Warrior Within (Winter 2017)

Official Publication of Wayne State University Athletic Department

Winter 2017

CASSIE CHETOSKY DIVING

SARA FRANKLIN SWIMMING

SHARON GILL TENNIS

CASEY (HANES) RAMMEL SOFTBALL

DONALD K. URBAN MULTI-SPORT

MICHAEL WISEMAN BASEBALL

OF WAYNE STATE ATHLETICS CLASS OF 2017

DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Rob Fournier, esq EDITOR Jeff Weiss, Senior Associate A.D./Media Relations GRAPHIC DESIGNER Amanda St. Juliana, Creative Services Coordinator

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From the Athletic Director

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Cassie Chetosky & Sara Franklin, Hall of Fame Inductees

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Sharon Gill and Casey (Hanes) Rammel, Hall of Fame Inductees

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Donald K. Urban and Michael Wiseman, Hall of Fame Inductees

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Harwell Field Update

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Warriors For Life, "W" Week Information

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Top 100 for 2016

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Student-Athlete Academic Success, Compliance Corner

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Feature Story: Elly Maleski

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Hall of Fame Inductees List (1976-2017)

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Alumni Weekends, Tartar 12

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The Simple Lessons of 93 Years

By Rob Fournier, esq, Director of Athletics

Ah, the simple lessons of a life well-lived. That’s what Lois Cotton left us.

Most of the people reading this article never met Lois Cotton or her late husband Jack. But make no mistake, they left their mark on the athletic department and scores of future student-athletes. That’s because the simple lessons that shaped their lives stand as a testament to much of what we aspire for with our current student-athletes. Now that seems so paradoxical for a couple who grew up in the 30’s and attended Wayne State in the 40’s. But then again, it might reflect that today we often look in the wrong places for our role models and we ignore what we should prioritize.

They are a reminder of how much those strengths of personal character still have significance.

Some people think celebrity is a way of life. By contrast, theirs was a life we celebrate.

Everyone’s life is touched by people who they meet, who they work with and who they hold close. If you were one of those people who knew Jack and Lois Cotton, your perspective on life was better. They had no Facebook “likes” but they had a lot of people who liked who they were. That was evident by a church full of friends at her funeral. When you get to be 93, your circle of contemporaries dwindles. But not your impact.

I met Lois through Jack, her husband of 63 years. They were Wayne State.

They had met as high school sweethearts and went on to Wayne State together – not a usual course for the women of that period. For those looking for the trailblazers for women, you need to look no further than Lois Cotton and her classmates who entered a world of few professional opportunities for women and helped transform it. They took the initial steps that allowed so many others to walk forward later.

Lois went on to teach homebound kids, and both her and Jack never missed an opportunity to extol Wayne State. I could fill pages with the names they convinced to attend WSU and the recipients of that "encouragement" could fill even more pages with testimonials as to how that little bit of influence changed their lives forever. Both never wavered in that support although good folks at Wayne gave Jack reason to question that loyalty.

Their initial plans were to attend Wayne State and get married. But the outbreak of World War II changed that abruptly. As Jack and his buddies huddled around a radio on Sunday, December 7, 1941, they knew their world had changed. They knew the world was changing too. The bombing of Pearl Harbor forced America into a World War. Jack and Lois discussed getting married as Jack and many others enlisted but ultimately knew it would LETTER FROM THE AD

Lois Cotton, joined by her family and football head coach Paul Winters, during a 2010 football game.

not be fair. The Cottons left us a simple lesson there … and like all good education, we can use it however we chose. Some people think celebrity is a way of life. By contrast, theirs was a life we celebrate.

Jack loved football – especially Wayne State football. And Lois knew that.

After serving in the Pacific during the war, he was anxious to get back to normalcy … and some of what he had sacrificed. On the day they were getting married, Jack decided to play in a football game that morning. Their wedding photos from the day highlight a black eye from the organized competition. But a young Lois knew how much that meant … that football game. When you fight in the Battles of Tenaru and Okinawa, a few abrasions Continued on page 2 2017 WINTER WARRIOR WITHIN

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Jack Cotton was an assistant football coach at Wayne University from 1947-1955.

from football seem minimal. Actually, it puts life in perspective. And both Jack and Lois knew that … and cherished that understanding of life.

Jack’s love of sports had a partner in Lois. They would both attend Wayne State football games – probably reminiscing to an earlier time, undoubtedly enjoying the company of friends, and mostly the camaraderie of each other on a bright, crisp Fall afternoon. They were back on their campus. That point was driven home to me when a year after Jack passed away Lois showed up at the game wearing his former letterwinner jacket. I don’t think that afternoon was as much about the game on the field, as the one she held in her heart.

People of an earlier generation don’t talk so much about themselves … and maybe that is why they know so much about others. Not a bad example to follow – which is different than following someone who just tweeted you.

Years earlier Jack had been a finalist to be the head coach of the football team.

He didn’t get the job. He was deeply disappointed by that administrative decision back in the mid ‘50’s, but remarkably, he never mentioned it to me in all the times I spent with him. People of an earlier generation don’t talk so much about themselves … and maybe that is why they know so much about others. Not a bad example to follow – which is different than following someone who just tweeted you.

an earlier era. They are all black and white as was the photographic means of that time. Many of the pictures are intended for background. But on a day a few months ago when we were walking around the building, Lois stopped and pointed out in the background of one of those pictures, her husband Jack who was at a football preseason camp back when the team would travel up north to cabins in preparation for the start of the season. You could say, she never lost her eye for him, and he never lost his for her.

Anyway, on that December afternoon he called Lois and told her he was not selected as the head coach. She knew how much he wanted to coach at his alma mater. So she planned something special for him when he got home.

She had their four young children bundled up ready to see Santa Claus and Jack was to take them. And that is the kind of perspective that a wife knows best. There would be more football games but magical family moments, well those are cherished. And those four children grew up to have grandchildren and then great grandchildren. And that beats any football game.

Education on a college campus has changed a lot in the past 70 years, but not life’s important lessons. Sacrifice, hard work, faithfulness, commitment and honesty don’t always lend themselves easily to textbooks. But those really important lessons are still there for all of us. You need to look no further than Jack and Lois Cotton.

They were the consummate couple with kindness and graciousness. When Jack would call on the phone he always asked, “Do you have time to talk”?

And the best compliment you could get, was when he intoned in that Scottish brogue, “you old rascal” in response to a humorous quip or joke. They both brought laughter, and shared it. We recently added a hallway of pictures from

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LETTER FROM THE AD

HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES 2017

CASSIE CHETOSKY, DIVING

SARA FRANKLIN, SWIMMING

Cassie Chetosky was a four-year diving letterwinner (2007-11) who ended her career as an eight-time All-American along with becoming the first female diver in school history to win a national championship (three meter) in 2010.

Sara Franklin was a four-year swimming letterwinner (2007-11) who ended her career as a five-time national champion and a 15-time All-American, including 13 First Team All-American certificates.

Seven of her eight All-American certificates were First Team, including all four years on the one-meter board finishing seventh her first two years, then third as a junior and fourth as a senior.

A two-time national champion in the 100 back (2010 and 2011), she was also a three-time national champion on relays – twice in the 200 medley (2010 and 2011) and once in the 400 medley (2011).

After earning Honorable Mention All-America accolades as a freshman with a 13th-place finish on the three-meter board, Chetosky tied-for-third as a sophomore, won the national title as a junior with a score of 503.30, then placed fifth as a senior.

Franklin was a six-time First Team All-American in both 2010 and 2011. She earned a seventh All-American accolade in 2010 as she placed 10th in the 50 free. Franklin garnered her first two national titles in her junior campaign winning the 100 back and leading off the 200 medley relay.

She finished in the top two in seven out of the eight boards at the GLIAC Championships with two conference titles – three meter in both 2009 and 2010. Chetosky was second all four years on the one-meter board, surpassing the 400-point plateau each of her final three seasons.

At the 2011 NCAA Championships, she set the meet record for the 100 back (52.90) and led off two relays that also set meet records (200 medley and 400 medley). All three national records stood until 2014.

A native of Shelby Township, Chetosky earned her degree in business administration management, and was named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team in 2009.

In her four years at the GLIAC Championships, Franklin won three consecutive 100 back titles, along with nine conference relay titles.

In 2008, she was a part of two GLIAC Championship relays (200 medley and 400 medley), while placing second in the 100 back and third in the 200 back.

Franklin was a three-time GLIAC Champion in both her junior and senior seasons, winning the 100 back each year as well as competing on the 200 medley and 400 medley relay winners.

As a senior in 2011, Franklin earned four GLIAC titles winning the 100 back in both a school and GLIAC record time of 53.80. She was also a part of three championship relays (200 medley, 200 free and 400 free), plus led off the second-place 400 medley relay. Individually, she was second in the 200 back and third in the 50 free, breaking her own school records in both events.

