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WARRIOR WITHIN WHY FENCING MEANT FREEDOM

By Rob Fournier, esq.

Director of Athletics If you think about it, fencing is the only sport in which those directly involved in the competition, never see the eyes of their opponent. It is purely a reactionary sport with the advantage to those with sharp reflexes and coordination. You react to movement.

between the life he endured, and the one to which he aspired. As the Soviet Bloc collapsed on the lives of those constricted within its borders, the promises of freedom meant more than economic reward.

It meant everything ... even life itself. When the Hungarian revolt of 1956 broke out against Soviet domination, Istvan Danosi was one of its Patriots. Unfortunately, Patriots with signs and placards, are no match for tanks and soldiers. The Russian army made sure of the fate of the Hungarian people who sought freedom, opportunity and a better life.

Their “response” is measured in the estimated 30,000 Hungarians who lost their lives, and another 250,000 who fled the onslaught. One of those was Istvan Danosi.

In a way, the history of fencing at Wayne State has also been a reaction to movement but these have been far more cataclysmic than the competitor at the end of a fencing strip. Fencing at Wayne State has been a microcosm of a changing world based on the advancement of people seeking freedom. And just like any competition, this was not easily achieved. But it was far more than a simple analogy to an athletics event. It cost lives. It was a titanic struggle of different ideologies. And those lessons should not be wistfully forgotten.

The start of fencing at Wayne State can trace its beginnings, and its success, to those who sought freedom and its opportunities.

Fencing’s underpinnings can be linked to America’s great democratic cornerstones – education and freedom. Like any individual sport, you learn a lot about yourself when you stand on that slight strip with no place to retreat. For many in fencing, they also learned a lot about life when retreat was no longer inevitable.

"Unfortunately, Patriots with signs and placards, are no match for tanks and soldiers."

When Bela de Tuscan initiated fencing at Wayne State in 1939, its novelty had a lot to do with its allure. Coming from his native Hungary, he brought many of the techniques and nuances of the sport from his native country to the sport. In this case, the teacher was well prepared. But like all good education, the learning went both ways.

He taught Americans about a European sport, and “they shared” with him the advantages (and opportunities) that freedom secured. As the world exploded into a World War, his reference for the trials of Europe, and its carnage and inhumanity including the Holocaust, had defining lessons. Bela de Tuscan was an innovator in the sport (he perfected the electronic point system that recorded touches) but he was also a pragmatist who knew, and appreciated, what promises America offered. He embraced those. We should all probably take a moment, or two, at times to reflect on that too. America has not always lived up to its ideals ... but it has also never stopped trying.

As the inevitable length of time of any coaching career shortens, Wayne State looked for a replacement. It found it again across the Atlantic in Tuscan’s native Hungary in a person who knew all too well the contrast

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Wayne State's Ziad Elsissy was a Second Team All-America selection in 2015.

Although he found refuge in a camp in Austria, he knew one country held the hope of everything he had wanted for himself ... and his family. He immigrated to America. That journey eventually brought him to Wayne State as its fencing coach.

So the coach who literally laid the foundation for the program, and who also came from Hungary, entrusted the program over to a fellow countryman who shared some common approaches to fencing, and more importantly, a common desire to explore those opportunities in the promise of America. Danosi continued his predecessor’s successes when he won eleven (11) national titles (seven men’s titles and four women) and developed 24 All Americans. He is a member of both the WSU Hall of Fame and the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame – one of only six alumni to be so honored. But his legacy went beyond exploring fencing with impressionable young people. They also learned the contrast in the dignity of man in some very different political systems.

His son exemplified that opportunity and became a medical doctor, and is still practicing his profession in Columbus, Ohio. In fencing,

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WARRIOR WITHIN the weapon touches your opponent to win a match, but in contrast, that medical degree has touched many lives to better them. Danosi understood the significance of that distinction.

