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CONTENTS
Wofford College.............................................................4 Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium...................................6 Men’s and Women’s Schedules.......................................8 Women’s Head Coach Jimmy Garrity..............................9 Women’s Basketball Photo Roster................................10 Men’s Head Coach Jay McAuley....................................12 Men’s Basketball Photo Roster.....................................14 Basketball Staff............................................................16 Southern Conference....................................................18
COACHES SHOWS
Wofford Sports Properties, the multimedia rights partner for Wofford College Athletics, has announced the launch of the start of the 2020-21 Wofford Terriers Coaches Shows. The shows, sponsored by R.J. Rockers, are hosted by the voice of the Terriers, Jim Noble. The first episodes of the Jimmy Garrity (women’s basketball) and Jay McAuley (men’s basketball) debuted in late December. The Josh Conklin Show will begin in February with the start of football season. Fans can listen to the “Wofford Terriers Coaches Show” podcast in a variety of ways, including on the iTunes, Amazon and Spotify podcast platforms, along with www.woffordterriers. com/podcast. A video version can be found on YouTube.
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About Wofford College
Wofford College, established in 1854, is a four-year, independent, residential liberal arts college located in Spartanburg, S.C. It offers a distinctive program with 25 major fields of study to a student body of 1,650 undergraduates. Nationally known for the strength of its academic program, outstanding faculty, study abroad participation and successful graduates, Wofford ranks well in U.S. News & World Report, The Princeton Review, The Fiske Guide to College, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance and the Open Doors Report on International Education Exchange, an organization that ranks Wofford #4 in the nation for study abroad participation. Wofford has produced six Rhodes Scholars and is home to one of the nation’s 283 Phi Beta Kappa chapters. A leader in offering high-impact learning opportunities to students, Wofford encourages students to take advantage of all that Wofford, and through it the world, has to offer. These opportunities include internships with scientific, corporate and non-profit organizations across the globe, undergraduate research opportunities, service-learning in the local community, international study abroad programming and a thriving host of co-curricular opportunities on campus. One of those co-curricular offerings is the R. Michael James Fund, a student-managed and operated investment organization. The Space in the Mungo Center also prepares students for life after Wofford by offering professional development, career services and much more. Student and residence life on campus include exciting Division I NCAA athletics, opportunities to participate in one of the college’s Greek-letter fraternities or sororities,
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competitive intramurals, a diverse selection of clubs, student publications and a housing plan that helps students progress from first year through fourth in a closeknit community that builds independence. The residence life experience culminates in a final year in The Village, beautiful, Charlestonian-style apartments designed to help transition students from college student to successful graduate. Thanks to the generosity of alumnus and trustee Jerry Richardson ’59, the Rosalind Sallenger Richardson Center for the Arts opened in May of 2017 and the Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium to house new basketball and volleyball arenas opened in September of 2017. The new Greek Village was completed in the spring of 2016. Additionally, the Chandler Center for Environmental Studies and Jerome Johnson Richardson Hall, a 150-bed residence hall, will open in the fall of 2020. Renovations to the library into an academic commons will be completed in the fall of 2019 and renovations to Burwell Dining Hall are expected to be completed in winter of 2021. Wofford’s entire 175-acre campus is a national arboretum, named the Roger Milliken Arboretum at Wofford College in honor of the late longtime trustee and benefactor.