A native of Caro, Franklin earned her degree in Elementary Education with an emphasis in Cognitive Impairment, and was named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team in 2010.

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SHARON GILL, TENNIS

CASEY (HANES) RAMMEL, SOFTBALL

Sharon Gill was a four-year tennis letterwinner (2007-11) who ended her career as the all-time winningest singles (84) and doubles (80) player in school history while playing No. 1 singles and first doubles all four years.

Casey Hanes was a two-year softball letterwinner (2009-10) who ended her career as the WSU all-time leader in strikeouts (649), shutouts (32), and ERA (0.67), and tied-for-first in wins (72).

She became the first player in school history to be voted GLIAC Women’s Tennis Player of the Year in 2011, as well as earning her fourth consecutive First Team All-GLIAC honor.

After beginning her collegiate career at Lenoir-Rhyne in 2006 and 2007, Hanes redshirted as a transfer at WSU in 2008.

Gill helped WSU to a 51-30 record and the first-ever NCAA Tournament victory in 2009 and another NCAA First Round triumph in 2010.

Gill won at least 20 singles matches all four years, including an 8-1 career mark at the GLIAC tournament. She was ranked in the top 45 nationally in both 2009 and 2010.

She accumulated at least 21 doubles victories each of her last three seasons and was ranked 25th nationally as a senior. Gill had a 9-3 career doubles record at the GLIAC Tournament, along with a 4-1 mark at the NCAA Regionals.

In the fall of 2009, Gill and doubles partner Milena Vuksanovic captured the ITA Midwest Regional Doubles Championship, then placed seventh nationally with a win over Mesa State at the ITA Small College National Championship.

The following year with doubles partner Kristina Goranskaya, the duo advanced to the finals of the ITA Midwest Regional Championship.

The 24-2 doubles mark in 2010-11 by Gill and Goranskaya set the WSU single-season mark for wins and winning percentage (.923) with the winning percentage record still ranking first in WSU history.

The 23 singles victories she accumulated as a sophomore was a WSU record at that time.

A native of Windsor, Gill earned her Doctorate of Pharmacy degree after being a three-time GLIAC All-Academic Team selection.

In her first season for the Green and Gold, Hanes was selected to the Daktronics All-America Second Team after being named to the All-Midwest Region First Team by both Daktronics and the NFCA. The GLIAC Pitcher of the Year, Hanes had a 27-9 record in her 36 starts.

She struck out at least 10 batters six times and at least eight batters 16 times, while recording a 30-9 mark with four saves and a 0.79 ERA in 274 innings of work. Hanes was part of 18 shutouts (13 solo and five combined), while striking out 283 batters and limiting the opposition to a .167 average.

An NFCA Scholar-Athlete Award recipient in 2009, Hanes had a remarkable day two at the GLIAC Tournament winning three elimination games in seven hours against the first, second and 10th ranked regional teams by allowing just two runs (one earned) in 20 innings.

A 2010 First Team All-American by the NFCA and Daktronics, Hanes was the Daktronics Midwest Region Pitcher of the Year after setting WSU singleseason marks for wins (42), innings (327.2), strikeouts (366) and shutouts (19). Her 0.58 ERA was the lowest of any pitcher in the NCAA. She had 13 games with double-digit strikeout totals and another five contests with nine strikeouts. Hanes had a 14-game winning streak during the season and also tossed a no-hitter against Saginaw Valley in the NCAA Tournament.

A Second Team CoSIDA Academic All-American in 2010, she's also a GLIAC Commissioner’s Award recipient. Hanes concluded her collegiate career fifth in NCAA history in wins (126), sixth in both complete games (130) and innings pitched (1,062.2), seventh in shutouts (60) and 10th in strikeouts (1,156).

Hanes earned her marketing degree from WSU after being named to the Academic Honor Roll all six semesters, including four terms above a 3.5.

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HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

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DONALD URBAN, MULTI-SPORT Donald K. Urban competed in football, wrestling, track and golf during his collegiate career earning nine varsity letters (three each in football and wrestling, two in golf and one in track) plus three freshman numerals (football, wrestling and track).

As a football co-captain in 1964, he helped the squad to the President’s Athletic Conference championship with a 4-1-1 league record. A versatile player, Urban played quarterback, end, cornerback and linebacker, along with serving as the punter and kick returner during his career.

He wrestled at 191 pounds and heavyweight, and served as a team cocaptain as a senior.

Urban was a member of the 1963 PAC Championship track squad. He competed in the long jump, at 220 and 440 yards, along with participating with the mile relay and 880 relay. Urban earned All-PAC honors in 1963.

He received the Mackenzie Honor Society award as a graduating senior in recognition of his exceptional campus leadership and service to the University.

He also received the 1965 WSU award for Athletic Achievement.

Prior to enrolling at WSU, Urban played on the All-Marines (Football) Team which won the Far East Championship.

Urban, an education major, competed for the Michigan Wrestling Club and played semi-pro football before embarking on a 35-year career as a teacher and administrator in the field of Special Education, along with coaching six different high school sports following graduation.

MICHAEL WISEMAN, BASEBALL Michael Wiseman was a four-year baseball letterwinner (2008-11) and a two-year team captain who ended his career as the WSU all-time leader in RBI (183), games (211), at bats (697) and fielding chances (1,334).

After redshirting in 2007, he started 50 games on his way to being voted GLIAC Freshman of the Year in 2008. The Honorable Mention All-GLIAC selection, led the Warriors with 15 multiple-RBI games and tied for fifth in the conference with 31 walks. He was also named to the NCAA Regional All-Tournament team after batting .350 (7-for-20) with six RBI and a .458 on-base percentage.

The following year, he started 49 games behind the plate and hit .370. He finished sixth in the GLIAC in slugging percentage (.568), and on-base percentage (.456), while leading the league by throwing out 27 base stealers.

Wiseman earned Second Team All-Region accolades in 2009 from Daktronics and the ABCA, as well as a Golden Glove award from the ABCA. He was also the recipient of a GLIAC Commissioner’s Award for Academic and Athletic Excellence.

In his redshirt junior campaign of 2010, Wiseman started 51 games and finished third in the GLIAC in both RBI (58) and home runs (9), while again leading the conference in runners caught stealing (16). He was a Second Team All-Region selection by both the ABCA and NCBWA. A 2011 All-American by Daktronics, the NCBWA and ABCA, Wiseman was also voted the ABCA D-II National Defensive Player of the Year after recording a 1.000 fielding percentage in 427 chances, while starting 47 games behind the plate.

He led the 2011 squad with a .368 batting average to earn First Team AllGLIAC accolades for the third consecutive season. Wiseman led the GLIAC in hits (71) and doubles (17). He was named to the NCAA Midwest Regional All-Tournament Team after leading the Warriors with 16 hits and eight RBI. An accounting major, Wiseman was a four-time GLIAC All-Academic selection along with being a two-time GLIAC Commissioner’s Award recipient (2009 and 2011). He was also the 2011 GLIAC Postgraduate Scholarship Award winner.

The 2010-11 WSU Male Student-Athlete of the Year, Wiseman was on the Academic Honor Roll all 10 semesters, including six terms of at least a 3.5.

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Harwell Field

The Ernie & Lulu Harwell Stadium broke ground on August 2, 2016. The project will replicate historic Ebbets Field, the former home of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Ernie Harwell's first broadcast location. The interior will house artifacts of baseball as well as a tribute wall. The two million dollar project is paid for entirely by private and corporate support. Work is expected to be completed this spring.

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HARWELL FIELD UPDATE

ATHLETICS ALUMNI PROFESSIONAL NETWORK STAY CONNECTED. STAY INVOLVED.

We are always looking for new ways to improve the experience of our student athletes, and one way we feel that we can do this is by better preparing them for life after college and athletics. This is where we are asking for your help. We would like to be able to connect our current athletes with athlete alums by setting up panels for our athletes to attend and ask questions about life after sports and the job search process, setting up career workshops for student athletes to learn about different career paths, and also setting up job shadow opportunities with Warrior alums. If you are interested in participating in any of these or similar type events, or even just open to receiving resumes of graduating student athletes, please visit the link below.

BY PARTICIPATING YOU WILL HELP US SHOW OUR ATHLETES THAT YOU ARE NOT JUST A WARRIOR WHILE YOU ARE ON CAMPUS, YOU’RE A WARRIOR FOR LIFE!

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FOR LIFE

WEEK OF EVENTS APRIL 17: Movie night will be hosted by WSU Athletics at Emagine Royal Oak! APRIL 18: Visit the Mort Harris Recreation & Fitness Center beginning at 10:00 a.m. for its annual Health Fair. Vendors from a variety of businesses and organizations will be on hand to provide information and education.