It is easy to distinguish the effect of a coach based simply on a win and loss record. In some ways, that is understandable. But unfortunately, too often, even in a college setting, we can limit our evaluation to that single measurement. That can be cavalier. We are entrusted with young people just exploring their world and trying to understand how they shape that world. We get them when they think they have all the answers on their smart phones. I suppose we just have to get them to look up. Differences in color, philosophy, and perspectives are restricted when your vision is viewed through one household. The coach literally walks that young person out of that house into the world. It can be awakening, demanding and exhilarating.

"It used to be said that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) had its armaments pointed at Russia to protect the freedoms of Europe, while the Soviet Union had their guns pointed toward their own people, so they would not escape. " When Jerzy Radz joined WSU as the fencing coach in 1991 he had experienced first-hand what others only reference in a textbook. Just like de Tuscan and Danosi, he knew well the hardships and constraints imposed by the political will of others. As a young man, he competed for communist-controlled Poland in various fencing matches around the world. At that time Poland was a satellite of the Soviet Union and he learned all too well the restrictions, and limitations, of that Soviet-managed life. Every competition outside of Russian controlled territory included an “assistant coach” who collected your passport, and returned it, only when you re-entered Soviet-controlled territory.

You were not going anywhere beyond what the State permitted.

If you were born after 1990, references such as: the Berlin airlift, checkpoint Charlie, Iron Curtain, Brandenburg Gate, the Solidarity Movement and NATO have little significance. They shouldn’t. You may want to learn those examples by research, or by talking to someone like Coach Radz who lived it. You will come away with a better appreciation for what you have “inherited”. You will come away with a better appreciation for America.

Just like in Hungary some twenty-five (25) years earlier, the people of Poland in 1980 began their own response to the unyielding domination of the Soviet Union. Some might be dismissive of why that took so long, but the lessons of Hungary were an everyday reminder of the cost of free expression while gun turrets and barb wire were more emphatic. That became very clear when Marshall Law was declared in Poland as a direct result of the Solidarity uprising and the push for economic reforms and personal freedom. We take the ability to vote, speak freely and demonstrate as inherent rights. Those freedoms were non-existent in the Soviet Union and its sphere of military domination.

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Jerzy Radz lived that life. It is why we might want to take some young people on a journey “out of that house” to remind them of what is sometimes taken for granted. So many even today still only imagine independence. And we too need to be reminded of the ultimate sacrifice of so many so that we might enjoy that liberty.

Coach Radz thought about those opportunities when he contemplated if he could escape in December of 1980 when he was again involved in international competition in the Soviet-occupied part of Germany. If only he could get through that East German border gate. Ultimately he didn’t go. Instead he went back to a Poland that had restricted telephone service and television. Not only was communication not coming in ... it was not going out of Poland either. Unrestricted transportation did not exist.

You can read about that time in history by a textbook ... or filtered through someone’s political perspective. But Coach Radz lived it, and he knows that reality all too well. So do those students who “learn” fencing skills from him. As he likes to describe it, “I bring facts out into the open”. When he returned from that competition in East Germany, he came back to a country even more restrictive than what he had departed. He recalls vividly that when he returned from the competition he was stopped every 100 meters as he walked to his apartment and had to produce his identification documents. Next time you’re stuck in traffic on the way home, use that as a comparison.

Marshall Law existed for almost two years in Poland. You might also think about that the next time your cell service is out for an hour. It used to be said that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) had its armaments pointed at Russia to protect the freedoms of Europe, while the Soviet Union had their guns pointed toward their own people, so they would not escape. Ultimately in 1989 Jerzy Radz got that opportunity at freedom. And despite all the propaganda that had been perpetrated about America by the Soviet Union, he knew in his head (and his heart) that the country, and its people, were different.

And nothing in the 30 years since has diminished, or tarnished, that aspirational hope. What a great lesson for young people. What a great lesson for all of us.

When he recruits a person from a foreign country to be part of the fencing team, they already know they have a great opportunity. His life does nothing to contradict that perception. He pledged his citizenship back in 2000, and with that, a promise to protect what America meant to him and thousands more that still today are not so fortunate to have that right. Even if that right flickers only as an aspirational hope to other people who have never set foot in this country. The fact that such an ideal exists has purpose. It is the hope of freedom for those struggling for what we have already, that sustains so many just like the people in Poland some 35 years ago, and why it should inspire us even today. It is why fencing has meant freedom, because America has meant that too.