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Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium
A new era at Wofford began in 2018 with the opening of the Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium. The new home of basketball and volleyball is adjacent to the north end of Gibbs Stadium, where the Terriers play football. Wofford alumnus and trustee Jerry Richardson, Class of 1959, provided the gift to fund the facility that includes a 3,400-seat basketball arena and a 350-seat volleyball competition venue as well as offices, locker rooms, meeting rooms, training rooms and special fan areas, including several open-air suites. The facility replaces Benjamin Johnson Arena, which will continue to be used as a firstrate gymnasium for intramural and campus recreational activities. The facility has already been able to attract top opponents for the basketball teams, including South Carolina, North Carolina, Harvard and Georgia Tech. The Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium also has a seating capacity for non-athletics functions, such as com-
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BY THE NUMBERS • 123,055 Square Feet • 3,400 Seating Capacity for sports • 4,500 Seating Capacity for speaker/concert • 350 Seating Capacity for volleyball • 895 tons of steel • 273,700 feet (51.8 miles) of combined audio, video, fiber and data cables. • 133,000 watts of audio power amplifiers, driving 185 speakers. • 65% local contractors (Spartanburg/Greenville) • Over 80 monitors in the building for information, wayfinding and live broadcasts • Connor Sports Flooring MVP II • Spaulding “Renegade” Portable Goals, debuted at 2017 NCAA Tournament VIDEO BOARDS 4 - LED Main Boards - 12’9” by 22’ 2” 2 - LED Ribbon Boards - 196’ by 2’ 8” high 3 - LED Corner Boards - 8’ by 2’ 8” high 1 - 40’ LED scorers table 1 - 30’ LED media table mencement and concerts, of 4,500. The facility includes “Club 51” for club seat holders, the “Boneyard” lounge in the student section, state of the art sound system and acoustical design, along with electronic charging stations throughout the building.
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Women’s Basketball Schedule Nov. 25 Nov. 29 Dec. 2 Dec. 6 Dec. 13 Dec. 19 Jan. 2 Jan. 9 Jan. 14 Jan. 16 Jan. 21 Jan. 23 Jan. 28
vs. Winthrop at College of Charleston at High Point at UNC Asheville at Xavier at Kentucky vs. Erskine vs. Furman * vs. East Tennessee State * vs. East Tennessee State * at Western Carolina * at Western Carolina * at UNC Greensboro *
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Jan. 30 at UNC Greensboro * Feb. 4 vs. Chattanooga * Feb. 6 vs. Chattanooga * Feb. 11 vs. Samford * Feb. 13 vs. Samford * Feb. 18 at Mercer * Feb. 20 at Mercer * Feb. 25 at Furman * March 4-7 Southern Conference Tournament at Asheville, N.C. * Southern Conference game All dates and subject to change
Men’s Basketball Schedule Nov. 25 Nov. 28 Dec. 7 Dec. 12 Dec. 15 Dec. 21 Dec. 29 Jan. 2 Jan. 6 Jan. 9 Jan. 13 Jan. 20 Jan. 23 Jan. 27
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vs. Toccoa Falls vs. Carver at Richmond vs. South Florida (Atlanta) vs. Coastal Carolina at Texas A&M at Mercer * vs. Samford * vs. UNC Greensboro * vs. East Tennessee State * at VMI * at UNC Greensboro * vs. Western Carolina * at The Citadel *
Jan. 30 vs. Mercer * Feb. 3 vs. VMI * Feb. 6 at Furman * Feb. 10 vs. Chattanooga * Feb. 13 at East Tennessee State * Feb. 17 vs. The Citadel * Feb. 20 at Western Carolina * Feb. 22 at Samford * Feb. 27 vs. Furman * March 5-8 Southern Conference Tournament at Asheville, N.C. * Southern Conference game All dates and subject to change
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Women’s Head Coach Jimmy Garrity Jimmy Garrity enters his fifth season as head coach in 202021. Garrity was named head coach of the program on April 25, 2016 after spending the previous three years as head coach at Anderson University. The 2019-20 season saw the team finish with it’s best conference record in program history at 8-6. They started the season with a last second loss at Auburn but that showed promise for the year. The Terriers won convincingly at Mercer (1/11/20) for the first time since 1997. Wofford recorded their first road conference win against ETSU to being a four-game winning streak. Another historic moment came when the team won it’s first ever contest at Samford by a 69-63 score. At the end of the season, Lilly Hatton was honored as SoCon Freshman of the Year, while Chloe Wanink, Da’Ja Green and Cairo Booked earned All-Conference accolades as well. The 2018-19 season marked a turning point for Wofford women's basketball, as