home games, while the men’s team played at the Annual Nick Colleluori Classic, a fall scrimmage, to benefit cancer awareness. The women’s basketball squad visited GESU Elementary School for a reading exercise for grades kindergarten through sixth grade, and the men’s program visited God Land Church in Detroit to help distribute Thanksgiving Day dinners to families in need before the Thanksgiving holiday. UDM INKS PARTNERSHIP DEAL WITH NIKE The Detroit Titans Athletic Department announced an exclusive agreement with Nike last October– Nike will now provide apparel for all 19 of the Titans’ Division I varsity teams as part of the deal. In the near future, Titan fans will be able to “Wear What the Titans Wear” by purchasing officially-licensed Detroit Titan Logoed Nike products on-line and at Calihan Hall in the Titan Gift Shop. The partnership features multiple revenue opportunities for Titan Athletics, including a VIP program that will allow Titan Club members an exclusive opportunity to purchase a variety of nonUDM Nike items through the Titan website at a significant discount, with a portion of the proceeds coming back to the University.
UDM OUT IN THE COMMUNITY A number of the UDM Titan athletic programs and studentathletes were involved in community service projects throughout the year. The StudentAthlete Advisory Committee
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