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WARRIOR WITHIN HARWELL FIELD BUILDING PROJECT REACHES GOAL The Wayne State University Department of Athletics announced that it has reached its 1.7 million dollar goal to construct the Ernie and Lula Harwell Baseball Stadium. The project received Board of Governors approval on Jan. 29th and construction will begin in the spring of 2016.

“The Harwell Field will be a lasting legacy to the Hall of Fame career of Ernie,” said S. Gary Spicer, Sr. (long-time friend and attorney of Ernie and Lula Harwell and co-chairman of the campaign).

The Harwell Field will provide grandstands, press box and a foyer to house baseball artifacts and memorabilia that traces baseball history nearly a century. The current field has many historical baseball remnants significant to Mr. Harwell, including a replica Fenway Park outfield wall, the old Tiger stadium scoreboard and the new stadium will be located adjacent to Brooklyn Street which coincidentally happened to be one of his early professional broadcasting stops with the Brooklyn Dodgers. The project will have the amenities of today with a nostalgic acknowledgment of the past in a stadium that will mirror the outdoor facade of Ebbets Field.

Rob Fournier and S. Gary Spicer visiting Lula Harwell on Nov. 30, 2015, prior to the Dec. 4th announcemnt of the project goal being met.

“We are grateful to the many donors who have enthusiastically supported this initiative,” said WSU Director of Athletics Rob Fournier. “We have always been dependent on supporters whose contributions might not be as recognizable as those who provide six figure gifts, but like Mr. Harwell, we know well the “blue collar” nature of Detroit and how many working together can effectuate change. This stadium is a tribute to that spirit which is reflected in its design and in those who contributed. It will be a lasting tribute to the Harwells and serve various outreach initiatives and our baseball program.”

An artist’s rendering of the grandstand and press box at Harwell Field.

The project is an outreach effort in building a baseball stadium as a tribute to that long partnership between the famed Tiger broadcaster and his wife Lula “Lulu”. Ernie and Lulu Harwell were married for 62 years and this endeavor is as much an acknowledgment of his legendary career as it is her work “behind the scenes” to build a marriage for which all of Michigan benefited. Probably more than any single individual The Harwell Field replicates the original Ebbets Field in Ernie Harwell brought national recognition to the City, the Brooklyn and captures its historical reference. region and his beloved Tigers.

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WARRIOR WITHIN HALL OF FAME CLASS 2016 CAULI BEDRAN was a four-year swimming letterwinner (2006-10) who earned 24 AllAmerica honors including 17 First Team accolades.

He was a five-time All-American in 2007, anchoring three First Team Relays (200 free, 400 medley and 400 free) at the NCAA Championships, with the latter two relays breaking school records. Bedran was an Honorable Mention All-American after placing ninth in the 100 backstroke and 16th in the 100 free.

At the GLIAC Championships his freshman year, he anchored the first-place 400 medley relay which set a GLIAC and WSU record. Bedran broke a 26-year-old school record in the 50 free (Gary Bice, 1980, 21.31) at the Eastern Michigan Invitational with a time of 21.10 as the leadoff of the 200 free relay.

As a sophomore, Bedran was part of the first national champion relay in school history as he led off the victorious 200 medley relay. He also earned First Team AllAmerica honors in the 400 medley relay (fourth), 400 free relay (fourth) and 100 backstroke (sixth). Bedran again broke the school record in the 50 free (20.67) when he finished 13th at the NCAA Championships. He received Honorable Mention AllAmerican recognition for the 200 free relay which placed 11th.

At the 2008 GLIAC Championships, Bedran had three top-five individual finishes placing third in the 100 backstroke and fifth in both the 50 free and 100 free. He anchored the first-place 200 free relay and third-place 400 free relay, while leading off the second-place 200 medley relay.

In 2009, he earned six All-American honors. Bedran was part of three First Team relays (200 medley, 200 free and 400 free) and earned Honorable Mention All-American accolades in the 100 back, 50 free and 100 free.