Garrity led the team to their first winning season since the '01-'02 season with a 16-15 overall record and 7-7 SoCon record. The team earned their highest SoCon tournament seed since 2002 as a No. 5 seed, while Garrity earned his first SoCon tournament win in the quarterfinals with a upset win over No. 4 seed ETSU, 75-66. The win marked the first playoff win since the '11-'12 season and first semifinals appearance since 2002. A program-best five Terriers landed on all-conference teams: Chloe Wanink (First Team), Da'Ja Green (Second/Third Team), Cairo Booker (Third/All-Defensive Team), Niyah Lutz & Jackie Carman (All-Freshman Team). Additionally, the 2018-19 team led the SoCon in scoring offense (72.8 ppg), 3-pt field goal percentage (.350), and turnover margin (+4.48). Coach Garrity led the Terriers to a 10-20 record in 2017-18. The Terriers played numerous close games and picked up a win against Furman in a dominant 79-48 performance over the Paladins. Freshman guard Da’Ja Green was named Second-Team All Conference and joined her teammate and fellow freshman Jamari McDavid on the All-Freshman team. In Garrity’s first season at the helm he led the Terriers to a 13-17 record overall and helped Wofford win six games away from Spartanburg, a vast improvement from the 2015-16 season when the Terriers won just one game on the road. Chloe Wanink was named to the Second-Team All SoCon under the direction of Coach Garrity as she averaged 16 points and 5.8 rebounds. From 2013-15, Anderson reached the NCAA Division II Tournament twice as an at-large selection and in 2015 advanced to the Sweet Sixteen. At Anderson, Garrity coached two South Atlantic Conference Players of the Year. Prior to Anderson, Garrity coached at Clemson and UNC Wilmington. In 2015-16, the Trojans were 23-7 overall, including a 79-55 win over Clemson to open the year. They were the South Atlantic Conference regular season champions with an 18-4 record and were nationally ranked in the top 25. The squad was an atlarge selection to the NCAA Tournament. As the #5 seed, they advanced to the second round after a win over #4 seed Clayton State. Jennifer Monroe was named the SAC Player of the Year and
first team All-Southeast Region. Stringing together one of the program's best seasons in 2014-15, Garrity was tabbed South Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year. Garrity led the Trojans to a 27-5 overall record and a berth into the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. Prior to the postseason run, Garrity became the first coach in conference history to win 20 league games, finishing the season with a 20-2 SAC record and a regular-season championship. Garrity also saw Sierra Simpson earn SAC Player of the Year and SAC first team honors. In his first season at Anderson in 2013-14, Garrity led the Trojans to a 16-14 overall record and an 11-11 mark in SAC play. Anderson placed three players on all-conference teams, including Simpson's All-SAC second team honor and Alexis Dillard's all-freshman team spot. Garrity spent the 2012-13 season at Clemson University as the women’s basketball assistant coach. With the Tigers, Garrity was in charge of scouting, practice planning, game scheduling, coordinating of the guards, community service and alumni relations. Garrity also monitored the academic success of the student-athletes. Before spending a season at Clemson, Garrity spent a decade in various capacities with the UNC Wilmington basketball program. He was hired as the Director of Basketball Operations in 2002 for both the men’s and women’s basketball teams. Once the position spilt into two different roles, Garrity took over just the women’s side while also becoming an assistant coach in 2007. Continuing his tenure with UNCW, Garrity was promoted to the associate head coach role in 2011 and coached his team to the second round of the WNIT. Garrity graduated from Elon in 1989 with a degree in business administration and marketing and later earned a Master’s in sports administration from St. Thomas University in Miami, Fla. in 1990. Garrity is married to Jenny Garrity, who served as UNCW’s women’s tennis coach for 13 seasons. The couple have two daughters Kacey and Carly, and a son Corey.
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Women’s Basketball Photo Roster
0 • JA’RAE SMITH
1 • ANNABELLE SCHULTZ
2 • NIYAH LUTZ
5 • HELEN MATTHEWS
11 • MARYMARTHA TURNER
12 • JAMARI McDAVID
14 • LILLY HATTON
20 • Elena Planco
FR • G • 5-6 Piedmont, S.C.
JR • F • 6-1 Atlanta, Ga.
FR • G • 5-7 Asheville, N.C.
Sr • F • 5-10 Springfield, Ohio
21 • ALEXIS TOMLIN JR • F • 6-1 Myrtle Beach, S.C.
So • F • 6-1 Georgetown, IND.