APRIL 19: W Week After Work 5K Fun Run (More details to follow) APRIL 20: Academic Recognition Luncheon

W Week Celebration WSUATHLETICS.COM/WWEEK

WARRIORS FOR LIFE | WWEEK SAVE THE DATE

APRIL 21: The Wayne State Athletic Department is collecting basic needs items including, but not limited to soap, socks, toothbrushes, toilet paper, feminine products and deodorant for its annual Basic Needs Drive. In conjunction with Wayne Cares and Covenant House Michigan, the drive collects small toiletry items to make basic needs bags to distribute later that day. If you would like to donate, please bring your items to the Matthaei Athletic Complex prior to April 21.

APRIL 22: Brunch will be served at 10:00 a.m. followed by a Keynote Speaker. In addition, the Athletic Department will recognize the 1981 Women's Volleyball team as the "Team Who Made a Difference" at Wayne State University. Following the ceremony, you are invited to stick around and watch the softball team in a doubleheader against Ohio Dominican at 1 and 3 p.m.

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TOP 100 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2016 1. The federally-reported graduation rate for WSU studentathletes was 76% - a record high and 117% higher than the comparable fulltime campus population. Five teams (baseball, men's basketball, men's tennis, women's cross country and women's tennis) had a perfect 100% graduation rate.

2. In Fall 2016, a record 73.08% of all student-athletes achieved at least a 3.0 GPA for the term. Of that amount, 46.7% had a 3.5 GPA or better with a record 25 earning a perfect 4.00 GPA. 3. Student-athletes volunteered a record 12,435 community service hours in various projects impacting a variety of publics.

The five-year total is now 50,494 hours of service.

4. Athletics raised a record $1,734,687 in revenue for the 2016 calendar year. This is the third consecutive year that athletics has raised over a million dollars ‌ the only three years in our history. The total raised in the last 16 years is $15,376,937. In addition, the athletic department has $1,556,064 in future pledges which brings the total to $16,933,001.

5. The WSU Softball Field was named in honor of 35-year head coach Gary Bryce, who currently ranks second among all D2 coaches with 1,209 wins and moved into 10th place on the NCAA All-Time wins list for all three divisions (D1, D2 and D3).

6. David Greer became the winningest coach in the men's basketball program history (213 wins) with a 76-55 victory over Hillsdale.

7. Lyndsay Butler became the third WSU student-athlete in seven years to be honored as the National Player of the Year.

The pitcher/outfielder was also distinguished as the D2 Honda Student-Athlete of the Year Nominee in softball.

8. The softball program qualified for the NCAA tournament for the twenty-first (21st) time in school history -- the seventh (7th)highest among all D2 schools. They accomplished the honor for the 10th time in the last 11 years and captured a Midwest Regional title.

The softball program won its 17th GLIAC regular-season title and its fifth consecutive GLIAC Tournament title.

9. Women's swimming and diving conquered its seventh straight conference title and 10th in the last 11 years.

10. WSU President M. Roy Wilson was honored with selection to the NCAA Division II President's Council. The position represents the NCAAs highest governance level.

11. Swimmer Elly Maleski became the first three-time CoSIDA Academic All-American in school history.

12. Sophomore Karrington Seals became the first women's indoor track All-American by her finish in the 60-meter hurdles at the NCAA Championships. At the outdoor track championships, Seals earned Honorable mention All-America honors by her finish in the 100-meter hurdles.

13. The softball facility added a new scoreboard, fencing, infield and foul poles to further advance its prominence.

14. Women's swimming and diving finished seventh at the NCAA Championships. It was the ninth straight year WSU had finished in the top seven at nationals. First Team All-Americans were: Elizabeth Rawlings (2nd in 3-meter diving); Lezlie Bueno Estrada (7th in the 50 free); second-place 200 Free Relay (Bueno Estrada, Emily Heitchue, Makayla Myers, Elly Maleski); third-place 200 Medley Relay (Brenna Gabrielson, Heitchue, Abi Johns and Bueno Estrada); and fifth-place 400 Medley Relay (Gabrielson, Hannah Loesch, Maleski and Bueno Estrada).

15. Former football SA Greg DeMars and his wife Phyllis were prominent donors for the new football locker room addition.

The DeMars Family Locker Room includes team lockers, coaches room, reception area and meeting space.

16. Softball student-athlete Lyndsay Butler was voted GLIAC Player of the Year. Joining Butler on the All-GLIAC First Team were outfielder Kristen Lucas, third baseman Jade McGarr and pitcher Mackenzie Boehler. Second Baseman Kylee Barrett was named to the All-GLIAC Second Team, while outfielder Allie Buchanan and catcher Ali Lince were named to the All-GLIAC Honorable Mention Team.

17. The athletics department hosted the annual basic needs drive where over 1,000 bags of sundries were prepared, delivered and passed out at Cass Park, the Neighborhood Service Organization (NSO) and the bus depot in downtown Detroit.

18. Football left tackle Nate Theaker earned Associated Press Little America First Team honors, was voted to the D2CCA All-America First

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Team and was selected to AFCA All-America First Team.

19. Softball player Lyndsay Butler was selected to the NFCA All-America First Team, while Jade McGarr was selected to the All-America Second Team. Butler was recognized with First Team D2CCA All-America honors and McGarr received Honorable Mention All-American recognition.

20. Swimmers Lezlie Bueno Estrada and Ahmed Ahmed were selected as the GLIAC Female and Male Freshman of the Year, respectively.

21. Men's swimming and diving finished in the top 20 (No. 18) in the country at the NCAA National Championships with the following student-athletes honored as First Team All-Americans: Rasmus Olsen (8th in the 200 fly); and seventhplace 200 Medley Relay (Juan David Molina Perez, Grzegorz Klos, Rasmus Olsen and Ben Winn).

22. Sixty-three (63%) percent of student-athletes received above a 3.0 GPA for the 2016 Winter semester, with 15 studentathletes earning a perfect 4.0 term GPA. 23. Softball student-athletes Lyndsay Butler, Kristen Lucas and Jade McGarr were named to the NFCA All-Region First Team.

Butler was distinguished as the D2CCA Midwest Region Player of the Year and was joined on the First Team by McGarr. Lucas was a Second Team All-Midwest Region honoree.

24. Trent Brodbeck was one of 12 national non-D1 football student-athletes selected to Allstate AFCA Good Works Team and was recognized at the Allstate Sugar Bowl.

25. Lyndsay Butler (softball) and Ben Winn (swimming) were named WSU Student-Athletes of the Year for 2015-16.

26. The Department's web page (WSUAthletics.com) surpassed the 29 million page view mark since its launch in November 2002 and had over 1.5 millions views for the 13th consecutive year. In addition, every football and men's basketball game was broadcast on WDTK Radio (1400 AM/105.1 FM). Through an agreement with Comcast/Xfinity, home football, men's basketball and women's basketball games were televised live across Michigan and parts of Indiana on CN 900.

27. Pat Kent was selected as the Division II National Softball Assistant Coach of the Year by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA).

28. Sixty-five (65) WSU student-athletes were recognized with 2015-16 Academic Achievement Awards presented by the D2 Athletic Directors Association.

29. At the NCAA Midwest Fencing Regional, freshman Pati Palczynska won the sabre competition. Shen then finished fifth in the sabre competition at the NCAA Championships to earn Second Team All-American honors. In addition, Katarzyna Lachman finished eighth in the Foil competition to earn Second Team All-America accolades, while junior Zuzanna Sobczak earned Honorable Mention All-American recognition in the foil.

30. Four women's outdoor track athletes were honored with selection to the USTFCCCA All-Region team. Earning the recognition were Dazmonique Carr in both the 100m and 400m; Elizabeth Herriman in the javelin; Gabrielle Herriman in the javelin; and Karrington Seals in the 100m hurdles for having one of the top-five finishes in the Midwest Region.

31. Football student-athlete Nate Theaker was named the GLIAC Offensive Lineman of the Year. Joining Theaker on the All-GLIAC First Team were Romello Brown, Tommy Richardson, Dalton Binkowski, Valorian Cunningham and Deiontae Nicholas.

Voted to the All-GLIAC Second Team were Trent Brodbeck, Jamel Hicks, Robert Kelly, Brandon Lee and Anthony DeDamos. James Howard, Derrick Coleman, Demetrius Stinson, Garrett Wiska, Donovan Zezula, and Nate White were named to All-GLIAC Honorable Mention Team.

32. The athletic department was recognized by the NCAA with an Award of Excellence Finalist (the only conference representative) for various community outreach initiatives.

33. Men's swimming and diving finished as runner-up at the GLIAC Championships. It was the 16th consecutive year the team was first or second with nine titles.