Bedran won two GLIAC titles in 2009 as the 200 medley relay broke the school record as well as the conference mark. He was also a member of the 400 free relay which set school and GLIAC records.

Bedran earned First Team All-America honors in all seven events he could compete in as a senior: 50 free (fourth), 100 free (sixth), 100 backstroke (eighth), 200 medley relay (fifth), 400 free relay (seventh), 400 medley relay (seventh) and 200 free relay (eighth).

The month before, he won five GLIAC titles including two individual conference championships in the 50 free and 100 free. He placed second in the 100 back and anchored three first-place relays.

Bedran made up a .70 second deficit to win by .15 over Ashland in the 200 free relay (1:23.91). He also erased a 1.05 second deficit for a .60 second victory over Grand Valley State in the 400 medley relay (3:21.70) which set a pool record. Bedran also anchored the victorious 400 free relay.

The 2009-10 WSU Male Student-Athlete of the Year, Bedran won a total of nine GLIAC titles, including anchoring seven relay titles.

Bedran helped the squad to three top-three NCAA finishes, including a runner-up finish in 2009, the best in school history.

A political science major, he earned WSU Academic Honor Roll status all eight semesters, including five terms above a 3.5. Bedran was a two-time GLIAC Commissioner’s Award Recipient for athletic and academic excellence as well as being a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District selection.

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JOIQUE BELL was a four-year football letterwinner (2006-09) who won the 2009 Harlon Hill Trophy as the best player in Division II. A four-time First Team All-GLIAC selection, Bell had 6,728 career rushing yards (sixth in D-II and eighth in NCAA history), while his 152.91 rushing yards per game was 11th in D-II and 25th in NCAA history.

Bell’s 576 points ranked fifth in NCAA history (all three divisions combined), while his 13.1 points per game average was fourth in D-II history. He accumulated 8,055 allpurpose yards which was fourth in D-II and ninth in NCAA history.

Bell, a two-time GLIAC Offensive Back of the Year award winner, was responsible for 100 touchdowns (88 rushing, 8 receiving and 4 passing) in 44 games. He finished with 918 receiving yards and set WSU records for rushing attempts, total offense (7,008) and total plays (1,198).

A two-year team captain, Bell became the fourth player in D-II history with two 2,000-yard rushing seasons. His 1,181 career rushing attempts ranked sixth in NCAA history (all divisions) and second in Division II history.

He is the only two-time AFCA All-American in school history earning that recognition in both 2006 and 2009. Bell concluded his Warrior career with 34 100-yard rushing efforts of which nine were at least 200 yards and two were 300-yard games.

In the 2006 win over Mercyhurst, he rushed for 318 yards and four touchdowns, and amassed a school record 386 all-purpose yards. During the 2009 campaign, Bell rushed for 314 yards (sixth best total in GLIAC history) against Northwood and three touchdowns and in the process became the GLIAC career leader in all-purpose yards.

A three-time Harlon Hill semifinalist (top 24 nationally), Bell not only finished the 2009 regular season leading the GLIAC in rushing (2,084 yards), scoring (192 points) and all-purpose yards per game (217.5) but the entire NCAA (including I-A/FBS, I-AA/ FCS, II and III) in all three categories.

He was selected to the D2Football.Com All-Decade (2000-09) Second Team, after being a three-time D2Football.com All-American (Second Team in 2006, Honorable Mention in 2007 and First Team in 2009).

Bell owns five of WSU’s top eight single-game rushing totals and is the only person in school history to score six touchdowns in a game, twice (Oct. 3, 2009, in a 47-40 win over Ashland where he scored the game-winning touchdown on a 45-yard reception with 30 seconds remaining; and Oct. 17, 2009, in a 45-7 victory over Ferris State in which Bell carried the ball 34 times for 263 yards and was never tackled behind the line of scrimmage).

In a 2009 contest at Indianapolis, Bell rushed for 182 yards and two touchdowns, but will be remembered most for a saving tackle on a defensive two-point conversion racing nearly 100 yards to tackle the Greyhound defensive back at the two-yard line.