23 • LAWREN COOK JR • F • 6-0 Greenville, S.C.
32 • ALEA HARRIS JR • G • 5-9 Cincinnati, OHIO
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JR • G • 5-8 Charlotte, N.C.
JR • G • 5-2 Englewood, N.J.
30 • JACKIE CARMAN JR • G • 5-8 Twinsburg, OHIO
40 • ABBEY CRAWFORD FR • F • 6-1 Blountville, Tenn.
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Men’s Head Coach Jay McAuley Jay McAuley enters his second season at the helm of the men’s basketball program after a successful 2019-20 campaign. In his rookie year, McAuley guided Wofford to 19 wins on the year, highlighted by a 68-64 win at No. 17 North Carolina (12/15/19). Entering the 2020 Southern Conference Tournament as the No. 7 seed, the Terriers dispatched The Citadel before knocking off No. 2 Furman 77-68 and advancing to their sixth SoCon Championship final when Storm Murphy’s elbow jumped edged Wofford past No. 6 Chattanooga 72-70. In addition to coaching Chevez Goodwin and Murphy to All-Tournament honors, McAuley helped Nathan Hoover garner All-SoCon Second Team status while Messiah Jones was recognized by the league’s all-freshman squad. Additionally, Hoover was named NABC All-District and McAuley was named to ESPN’s “40 Under 40” list, ranking the top 40 head coaches at the Division I level, with McAuley checking in at No. 27. On April 14, 2019, Wofford College announced the hiring of Jay McAuley as head men’s basketball coach. McAuley spent the previous two years as the associate head coach of the Terriers. In the 2018-19 season, the Terriers posted a 30-5 overall record, including a perfect 18-0 mark in Southern Conference play. They won the Southern Conference Tournament title, the second for McAuley at Wofford. In the NCAA Tournament, the Terriers were a seventh-seed – the highest by a team from the Southern Conference since the field expanded to 64 teams. A win over Seton Hall sent Wofford to the second round, the league’s first NCAA Tournament victory in 11 years. They were defeated by second-seeded Kentucky 62-56 to end the season. The team was ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 for the first time ever, ending the season at #19. They were also ranked #18 in the final USA Today Coaches Poll. Fletcher Magee was named Southern Conference Player of the Year, along with honorable mention All-America recognition and Lou Henson National Player of the Year recipient as the top mid-major player in Division I. Cameron Jackson joined Magee on the first team All-Southern Conference team by both the media and coaches. During the 2017-18 season the team was 21-13 overall and 11-7 in the Southern Conference to finish tied for fourth. Highlights included a win in Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium and on December 20, Wofford went into the Dean E. Smith Center and upset No. 5 North Carolina, the defending national champions. The team played in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT). Fletcher Magee was named the Malcolm U. Pitt Player of the Year (Media) and was a first team All-SoCon selection, while Cameron Jackson earned second team honors and Storm Murphy was placed on the All-Freshman team. In four seasons on the coaching staff at Furman, he helped guide the Paladins from a seven-win squad prior to his arrival and led it to improved records each season. The run culminated in a 23-11 record in 2016 that earned a share of its first SoCon regular season championship since 1990-91. The team reached the semifinals of the CIT postseason tournament in 2016-17, its
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second consecutive season in the CIT. He coached All-Southern Conference players Stephen Croone and Devin Sibley, Jr., along with All-Freshman Team members Jordan Lyons, Daniel Fowler and Matt Rafferty. He spent three seasons at Gardner-Webb University on Chris Holtmann’s staff. After a 23-41 mark in the first two seasons, in the 2012-13 season he helped lead the Runnin’ Bulldogs to a 2113 overall mark. They were 11-5 Big South record and earned a berth in the College Insider Tournament. Holtmann is currently the head coach at Ohio State after a stint at Butler. Prior to McAuley’s time at Gardner-Webb, he spent two seasons at Wofford where he helped lead the Terriers in 2009-10 to a 26-9 overall record and 15-3 in Southern Conference play en route to winning both the regular season and tournament titles. The Terriers began the 2009-10 season 4-6, but then proceeded to finish by winning 22 of 24, including a 13-game winning streak. Wofford won 56-51 over Appalachian State to take the first Southern Conference Championship and the league’s bid to the NCAA Tournament. At the Jacksonville Regional, Wofford was a 13 seed and faced four-seed Wisconsin. After the season, Noah Dahlman was named SoCon Player of the Year and honorable mention All-American. Dahlman, Tim Johnson and Jamar Diggs earned All-Conference honors. During his first season on staff at Wofford in 2008-09, the Terriers were 16-14 overall and 12-8 in league play. Noah Dahlman earned All-Southern Conference first team honors from the coaches and media, while Junior Salters was a third team pick by the media. McAuley, a Marietta, Ga. native, played four seasons at the University of Georgia and was on the 2008 team that won the SEC Tournament. After graduating with a degree in business education in 2006, he served as a graduate manager for two seasons and earned a master’s degree in physical education. McAuley married the former Sallie Willis in 2012 and the couple have two daughters, Addie and Charlie.