34. The Fall 2016 intramural season broke records with 961 participants (compared to 803 in Fall 2015) -- a 16 percent increase. In addition, a record 27 teams participated in

summer intramurals. For the year, 2,100 student participated in intramurals with a record 270 teams.

35. The volleyball team was awarded an AVCA Team Academic Award by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team gradepoint average. Volleyball posted a 3.43 team GPA for the 201516 academic year.

36. The men's golf team earned a GCAA All-Academic Team Award which is presented to schools that earn a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher. Men's Golf had a 3.29 cumulative GPA for the 2015-16 school year.

37. The baseball team was one of 21 Division II squads honored by the ABCA with an Academic Excellence Award for posting a GPA over 3.0. Baseball had a 3.16 GPA for the 2015-16 academic year.

38. Swimmer Hannah Loesch was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team, while teammate Elly Maleski was named to the Second Team. Loesch and Maleski were named to the CoSIDA Academic At-Large All-District First Team, along with fencer Zuzanna Sobczak and tennis student-athlete Andreea Mitrache.

39. Softball student-athlete Lyndsay Butler was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-American Second Team and Jade McGarr was named to the Third Team. Butler, Kristen Lucas and McGarr were named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team as well.

40. The women's swimming and diving team was honored as a CSCAA Scholar All-America Team, which recognizes programs that have achieved a grade point average of 3.00 or higher for the spring semester. Swimming and diving had a 3.31 term GPA. Individually Kaylee Dolinski, Brenna Gabrielson, Alex GeddisMcCririe, Morgan Kollen, Holly Krill, Meghan Lamb, Hannah Loesch, Elly Maleski, Makayla Myers and Elizabeth Rawlings received CSCAA Scholar All-America honors for earning a grade point average of 3.50 or higher and participating in the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships.

41. Two women's indoor track student-athletes (Karrington Seals in the 60m hurdles and Kierra Johnson in the 60m dash) earned USTFCCCA All-Midwest Region honors for finishing in the top five in their respective event in the Midwest Region.

42. WSU student-athletes participated in two Hashtag (#) Lunch bag outreach programs in which over 2,500 meals were distributed to people in Detroit.

43. Baseball student-athlete Griffin Harms was selected to the ABCA/Rawlings All-Midwest Region First Team. Harms and Alex Kinch were both selected to the D2CCA All-Midwest Region Second Team with Kinch being named a Midwest Region Gold Glove honoree.

44. Michael Lewis (basketball) was recognized as a National Honorable Mention selection for the Haier Achievement Award for accomplishments beyond sports.

45. Three student-athletes received the prestigious Conference Commissioner's Award in the spring sport season - softball student-athletes Mackenzie Boehler and Lyndsay Butler and baseball student-athlete Griffin Harms. Of all the conference student-athletes participating in spring sports only twelve (12) are honored - meaning WSU secured 25% of the representatives.

46. Women's Tennis student-athlete Andrea Mitrache was a Fall recipient of the prestigious Conference Commissioner's Award.

47. In the winter sports season, swimmer Hannah Loesch and diver Elizabeth Rawlings were selected by the Conference to receive the coveted Commissioner's Award emblematic of the student-athlete among the conference to demonstrate athletic and academic excellence. Of the 36 honorees throughout the year, WSU had six representatives.

48. Baseball student-athletes Griffin Harms and JT Conti were honored with selection to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team.

49. Volleyball setter Brittany Guldan was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team.

50. Sheila Taormina highlighted W Week, the annual week-long celebration of women's athletics that included a recognition of the 2005-06 women's swimming and diving team.

51. The women's track and field team received the team Academic Award by the USTFCCCA for compiling a cumulative 3.26 GPA for the squad. Individually Jordan Baker, Christina Kollien, Erika Perry, and Karrington Seals were honored for having earned a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.25

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TOP 100 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2016 and reached a provisional or automatic qualifying standard for the NCAA Championships.

52. Softball student-athletes Kylee Barrett, Mackenzie Boehler, Allie Buchanan, Lyndsay Butler, Haley Hurd, Hailey Lazarek, Kristen Lucas, Jade McGarr, Ashley Messina and Gabby Williams were recognized with 2015-16 Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete Awards.

53. Former Olympian Sheila Taormina joined WSU as a consultant and advisor, and combined with the Leadership Luncheon, SAAC, First-year letterwinners reception, Academic Luncheon, Fall Award Recognition, Welcome Back BBQ, Mike Green alcohol education series, S.O.A.R. (Student-athlete Orientation and Registration program), summer bridge for new students, and movie nights offered integrated and comprehensive student-athlete wellness initiatives.

54. Athletics adopted the Evolution Lab programming initiative to offer feedback, information and integration of social and contemporary themes for student-athletes and coaches.

55. Football games drew the second-highest average (3,097) since 1976. Total attendance was the highest since 1975 (15,583) with ticket revenue up 4% from the previous year.

56. Ziad Elsissy won the Division 1-A and Division 1 men's sabre competition at the North American Cup. 57. Women's outdoor track and field had two individual conference champions for the first time in program history, including the first ever field champion as Elizabeth Herriman won the javelin. Karrington Seals won the 100m hurdles.

58. Baseball student-athletes Brad Baldwin, Griffin Harms and Alex Kinch were selected to the All-GLIAC First Team. JT Conti and Ryan Mergener were named to the All-GLIAC Honorable Mention Team.

59. The following WSU student-athletes captured GLIAC titles at the conference championships: Lezlie Bueno Estrada (50 free and 100 free); Brenna Gabrielson (100 back); Hannah Loesch (100 breast and 200 breast); 200 Medley Relay (Gabrielson, Loesch, Abi Johns and Emily Heitchue); 200 Free Relay (Bueno Estrada, Makayla Myers, Heitchue and Elly Maleski); 400 Medley Relay (Maleski, Loesch, Myers and Bueno Estrada); and 400 Free Relay (Myers, Heitchue, Meghan Lamb and Bueno Estrada).

60. The following WSU student-athletes captured GLIAC titles at the conference championships: Ahmed Ahmed (200 Free, 500 Free, 1000 Free, 1650 Free); Ben Winn (50 free); Juan David Molina Perez (200 back); and 400 Free Relay (Rasmus Olsen, Tyler Roshak, Grzegorz Klos and Jayson Hansen).

61. Fifteen (15) women's indoor track student-athletes received GLIAC All-Academic honors with Lauren Bohn, Leah Coonrod, Rachel Kloski, Erika Perry, Dallas Porter, Karrington Seals and Jewel Wilson being named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team, while teammates Callie Brower, Sloane Brunner, Imani Bush, Leah Ellis, Kierra Johnson, Kaley Kauff, Christina Kollien and Haley Reynolds were named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.

62. Fourteen (14) women's swimming and diving studentathletes received GLIAC All-Academic honors with Kaylee Dolinski, Manuela Ferreira, Alex Geddis-McCririe, Holly Krill, Meghan Lamb, Hannah Loesch, Elly Maleski, Mallory Moore, Makayla Myers and Elizabeth Rawlings being named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team, while teammates Rachael Charlow, Brenna Gabrielson, Kallie Krueger and Emily Maraskine were named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.

63. Seven men's basketball student-athletes received GLIAC All-Academic accolades with Nick Mutebi and Oge Onwudiwe being named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team, while teammates Timothy Huguley, Chuck Key, Michael Lewis, George Spencer and Gavin Toma were named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.

64. Five women's basketball student-athletes received Academic All-GLIAC recognition with Tori Bellamy, Sara Ruhstorfer and Shannon Wilson being named to the GLAIC All-Academic Excellence Team, while Kristen Long and Brittany Streetman were named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.

65. Men's swimmer Kris Hector was named to the GLIAC AllAcademic Excellence Team, while teammates Jayson Hansen, Juan David Molina Perez, Aryell Pasternak and Ben Winn were named to the All-Academic Team.

66. Baseball student-athletes Jeremy Carrell, Cole Clifton,

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Griffin Harms, Randy Kuzdak, and Ryan Mergener were named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team, while Josh Arndt, Brad Baldwin, JT Conti, Brandyn Hall, Taylor Horn, Alex Kinch, Aaron Loconsole, Dennis Olszewski, Daniel Peake, Devin Rose, Justin Sherman, Jared Tobey and Tyler Tompson were named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.

67. Dexter Wilson and Tyler LaSerra were named to the GLIAC Men's Golf All-Academic Excellence Team, while Jordan Andrus, Joe Biscaro, Gunnar Bjornson and Crawford McKinlay were named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.

68. Women's golf student-athletes Joanne Adams, Chloe Luyet, Shannon McNamara and Amanda Noakes were named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team, while Alexandra Lee and Nikki Mollohan were named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.