Bell has played the last four seasons for the Detroit Lions and is one of four Lions in club history (joining Barry Sanders, Billy Sims and James Jones) with at least 2,200 rushing yards, 20 rushing touchdowns and 1600 receiving yards.

Bell earned his degree in criminal justice and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in sports administration.

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WARRIOR WITHIN HALL OF FAME CLASS 2016 ELAINA HOGLE was a four-year swimming letterwinner (2006-10) who was the GLIAC Swimmer of the Year her last three seasons.

A 27-time All-American (absolute maximum is 28), Hogle earned First Team All-America honors 16 times.

She won two GLIAC titles (200 Individual Medley and 200 butterfly) as a freshman setting a GLIAC record in the 200 fly. Hogle also placed second in the 400 IM. At the 2007 NCAA Championships, she led the squad with seven All-America awards. Hogle earned First Team All-America recognition in the 200 fly (seventh), while garnering six Honorable Mention All-America accolades (200 IM and 400 IM individually; along with 400 Free, 800 Free, 200 Medley and 400 Medley relays).

She successfully defended her conference title in the 200 IM as a sophomore, while also winning the 400 IM and placing third in the 100 breaststroke to earn her first GLIAC Swimmer of the Year award. Hogle swam the breaststroke portion of the first-place 200 medley relay, which set a school record, and the first-place 400 medley relay.

The following month at the NCAA Championships, Hogle again garnered seven All-America accolades, including two First Team honors. She finished third and eclipsed her own WSU record in the 200 fly and bested her previous school record in the 200 IM, finishing 12th. Hogle came in 13th in the 400 IM and contributed to three school record-setting relays. She was on the 200 medley relay which finished seventh after setting a WSU record in the prelims (1:47.35), then swam the second 200 in the ninthplace 800 free relay and the breaststroke on the 10th-place 400 medley relay. Hogle participated on the 10th-place 400 free relay.

Hogle claimed five GLIAC titles in 2009 winning the 400 IM and 200 fly, along with the 800 free, 400 free and 400 medley relays with all three relays breaking the GLIAC record.

At the 2009 NCAA Championships, she totaled seven First Team All-America honors. Hogle finished third in the 200 fly and fourth in the 400 IM after breaking her own school record in both events in the prelims. She placed sixth in the 200 free and broke her own WSU record in the 200 IM, finishing eighth.

Hogle joined three school-record setting relays: 400 medley, 800 free and 400 free with a school-record 100-free time of 51.58.

She won five GLIAC titles in 2010 increasing her career total to 16. As a senior, Hogle won the 200 IM and the 200 fly for the third time each and the 400 IM for the third consecutive year as well as the 400 medley and 800 free relays.

Hogle recorded six First Team All-America honors as a senior finishing second in the 200 fly, third in the 400 IM and fifth in the 200 IM (2:04.19). She swam on the 400 medley relay (3:42.91), which finished .64 seconds behind Drury as both schools came in under the national record. She anchored the second-place 800 free relay and competed in the fourth-place 400 free relay (3:27.82).

She earned a bachelors degree in social work in 2012 and a master’s in social work in 2014. Hogle maintained honor roll status all three semesters of the advanced standing program.

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RYAN LaPENSÉE was a four-year baseball letterwinner (2007-10) who is Wayne State’s all-time leader in hits (279), runs (195), doubles (50), total bases (386), games (200) and at-bats (696).

He posted a .401 career batting average, which is second in WSU history.

LaPensée is the only player in school history to hit above .400 three times in a career. He finished second all-time in RBI (145) and extra-base hits (72), and third in stolen bases (71).

LaPensée was a three-time All-Region selection earning First Team honors in 2010, and Second Team accolades in both 2007 and 2009.

He was four-time All-GLIAC selection, including being voted to the All-GLIAC First Team in both in 2009 and 2010. His 279 career hits rank second in GLIAC history, while his 195 career runs scored are fifth. LaPensée’s 71 stolen bases are seventh in league annals with his 50 doubles ranking eighth.

In addition to being voted GLIAC Freshman of the Year in 2007, he was named to the Daktronics All-North Central Region Second Team as well as the All-GLIAC Honorable Mention squad. LaPensée also received a Rawlings/ABCA North Central Region "Golden Glove" award for outstanding defense.