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Men’s Basketball Photo Roster
1 • KEATON TURNER
2 • MAX KLESMIT
4 • ISAIAH BIGELOW
5 • STORM MURPHY
11 • RYAN LARSON
12 • ALEX MICHAEL
13 • MORGAN SAFFORD
14 • SAM GODWIN
15 • AUSTIN PATTERSON
20 • DAVID APPELGREN
21 • TREY HOLLOWELL
22 • JONATHAN STEELMAN
23• NICK PRINGLE
24 • JACKSON GORE
25 • MESSIAH JONES
33 • B.J. MACK
FR • G • 6-0 Hopewell, VA.
JR • G • 6-1 St. Paul, MINN.
FR • G • 6-3 SONORA, CAlif.
FR • F • 6-8 SEABROOK, S.C.
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FR • G • 6-3 Neenah, Wisc.
JR • F • 6-6 Greensboro, N.C.
JR • C • 7-1 Stockholm, Sweden
FR • G • 6-3 BLACKBURG, VA.
SO • F • 6-7 Greensboro, N.C.
FR • G • 6-5 Columbus, Ohio
SR • G • 6-3 Hopkinsville, Ky.
So • F • 6-6 Chicago, Ill.
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FR • F • 6-9 Moore, Okla.
So • G • 6-3 Aiken, S.C.
So • F • 6-8 Charlotte, N.C.
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Women’s Basketball Staff
Trent BUnn
Assistant Coach Fourth Season
Mike Merrill
Associate Head coach Fifth Season
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Amanda Parris Assistant Coach fourth season
Men’s Basketball Staff
Paul Hemrick Assistant Coach Second Season
Will Murphy
Assistant Coach Fourth Season
Dwight Perry Assistant Coach Second Season
Basketball Support Staff
Alyss Hart
Men’s Athletic Trainer 12th season
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Athletic Performance Second Season
Jordan Knapp
Women’s Athletic Trainer First Season
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Southern Conference
The Southern Conference, which celebrates its 100th season of intercollegiate competition in 2020-21, is a national leader in emphasizing the development of the student-athlete and in helping to build lifelong leaders and role models. The Southern Conference has been on the forefront of innovation and originality in developing creative solutions to address issues facing intercollegiate athletics. From establishing the first postseason college basketball tournament (1921), to tackling the issue of freshman eligibility (1922), to developing women’s championships (1984), to becoming the first conference to install the 3-point goal in basketball (1980), the Southern Conference has been a pioneer. The Southern Conference is the nation’s fifth-oldest NCAA Division I collegiate athletic association. Only the Big Ten (1896), the Missouri Valley (1907), the Pac-12 (1915) and the Southwestern Athletic (1920) conferences are older in terms of origination. Academic excellence has been a major part of the Southern Conference’s tradition. Hundreds of Southern Conference student-athletes have been recognized on CoSIDA Academic All-America and all-district teams. A total of 20 Rhodes Scholarship winners have been selected from conference institutions, most recently in 2012-13, when former Wofford volleyball player Rachel Woodlee earned the prestigious award. The conference currently consists of 10 members in six states throughout the Southeast and sponsors 22 varsity sports and championships that produce participants for NCAA Division I Championships. The league added rifle, becoming just the second Division I conference to sponsor
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