69. Lauren Bohn, Rachel Kloski, Dallas Porter, Karrington Seals and Jewel Wilson were named to the GLIAC Women's Outdoor Track and Field All-Academic Excellence Team, while Erika Perry, Callie Brower, Sloane Brunner, Imani Bush, Leah Ellis, Elizabeth Herriman, Gabrielle Herriman, Kierra Johnson and Christina Kollien were named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.

70. Softball student-athletes Mackenzie Boehler, Jade McGarr, Gabby Williams, Lyndsay Butler, Kylee Barrett, Hailey Lazarek and Kristen Lucas were named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team, while Shannon Hilton, Ali Lince, Shelby Spano and Emily Cava were named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.

71. Men's tennis student-athlete Ryan Carlson was named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team, while Clement Charriere, Fazyl Kechai, Harvey Reed and Luke Ruocco were named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.

72. A school record 39 football student-athletes received Academic All-GLIAC recognition. The 17 Warriors earning GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team honors (cumulative GPA 3.5+) were Brady Beedon, Trent Brodbeck, Jonathan Currie, Anthony DeDamos, Drew Dowding, Blake Mazur, Manny Mendoza, Preston Pelham, Logan Smith, Ryan Smith, Nate Theaker, Kyle Toth, Greg Webber, Aaron Weston, Charlie Younger, Alex Ziedas and Andy Zimmerman. The 22 football student-athletes named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team (cumulative GPA 3.0-3.49) were Andy Bielecki, Dustin Carlin, Stephen Charron, Leon Eggleston, Corey Ester, Randy Garvin, Paul Graham, Michael Hazime, Jimmy Hendrix, Idris Hobdy, Shane Holler, Luke Ketterman, Christian Klink, Greg McDade, Alex Medenbach, DeOntay Moffett, Deiontae Nicholas, Ed Reny, Tommy Richardson, Demetrius Stinson, Trevor Van Tubbergen and Donovan Zezula.

73. Elizabeth Herriman and Karrington Seals were honored as First Team All-GLIAC at the Outdoor Track and Field Championships for their performances in the javelin and 100-meter hurdles, respectively.

74. Men's Tennis student-athlete Fazyl Kechai was selected to the All-GLIAC First Team, while Clement Charriere and Taylor Vane were voted to the All-GLIAC Second Team. Harvey Reed was named to the Honorable Mention All-GLIAC Team.

75. Women's basketball student-athlete Kristen Long was named a national semifinalist for Wooden Citizen Cup. She also served as the GLIAC SAAC President.

76. Former men's tennis student-athlete Eric Szydlowski was awarded the 2016 Arthur L. Johnson Community Leadership Award.

77. Senior Woman's Administrator Candice Howard was elected as the Diversity Chairperson for the Michigan Swimming Board of Directors.

78. Announced the selection of Cassie Chetosky, Sara Franklin, Sharon Gill, Casey (Hanes) Rammel, Donald K. Urban and Michael Wiseman to the 42nd Class of the WSU Athletics Hall of Fame.

79. Graduate student Nate Theaker was selected to the D2CCA All-Super Region First Team, while Romello Brown and Deiontae Nicholas were selected to the Second Team. Theaker was selected to play in the NFLPA Bowl, while Brown finished the regular season second nationally in rushing yards (1,564).

80. Women's cross county senior Leah Coonrod was named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team for the third consecutive year. Fifth-year senior Kristen Long and junior Morgan Sawgle were each named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team. The honor

marks for the fourth consecutive season for Long, who was also honored as a women's basketball student-athlete.

81. Three members of the women's tennis squad were recognized with GLIAC All-Academic accolades. Senior Andreea Mitrache was named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team for the third consecutive year. Joining Mitrache on the AllAcademic Excellence squad was junior Liz Ghellere. Sophomore Dasha Kuznetsova was named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.

82. Men's cross country graduate student Irvin Wyche was named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team for the fourth consecutive year. Senior Sawyer Smith earned GLIAC AllAcademic honors for the second time.

83. The volleyball team had 15 student-athletes recognized with GLIAC All-Academic accolades. Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team were Michelle Asiedu, Brittany Guldan, Claire McWilliams, Alexa Methner, Christa Raicevich, Hailey Richardson, Karen Sidge and Haley Tenelshof. Earning GLIAC All-Academic Team honors were Grace Frazee, Madison Kielty, Hannah Moore, Emily Norscia, Avery Punches, Ellie Rodriguez and Mikayla Shell.

84. Mort Harris Recreation and Fitness Center offered a satellite activity program traveling to various campus sites to promote wellness and healthy lifestyles through physical fitness.

85. The department began its professional development series which matches soon to be graduates with corporate leaders and job opportunities.

86. Volleyball student-athlete Brittany Guldan was honored with selection to the All-GLIAC First Team, while Hailey Richardson was selected to the Second Team. Michelle Asiedu was named to the Honorable Mention All-GLIAC Team.

87. Tennis student-athletes Ryan Carlson, Harvey Reed, Luke Ruocco, Nick Ang, Jason Potter, Taylor Vane, Alex Poissant, Andreea Mitrache and Liz Ghellere were honored as ITA Scholar Athletes.

88. Rabeah Beydoun and Carl Roscoe were honored with selection into the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society.

89. Josh Arndt was honored among all conference baseball student-athletes with the Troy Berry Award emblematic of character, leadership and honesty. Arndt also received the Michigan Campus Compact Commitment to Service Award.

90. Head softball coach Gary Bryce was elected to the NFCA (National Fastpitch Coaches Association) Board of Directors.

91. Meredith Weaver was promoted to head women's golf coach.

92. The Athletics marketing department won a Gold award from NACMA for Student Engagement with the “WarriorThon” event, and Silver Awards for Sponsorship Activation through the “Bundle up with Carhartt” promotion and the Season Ticket campaign for the football season.

93. WSU welcomed nearly 3,000 participants in summer youth camps and combined with the Detroit Sports Commission to host the Veteran's Games, the annual High School Kickoff Classic and additionally hosted the basketball Operation Friendship game.

94. The Seventh Annual Alan Trammell/Lance Parrish camp took place over two days and was attended by over 300 youth participants. In addition, the baseball program hosted the annual Anthony Bass Pitching Camp in January and the Tigers summer camp that featured Ian Kinsler, James McCann and Shane Greene.

95. Shannon Wilson was nominated for the Allstate WBCA Good Works Team for outstanding contributions in volunteerism and civic involvement.

96. Former men's basketball letterwinner Shane Lawal competed in the 2016 Olympics in Brazil as part of the Nigerian men's basketball team.

97. Former baseball student-athlete Anthony Bass pitched for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters that won Japan's World Series.

98. Former women's basketball student-athlete Shareta Brown completed her first season of professional basketball in Sweden where she averaged 20.8 points per game and 11.3 rebounds per contest.

99. The football program hosted the five-star Sound Mind/Sound Body Camp that included head coaches from Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Ohio State and Purdue.

100. WSU successfully hosted the 2016 GLIAC Swimming and Diving Championships as well as the NCAA Softball Super Regionals.

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Student-Athlete Academic Success The student-athletes at Wayne State University continue to excel in the classroom. Twenty-five (25) student-athletes recorded a perfect 4.00 term GPA with 73 percent of Warrior student-athletes receiving above a 3.00 for the recently completed Fall semester.

Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Term GPA 3.5+)

Baseball: Brendan Bilkovic, Hunter Brown, Jeremy Carrell, Cole Clifton, JT Conti, Nick Cowen, Thomas Eidens, Griffin Harms, Taylor Horn, Chris Horvath, Richard Hovde*, Tristen Jorah, Justin Kelly, Randy Kuzdak, Ryan Mergener, Dennis Olszewski*, Troy Saruna, Justin Sherman, Jared Tobey, Michael Toth, Brendan Wetmore, Sean Winkelseth Men's Basketball: Ronald Booth, Michael Lewis, Karim Murray, Nick Mutebi Women's Basketball: Nastassja Chambers, Alex Matus, Lyndsey Matus, Jessica Murphy, Sara Ruhstorfer, Amber Stephens*, Liza Torgerson Men's Cross Country: Ryan Mangulabnan, Sawyer Smith, Irvin Wyche

"This is an exceptional report – and that cannot be emphasized enough," stated WSU Director of Athletics Rob Fournier. "When you consider all our studentathletes combined for a term GPA of 3.25 at an academic institution with the standing as one of only three universities in the state to receive the Carnegie's Foundation designation of Highest Research Activity, these successes are noteworthy."