As a sophomore, he was named to the All-GLIAC Honorable Mention Team as well as the league’s All-Academic Team. LaPensée made 50 starts in the outfield and finished fourth in the GLIAC with a .409 average. He finished sixth in the conference in both on-base percentage (.480) and hits (70), and seventh in runs batted in (45).

In 2008, he batted .594 (19-32) in the postseason including a .667 clip (14-21) to earn NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team honors. LaPensée helped the Warriors reach the Regional final in just the second trip to the NCAA Tournament in school history. WSU won a then school-record 34 games as well as the GLIAC regular season title with a 23-5 league ledger.

As a junior, LaPensée received GLIAC All-Academic Team accolades and was selected to the Rawlings/ABCA All-Midwest Region Second Team after starting 48 games and batting third.

He hit .362 with 30 RBI and a team-high 47 runs scored. LaPensée tied for the league lead with 26 stolen bases As a senior, he batted .424 while being the only Warrior to start all 52 games. He led WSU to both the GLIAC regular-season title (with a 23-8 conference record) and the GLIAC Tournament championship.

LaPensée set three Wayne State single-season records (hits, runs, at bats) and finished second in the GLIAC in hits (87), third in batting, runs scored (63), doubles (19) and total bases (131), and fifth in slugging percentage (.639). His batting average was the highest since Bob Inman in 1961 (.474).

An ABCA All-Region First Team selection, LaPensée was also chosen to the Daktronics and NCBWA All-Region Second Teams. He drove in a career-best six runs against Ashland in the GLIAC Tournament championship game, homering twice as WSU came from behind to win 7-6.

A chemistry major, he earned GLIAC All-Academic Team honors all three seasons along with WSU Academic Honor Roll status five different semesters, including three terms above a 3.5 GPA. LaPensée played professionally for two seasons (2011 and 2012) with the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.

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WARRIOR WITHIN HALL OF FAME CLASS 2016 ASHLEY ST.ANDREW was a four-year swimming letterwinner (2006-10) who became the first individual national champion in women’s swimming history in 2009.

A 25-time All-American, she earned 19 First Team accolades including all four years in the 500 free, 1000 free and 1650 free.

At the GLIAC Championships in her freshman season, St.Andrew won the 500 free and the 1000 free, and finished second in the 200 free. St.Andrew led off the second-place 800 free relay and swam the second leg of the 400 free relay, which also came in second.

St.Andrew earned six All-America accolades at the 2007 NCAA Championships, including three First Team awards by placing second in three different individual events (500 free, 1000 free and 1650 free). In addition, she was a three-time Honorable Mention All-American due to participation in three relays: 200 free, 400 free and 800 free.

She successfully defended her GLIAC title in the 1000 free in 2008 and also won the 1650 free, along with finishing third in the 500 free. St.Andrew swam the second leg of the second-place 800 free relay.

The following month at the NCAA Championships, St.Andrew earned seven All-America awards including four First Team accolades. She finished third in three individual events - the 1650 free, 1000 free and 500 free. St.Andrew placed sixth in the 200 free after eclipsing her own WSU record in prelims (1:51.56).

As a junior, St.Andrew won three individual titles at the GLIAC Championships, including her third consecutive in the 1000 free. She claimed her second conference title in the 500 free and won the 200 free for the first time. St.Andrew anchored the firstplace 800 free relay, which broke the school record by nine seconds and bested Northern Michigan's 1991 conference record by 10 seconds (7:31.19). She also swam the second leg of the first-place 400 free relay, which broke NMU's 1993 record (3:28.57).

At the 2009 NCAA Championships, St.Andrew won the national title in the 1000 free (9:54.97), breaking her own school record by nearly 12 seconds. She also won an NCAA title in the 500 free, placed second in the 1650 free and finished fourth in the 200 free in earning six First Team All-America awards. WSU also had its highest national finish to that point placing second.

She won three NCAA titles as a senior, including her second consecutive in both the 500 free and 1000 free. St.Andrew also captured the 1650 title (16:35.98) and placed third in the 200 free to total 76 points, more than 22 other teams.

In her collegiate career, St.Andrew won 14 GLIAC titles including 10 individual races in four different events (1000 free four times, 500 free three times, 200 free twice, and 1650 once). She also swam on back-to-back 800 free relay champions as well as the 400 free relay in 2009 and the 400 medley relay in 2010.

She earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from WSU after being named to the WSU Academic Honor Roll seven times, including five semesters above a 3.5.

A three-time GLIAC All-Academic selection, St.Andrew twice received the GLIAC Commissioner’s Award and earned back-to-back CoSIDA Academic All-District recognition in 2009 and 2010. In addition, she was the WSU Female Student-Athlete of the Year for 2008-09.

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SLAVA ZINGERMAN was a fouryear fencing letterwinner (2006-10) who became only the second person in NCAA men's epee history to win three consecutive NCAA titles since the NCAA began competition in 1941.

As a freshman, he captured the 2007 NCAA national title as he defeated Benjamin Bratton of St. John's, 15-13. Zingerman compiled a 17-6 mark (+37 touches) during round-robin competition at the NCAA Championship to qualify for the semifinals. He also won the men's epee at the 2007 Midwest Fencing Conference championship.

The following year, Zingerman won the 2008 NCAA national title to become the third WSU men's epeeist to win back-to-back national titles joining Ettore Bianchi (1984-85) and Gil Pezza (1980-81).

Zingerman recorded a 15-8 win over Stanley Vaksman from St. John's in a semifinal bout then upended Penn State’s Arthur Urman 15-7 in the national championship bout. He compiled a 15-8 mark (+22 in touches) during round-robin competition at the NCAA Championship.

The previous month, Zingerman won his second consecutive men's epee title at the 2008 Midwest Fencing Conference championship.

In 2009, he won his third consecutive NCAA men's epee national title with a 15-7 victory over Princeton’s Graham Wicas. Zingerman finished the round-robin portion of the competition with a 17-6 mark (+32 in touches) to earn the second seed as Wicas earned the top seed with a 17-6 record but was +33 in touches. Zingerman defeated No. 3-seeded Benji Ungar of Harvard 15-11 in the semifinals. Earlier in his junior campaign, Zingerman won the men’s epee at the NCAA Midwest Regional.

As a senior, he earned Second Team All-America accolades after placing seventh. Zingerman earned medalist honors for the third time in his career at the 2010 Midwest Fencing Conference championships.

He also claimed the top spot at both the Remenyik Open and the Danosi Open.

He compiled a 69-29 record at the NCAA Championships during his four years of competition and left WSU as a four-time All-American along with being the all-time epee wins leader in school history as he compiled a 247-54 overall mark.

Zingerman, who graduated in 2011 with an engineering technology degree, earned Academic Honor Roll status three different semesters.

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WARRIOR WITHIN SHOES THAT FIT INITIATIVE The Wayne State University Department of Athletics collected and donated 500 pairs of shoes for the “Shoes That Fit” program. The shoes were donated to Cesar Chavez and Bagley Elementary Schools in September of 2015.

“The smiles on the children’s faces along with their teachers as WSU studentathletes delivered new school shoes was priceless,” said Associate Athletics Director for Academic Support and Members of the men’s basketball and baseball teams delivering shoes to Chavez Elementary.

Senior Woman Administrator Candice Howard. “They were beyond thankful and we were honored to help with something so basic, yet something many take for granted everyday.”

All 18 programs were involved but the men’s basketball team participates in this event on an annual basis and were the team that sponsored the most shoes. E.J Haralson and Cyekeia Lee were the school site chairs for the event.

2015 GLIAC FALL ACADEMIC TEAMS The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announced the 2015 Fall Academic Teams. Student-athletes with a cumulative GPA between 3.03.49 were part of the GLIAC All-Academic Team, while GPAs of 3.5 or higher are named to the GLIAC All-Acadmeic Excellence Team. WSU placed 53 (35 All-Academic & 18 All-Academic Excellence) student-athletes on the two teams. Criteria states the student-athlete must be an active member on the roster at the end of the season, not a freshman or a first-year transfer student.