ROB FOURNIER, DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

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Women's Cross Country: Jasmine Brown, Leah Coonrod, Teresa Diehl*, Jackie Feist, Morgan Sawgle, Christine Scheer* Men's Fencing: Matthew Braun, Ziad Elsissy, Brendan Johnson, Henry Kisthardt, Carlo Martinez-Bernal, Nader Rayyan* Women's Fencing: Jillian Fenner, Bridget Gibbons, Sierra Jones, Kasia Lachman, Chelsea Miller, Zuzanna Sobczak Football: Jake AmRhein, Alex Angelas, Brady Beedon, Trent Brodbeck, Stephen Charron, Jonathan Currie, Anthony DeDamos, Tyler Denski, Drew Dowding, Corey Ester, Paul Graham, Harold Gibbs III, Brendan Hrcka, Luke Ketterman, Blake Mazur, Greg McDade, Manny Mendoza, DeOntay Moffett, Alexander Nast, Preston Pelham, Anthony Pittman, Justin Rau, Darece Roberson, Jr., Nolan Smith, Ryan Smith, Nate Theaker, Kyle Toth*, Greg Webber*, Trevor Van Tubbergen, Aaron Weston, Charlie Younger, Donovan Zezula*, Alex Ziedas, Andrew Zimmerman Men's Golf: Joe Biscaro, Gunnar Bjornson, Garrett Freismuth, Grant Haefner, Nazir Jairazbhoy, Collin Kolbe, Crawford McKinlay, Brendan Meadows, Nikolas Senkowski, Dexter Wilson Women's Golf: Joanne Adams*, Rylee George*, Josie Kurosky, Anastassia Lee, Chloe Luyet, Shannon McNamara, Nikki Mollohan, Courtney Morton, Amanda Noakes*, Meredith Weidner Softball: Kylee Barrett, Allie Buchanan, Lyndsay Butler, Emily Cava*, Rachelle Clayton*, Haley Hurd, Kristen Lucas, Jamie MacNeil, Hannah McClounie, Bella McLaury*, Ashley Messina, Kelsey Ramus, Brooke Turkalj Men's Swimming & Diving: Dima Drobnych, Viktor Holm, Ryan Katulski, Tyler Roshak, Rasmus Olsen, Joe Trohimczyk Women's Swimming & Diving: Ellie Dean, Manuela Ferreira, Brenna Gabrielson, Morgan Kollen, Holly Krill*, Kallie Krueger, Elizabeth Maraskine*, Emily Maraskine, Makayla Myers, Emma Weber Men's Tennis: Nicholas Ang*, Ryan Carlson, Clement Charriere, Griffin Mertz, Jason Potter, Harvey Reed, Derek Sammons*, Taylor Vane*

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"This did not just 'happen' – it is programming, resource analysis and hard work. Our coaches, staff and especially our student-athletes should be applauded. And when you consider our recent student-athlete graduation rate at 76% and 12,435 volunteer hours in the community, there is no doubt we have embraced the University's mission."

ROB FOURNIER, DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Women's Tennis: Liz Ghellere*, Andreea Mitrache*, Julia Walz Women's Track & Field: Alexis Brown, Sloane Brunner, Elizabeth Herriman, Gabrielle Herriman, Rachel Kloski, Christina Kollien, Grace Mendoza*, Dallas Porter, Karrington Seals, Sydney Vaughn, Jewel Wilson Volleyball: Natalie Breault, Grace Frazee, Madison Kielty, Claire McWilliams, Alexa Methner*, Hannah Moore, Christa Raicevich, Hailey Richardson, Mikayla Shell, Karen Sidge, Haley Tenelshof*

Coach's Honor Roll (Term GPA 3.0-3.49)

Baseball: Patrick Adams III, Brad Baldwin, Nolan Dill, Josh Nelson, Addison Pawelek, Devin Rose, Jack Schmidt, Tyler Tompson, Tyler Waldrop Men's Basketball: Clark Bishop, E. J. Haralson, Chuck Key, Joel Ndondo, Oge Onwudiwe, George Spencer Women's Basketball: Payton Birchmeier, Kiri Tiemeyer, Paige Villemure, Ja'Nae Williams, Shannon Wilson Men's Cross Country: Andrew Nelson, Kevin Salter, Dillon Smith

Men's Fencing: Robin Nickell, Brenton Villeneuve

Contact Kelsey Meyers Assistant Compliance Coordinator 313.577.1366 kelsey.meyers@wayne.edu

Softball: Emma Adams, Shelby Fridline, Megan Guitar, Alea Kainz, Hailey Lazarek, Cammie McCracken Men's Swimming & Diving: Ahmed Ahmed, Mitch Bohr, Leo Calice Pagotto de Oliveira, Nick Quigley, Josh Schacht Women's Swimming & Diving: Lezlie Bueno Estrada, Abi Johns, Delayni Kornak-Kotarba, Natalie Krzemecki, Meghan Lamb, Ashlen Michalski, Elizabeth Rawlings, Theresa Riviera, Kate Svisco, Mia Teifer Men's Tennis: Luke Ruocco Women's Tennis: Astrid Ciellza, Lauren Hughes, Dasha Kuznetsova, Liv Peisachovitz

Volleyball: Michelle Asiedu, Brittany Guldan, Ellie Rodriguez

Women's Fencing: Natalie Magda, Pati Palczynska, Despina Tsitlakidou

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Men's Golf: Jordan Andrus, Brett Boes, George Cornwell, Carson McKinlay

Women's Track & Field: Imani Bush, Dazmonique Carr, Leah Ellis, Jessie Kluz, Amy Vangieson

Women's Cross Country: Haley Boccomino, Kristen Long

Are You A Booster?

Football: Luke Bevilacqua, Ronny Brant II, Dustin Carlin, Derrick Coleman, Evan Conn, Valorian Cunningham, Leon Eggleston, Kyle Foster, Randy Garvin, Steven Glenn, Darius Griggs, Michael Hazime, Israel Helms, James Hendrix, Idris Hobdy, Shane Holler, Lairren Johnson, Robert Kelly, Christian Klink, Dakota Kupp, Adam McJunkin, Alex Medenbach, Brent Murray, JT Pillars, Ed Reny, Jacob Sheets, Logan Smith, Demetrius Stinson

* Designates an individual with a 4.00 Term GPA

We want to remind you of what is acceptable when dealing with our current and prospective student athletes. First, it is important to determine if you must follow the rules surrounding a representative of athletics interest.

You are considered a “Representative of Athletics Interest” or “booster” if you: • Are or have been a member of any organization promoting Wayne State University Athletics.

• Have ever made a donation to the Athletic Department or any booster organization.

• Have ever assisted in evaluating or recruiting prospects.

• Have ever helped to arrange or have provided employment to enrolled student-athletes, prospects, to their parents or relatives.

• Participated in a Wayne State athletics program.

• Once you become a representative or athletics interests, you retain this status FOREVER.

Please keep in mind, it is possible to jeopardize a student-athlete’s eligibility with just one act of kindness! Please ask before you act.

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Against The Current

by STEVE KING WSUAthletics.com Guest Contributor The following feature first appeared in the football game program on Oct. 22, 2016.

only student-athlete to do that in the 64-year history of the award.

Whether she's in the water or on dry land, Elly Maleski is not afraid to change her course when the current gets choppy.

She was named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (a term grade-point average of 3.5 or higher) at WSU in seven of the eight semesters in which she was enrolled – Fall 2012, '13, '14 and '15 and Winter 2013, '14 and '16. She just barely missed making it in the other semester, Winter 2015, as she earned a spot on the Coach's Honor Roll (a 3.0-3.49 term grade-point average).

It's why she has gone through life – and sports – swimmingly.

Last season, Maleski completed one of the best careers in Wayne State University women's swimming history, being a two-time first-team Division II All-American as a senior after being a part of the national runner-up 200 freestyle relay team and swimming the third leg of the 400 medley relay.

That follows what she did: • As a junior in the 2014-15 season, when she was a four-time first-team All-American, including anchoring the 400 freestyle relay that finished fourth and placing sixth in the 100 backstroke.

• As a sophomore in the 2013-14 season, when she was a five-time first-team All-American, anchoring the national title-winning 200 freestyle relay that broke the Division II record with a performance of 1:31.64 - leading off the runner-up 200 medley relay and being part of the runner-up 400 freestyle relay, leading off the third-place 400 medley relay and placing sixth in the 100 backstroke.

"The key for me in academics was having the discipline to do it, to do all the studying that was necessary."

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• And as a freshman in the 2012-13 season, when she was a three-time first-team All-American, anchoring two runner-up relay teams in the 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle and placing eighth in the 200 backstroke.

Maleski will need to build an addition onto her home to display all those honors.

But perhaps her greatest achievement, especially at a school like Wayne State where excellence in the classroom is always kept front and center, is that she is the school's only three-time CoSIDA Academic All-American. In addition, she is the

That Maleski, who said she is "a couple credit hours short" of earning her bachelor of science degree and plans on graduating next May, excelled so much in such a hard major, biomedical engineering, only serves to heighten her accomplishment. She switched to biomedical engineering from her original major of biology in the summer between her freshman and sophomore years. It turned out to be a tremendous decision.

"The key for me in academics was having the discipline to do it, to do all the studying that was necessary," Maleski said recently. "A lot of that discipline probably comes from my dad (Brian Maleski). He's very driven. He works in construction and really takes pride in building nice houses.

"I studied so much, in fact, that I had a hard time carving out enough time to sleep. In my sophomore and junior years, when I wasn't practicing or at a meet or in a class, I was at the school library. I spent every free moment I had there.

One night, I was there when the library was ready to close. The lady there said I had to leave, but I just kept working. She kept telling me about the library closing, and I kept working. As usual, I had a lot to do and I wasn't done yet. I had one more problem left to finish. Finally she said to me, 'Look, you can either make this easy and leave right now, or you can make this difficult. But I'm telling you that if you don't leave, I'm going to call the cops.'

"I said, 'Are you serious? You're going to call the police on me if I don't leave the library AGAINST THE CURRENT

immediately?' It's hard to be respectful when someone is treating you like that.

"I called my mom (Dianna Hinsenkamp) and told her, 'I'm a very bad girl. They're going to throw me into jail if I don't leave the library.' " Maleski swears the story is true.

Going all the way back to her elementary school days in Cedar, a tiny unincorporated community located in Solon Township in the upper region of Michigan's lower peninsula, doing well in the classroom was always a priority for Maleski.

"I've always tried very hard in school. I've tried to be a good student," she said. "I believe that hard work and determination pays off. My hard work has gotten me noticed."

Maleski got some help in that regard right from the start.

"Lizzie Bana has been my best friend since preschool," she said. "She and I have always pushed each other with our grades. It was a competition.

"We had decided a long time ago that we were both going to go into pre-med in college. I did, but she didn't. She's at the University of Michigan majoring in communications."

She added with a laugh, "I give Lizzie crap all the time for backing out on me."

However, there is another young lady, a relative, who has played an even bigger role in Maleski's life. In fact, this is where our story really starts.

Growing up, Maleski was quite the athlete.

"I played a lot of sports," she said. "We didn't have youth softball in my little town, so I played baseball with the boys. I was a pitcher. I played soccer, but because we didn't have a girls soccer program in middle school, I played with the boys."

Maleski was tough. She gave as much – or more – than she got.

But sports can be brutal and cruel – to girls as well as boys – and she learned that when she was playing soccer in the seventh grade. She weakened a tendon in her kneecap when her legs got tangled up with those of a boy on the other team. The injury didn't require surgery, but rather simply a lot of rest.

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She tried to come back and play soccer the following year, but her kneecap quickly gave out.

She attempted to give basketball a try, but the quick, side-to-side movements made that an impossibility, too.

Here was a young teenager who truly loved sports, but was facing the end of her career in them – at least the ones played on land where you needed strong, healthy legs to run.

That's where her cousin, Jane Hinsenkamp, entered the picture and helped change the course of Maleski's life.

"She is a couple years younger than me and was a swimmer then. She suggested I try swimming," Maleski said.

Maleski didn't have much experience with the sport. But she had participated in a summer youth swimming program and, one time while taking a peak at her mother's jewelry box, she noticed a pin that she had earned in swimming years before.

So there were some legitimate reasons for her to consider making this seismic switch. Thus, instead of dismissing it out of hand, she was smart enough and open enough to look at the big picture – to see things as they were, and not as she wanted them to be – and weigh her options.

When she did, she embraced the suggestion.

After a hiccup at first – "I couldn't swim the length of the pool," she said – she took to swimming like a natural, as if she had been doing it for years. Her rise was quick and meteoric.

Maleski said the defining moment for her as a competitive swimmer came when she was 14 and in the 100 backstroke finals of an open event, meaning there were girls of all ages.

"I finished second in a time of :59," she said. "I remember looking at the clock and thinking to myself, 'That time can't be right.' " But it was. Maleski was soon among the top 25 girls in the nation in her age group.

She started high school at tiny Leland, which has only about 30 students per class and no swimming team, so she quickly transferred to the much bigger Traverse City Western, a school with 450 kids per class and, more importantly, a swimming program.

It was a 25-minute ride one way each day to get there, but it was well worth it. She blossomed at Western, becoming a prep All-American and twotime all-state before graduating in 2012.

After considering some other schools, Maleski decided to go to college at Wayne State because, "I felt comfortable talking to Sean Peters, the coach. Things just clicked, and instantly, it felt like home to me."

But that part of her life – her collegiate swimming career, and likely her time as a competitive swimmer overall – is over.

Now Maleski's looking forward to getting into medical school somewhere, quite possibly at Wayne State. "I love kids and I've always wanted to be a doctor," she said.

"When I was 12 and in a Junior Olympic event, I got two firsts and two fifths in the backstroke and freestyle," she said. "I didn't think that was too bad. It just kind of went off from there."

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HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES NAME, SPORT(S), INDUCTION YEAR Thomas B. Adams, Football/Track, 1979 Randall Ahern, Golf, 1986 Nick Allen, Cross Country, 2010 Albert Ament, Basketball, 2001 Mark “Doc” Andrews, Media, 2005 Paul Andrews, Contributor/Builder, 1993 Keith Anleitner, Football, 2007 Scott Armstrong, Basketball, 2006 Michaelene (Bachleda) Ruhl, Softball, 2003 Naif Baidoon, Baseball, 2007 Erika Barczak, Diving, 2014 Edwin C. Barnett, Wrestling, 1997 Harald Bauder, Fencing, 2003 David Beauvais, Football/Track, 1978 Cauli Bedran, Swimming, 2016 Joique Bell, Football, 2016 Gregory Benko, Fencing, 1990 Frederick P. Bens, Football/Basketball, 1989 Sarah Berry, Softbal, 2014 Ettore C. Bianchi, Fencing, 1999 Gary M. Bice, Swimming, 1996 Lowell E. Blanchard, Track/Football, 1988 Bruno Blanco, Swimming, 2013 Greg Brecht, Baseball, 2004 Wayne D. Brenkert, Football, 1988 Denise (Breslin) Gotham, Volleyball, 2001 Don Brown, Tennis, 2000 George R. Brown, Basketball/Track, 1983 Noah Brown, Jr, Basketball/Administrator, 2012 Pierre Brown, Football, 2008 Richard B. Brown, Cross Country/Track, 1991 T. Richard “Dick” Brown, Football, 2006 Gini Bruce, Softball/Basketball/Volleyball, 2004 Paul Butcher, Football, 1997 Richard R. Byas, Jr, Football, 1987 Wesley C. Carlos, Football, 1998 Mary E. Carney, Basketball, 1988 Nicholas Cherup, Football/Track, 1991 Cassie Chetosky, Diving, 2017 Andrew R. Clark, Swimming, 1976 Michael J. Clark, Baseball, 1991 14

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Shannon Clark (Maisano), Softball, 2013 Elmer Coleman, Track, 1983 William Collins, Baseball/Basketball/Football, 1984 John K. Cotton, Football, 1981 David Croskey, Baseball, 2008 Frank Cudillo, Football, 1990 Pearly (Cunningham) Armstrong, Basketball, 1998 Jennifer (Daniel) Coleman, Softball, 2006 Istvan Danosi, Fencing, 1983 Steve F. Danosi, Fencing, 1987 Bruce P. Davis, Fencing, 1980 J. Kenneth Doherty, Track, 1977 Leroy W. Dues, Track, 1977 George Duncan, Basketball, 1981 Dante Dunn, Football, 2015 Craig Duppong, Football, 2010 Christian Erard, Swimming, 2011 Newman H. Ertell, Football/Basketball, 1977 Otis Evans, Basketball, 2004 Gina (Farkashazy) Weaver, Fencing, 1998 David C. Farris, Football, 1994 Sebastien Foka, Tennis, 2014 Larry L. Fortner, Track, 1999 Sara Franklin, Swimming, 2017 James A. Gardner, Rowing, 1982 Robert N. Gardner, Diving, 1989 Anna Garina, Fencing, 2013 George Gembis, Football, 1977 Joseph G. Gembis, Football, 1980 Lisa C. Gentry, Basketball, 1998 Rodger George, Baseball, 2006 Susan (Gierschick) Kopins, Diving, 2000 Sharon Gill, Tennis, 2017 Joe Gough, Football, 2005 Cynthia Goyette, Swimming, 1985 Jack H. Gregory, Golf, 1994 Patty (Grudzinski) Gergics, Softball, 2005 David Guerrera, Hockey, 2009 Robert Gunn, Basketball, 1985 Angelo Gust, Baseball/Football, 1994 Ron Hammye, Basketball Coach, 2004 Casey (Hanes) Rammel, Softball, 2017

Victor G. Hanson, Football/Contributor/Builder, 1980 James Hayes, Tennis, 2002 John M. Hazely, Football/Baseball, 1983 Homer L. Heard, Track, 1997 Neil Hick, Fencing, 2008 Chalmer G. Hixson, Athletic Director, 1983 Elaina Hogle, Swimming, 2016 David L. Holmes, Basketball/Football/Track/ Athletic Director, 1976 Michael G. Horn, Golf , 2001 H. Grant Iler, Football/Basketball/Track, 1980 Nick Ingrao, Swimming, 2012 Bob Jackson, Tennis, 2005 Paul J. Janas, Baseball, 1995 Lori (Januszkiewicz) Sweeney, Basketball, 1997 Cass Jawor, Golf, 1995 Frank Jeney, Baseball, 2011 Walter B. Jenkins, Football/Track, 1987 Amanda (Jennings) Pata, Softball, 2009 Astrid Johannesen, Swimming, 1988 Art Johnson, Basketball, 2006 Monique Johnson, Basketball, 2008 Paul Wesley Jones, Track, 1997 Elisa Joris, Volleyball, 2012 Kelly Kashmerick, Softball, 2009 Patricia A. Kent, Softball, 1995 Dustin Kingston, Hockey, 2010 John L. Kline, Basketball/Track, 1979 Goetz H. Klopfer, Track, 1984 Robert Kloss, Baseball, 2000 Carol (Krause) Lausman, Softball/Basketball, 2001 Byron L. Krieger, Fencing, 1976 Jakub Krochmalski, Fencing, 2012 Rodney C. Kropf, Contributor/Builder, 1995 Kris Krzyminski, Basketball, 2014 Robert F. Langas, Football/Basketball, 1993 Ryan LaPensee, Baseball, 2016 Steve Lee, Football, 2013 Marty Letzmann, Basketball, 2005 John W. Lewis, Track, 1979 Russell Lightbody, Basketball/Football, 1978 Mark Limback, Baseball, 1999 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES OF ALL TIME

HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES Richard G. Lisabeth, Football, 1984 Delonda Little-Nathan, Basketball, 2005 Richard Lowry, Football, 2002 Robert R. Luby, Football/Track, 1993 Guy Lumsden, Swimming, 1981 David Lutz, Swimming, 2011 Leo S. Maas, Swimming/Baseball, 1982 Ken Madeja, Baseball, 2006 Gil Mains, Contributor/Builder, 1996 Rachelle (Malette) Christensen, Cross Country, 2015 Bruno Marana, Football, 1992 Fred Martus, Basketball, 1992 Donald Mason, Diving, 1998 Joel G. Mason, Football/Basketball, 1981 Bill Maul, Tennis/Basketball, 1987 Frank McBride, Track/Cross Country, 2002 Donald McClellan, Swimming, 1990 Donald McElroy, Track, 1983 John Miele, Baseball, 2008 Lambros Milonas, Historian, 1996 Bryan Morrow, Tennis, 2003 Frederick A. Mulhauser, Tennis/Athletic Director, 1990 Natalya Natyshak, Tennis, 2011 Michael Newsted, Baseball, 2007 Courtney Noble, Softball, 2008 Dave Nowinski, Swimming, 2005 Elizabeth A. O’Brien, Basketball/Tennis, 1996 James K. O’Hara, Football/Wrestling, 1994 Jeanne Omelenchuk, Speed Skating, 1979 Ben J. Paolucci, Football, 1992 Rachel A. Parham, Volleyball, 1999 Charlie Parker, Basketball, 2001 Jennifer Parks, Swimming, 1986 Janina (Parrott) Jacobs, Golf, 2000 Paul J. Pentecost, Athletic Publicity, 1989 Irving Petross, Track, 1982 Christ Petrouleas, Administrator, 2003 Gil A. Pezza, Fencing, 1993 Kevin Ponticelli, Baseball/Football, 1994 William A. Prew, Swimming, 1977 Charles Primas, Basketball, 1976 Fred L. Prime, Jr., Basketball/Track, 1989 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES OF ALL TIME

Gordon A. Reck, Baseball, 1990 Irvin D. Reid, WSU President/Contributor, 2011 Jack Rice, Tennis/Baseball/Football Basketball, 1978 Therone Richardson, Basketball, 1991 Elbert Richmond, Football/Basketball, 1986 Mitch Ritter, Football/Contributor/Builder, 2010 Donald Robinson, Track/Football, 1985 Mary Rogers, Basketball, 2003 Cliff Russell, Media, 2007 Delbert W. Russell, Tennis, 1991 Laurence E. Russell, Football/Golf, 1988 Robert Ryland, Tennis, 1991 Paola Sacchetti, Fencing, 2006 Myron “Susie” Schecter, Basketball, 1980 Dacia (Schileru) Clark, Diving, 2000 Jack Schlesinger, Tennis, 1981 Gerald (Jerry) Schnelker, Football/Track, 1996 Gary Schultz, Football, 2004 Allison Scruggs-Tookes, Tennis, 1993 W. Stanley Seitz, Track/Football, 1986 Jerry Sevick, Football/Basketball/Track, 1992 George B. Sherma, Business Manager, 1980 Doris Shimman, Swimming, 1985 Ernest Simon, Fencing, 2004 Edward Skowneski, Jr., Football, 1987 Billy Smith, Track, 1984 Jennifer (Smith) DenDooven, Softball, 2007 Mark H. Smith, Jr., Track, 1979 Sean Smith, Swimming, 2015 Robert Solomon, Basketball/Baseball, 1985 Victor F. Spathelf, Track, 1981 Edward O. Spence, Track/Football, 1979 Ashley St.Andrew, Swimming, 2016 Jean Ann Stanicek, Tennis, 1998 Stephanie Stone, Basketball/Softball, 1993 Paula K. Sweeney, Fencing, 1978 Roxanne Szczesniak, Softball, 1996 Bela W. Szentivanyi, Fencing, 1984 Elliot Tabron, Track, 2002 Catherine (Tanzini) Colarossi, Tennis, 2001 Ronald Teasley, Baseball/Basketball, 1986

John Telford, Track, 1978 Bela de Tuscan, Fencing, 1982 Allan Tolmich, Track, 1976 Halina (Tomska) Papp, Swimming, 1989 Yasemin (Topcu) Block, Fencing, 2009 Christer Tour, Swimming, 2014 Donald K. Urban, Football/Wrestling/ Track Golf, 2017 Brian VanGorder, Football, 2013 A.J. Vaughn, Football, 1985 Joseph Verellen, Cross Country, 2012 Shelly (Vickery) Siegel, Cross Country, 2009 Ebony Vincent, Basketball, 2014 Norman G. Wann, Tennis/Football, 1986 Richard B. Watson, Fencing, 1977 Jon Weisman, Baseball, 2015 Leon Wheeler, Football/Basketball/Track, 1978 Robert C. “Doc” White, Training, 1989 Leon F. Wingo, Track, 1999 Robert F. Wingo, Track, 1982 Michael Wiseman, Baseball, 2017 Frederick L. Wolcott, Baseball/Basketball, 1988 Margaret Woodbridge, Swimming, 1982 Christopher M. Wouters, Baseball, 1999 Lorenzo C. Wright, Track, 1976 Robert F. Wyman, Football, 1994 Molly Yetman, Softball, 2015 Jodi Young, Basketball, 2010 David Zelmanski, Baseball, 1994 Slava Zingerman, Fencing, 2016 Victor A. Zucco, Football/Track, 1990

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Current Members Paul Andrews Chuck Binkowski Tom Bomberski Dino Candela Fred Cavataio Craig & Lisa DeDamos Greg DeMars Donald Didlake Anthony Facione Scott Fisher Rob Fournier Don Galovich Angelo Gust John Keogh Tom Leadbetter Angus MacKenzie

Join The Tartar Twelve Tradition

The Tartar Twelve is an exclusive donor group to the Wayne State Football program. The tradition of excellence served both on and off the field is a direct result of our alumni’s commitment to continually improving the championship experience here at Wayne State. In return, our Tartar Twelve members are given VIP insight to the program, with a pre-game tent on gameday, weekly game assessment emails from Head Coach Paul Winters, apparel, and more! Find your way back into the huddle, and join us for the 2017 season!

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JOIN US WSU ATHLETIC ALUMNI gnizing those who have come before them and Our student-athletes know the importance of reco e programs. It is with great excitement that we who have helped pave the way for their respectiv connected with the team, but be a part of Wayne invite our alumni back to campus to not only stay ram will be hosting a reunion event to welcome State for eternity. Throughout the year, each prog and coaches, and connect past Tartars and Warriors alumni back to campus, reunite past teammates being to find out when your program’s alumni event is to those who wear the jersey today. Stay tuned held during the 2017 season!

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