GLIAC ALL-ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE (3.50+ GPA) Men's Cross Country Tim Szymanski Irvin Wyche Women's Cross Country Kayla Balfour Leah Coonrod Anne Okonowski Football Rabeah Beydoun Trent Brodbeck Dustin Carlin Carterris Carter Anthony DeDamos Drew Dowding Brook Higgins Manny Mendoza Aaron Weston Alex Ziedas Andy Zimmerman Women's Tennis Liz Ghellere Andreea Mitrache

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GLIAC ALL-ACADEMIC (3.0-3.49 GPA) Men's Cross Country Ruben Cardenas Pat Miller Women's Cross Country Chelsea Johnson Haley Reynolds Football Derrick Coleman Randy Garvin Paul Graham Zach Heddy James Hendrix Idris Hobdy Majd Khytaz Blake Mazur Jason McCauslin Alex Medenbach Deionte Nicholas Preston Pelham Ed Reny Tommy Richardson Carl Roscoe

Mike Sawchuk Logan Smith Demetrius Stinson Nate Theaker Brandon Tinsley Trevor Van Tubbergen Ethan Walsh Greg Webber Women's Tennis Lisa Thomas Volleyball Michelle Asiedu Grace Frazee Brittany Guldan Madison Kielty Hannah Moore Avery Punches Mikayla Shell

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WARRIOR WITHIN TOP 100 ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF 2015 1. In the prestigious NACDA/Learfield Cup standings that measures the overall competitive success of all 317 Division II programs, WSU finished in the top 12 percent of all athletic programs in the country for the ninth consecutive year, and for the 12th time in the last 13 years.

2. In the most recent Federally-published graduation rate report, the athletics department student-athletes had a 71% graduation rate -- 39 percentage points higher than the comparable full-time campus population.

3. Numerous academic records were set for Fall 2015 including a school record 66 percent (66%) of student-athletes earning at least a 3.00 GPA for the Fall 2015 term. In addition, 37 percent (37%) had a term GPA of 3.5 or better. Twenty-one (21) student-athletes representing 13 different sports had a perfect 4.00 GPA, while the overall GPA of all student-athletes was 3.148 - the highest ever. An unprecedented 14 of 17 teams had a term GPA of 3.00 or better.

4. WSU student-athletes volunteered a record 10,754 community service hours raising the five-year total to almost 47,000 hours. Two new programs included the "Hashtag" lunchbag in which over 1,000 lunches were distributed in the Cass corridor and student-athletes collected/purchased over 500 new pairs of shoes for elementary school kids in the "Shoes that Fit" program.

5. The athletic department raised the highest revenue total in its history ($1,264,555). For the second year in a row, the total exceeded one million dollars, the only two times that has ever happened.

6. Women's swimming and diving captured a sixth consecutive GLIAC title, and ninth in the past 10 years.

7. Women's basketball earned a record third straight NCAA tournament berth and advanced to the Midwest Regional semifinal.

8. Softball made its fourth (4th) consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament (and 20th overall) after capturing a record fourth straight GLIAC Tournament title.

9. The athletics department announced it had met its goal to raise 1.7 million dollars to build the Ernie and Lula Harwell Baseball Stadium.

10. Shareta Brown was named the WBCA (Women's Basketball Coaches Association) National Player of the Year as well as the same honor by Daktronics and the Division II Bulletin. She was subsequently the national basketball nominee for the Honda Division II Woman of the Year.

11. Men's swimming and diving finished fourth at the NCAA Championship. It was the program's 10th consecutive year in which they finished in the top seven in the country. Dylan Szegedi was the national champion in the three-meter diving event with a program record score. WSU also won the 200 medley relay (Juan David Molina Perez, Piotr Jachowicz, Soren Holm, Josh Schacht) and the 200 free relay (Till Barthel, Piotr Jachowicz, Soren Holm, Josh Schacht) both in national record time. WSU has the top two 200 medley relay times in NCAA Division II history.

12. Women's swimming and diving finished fifth at the NCAA national championships. It marked the seventh consecutive year the program has finished in the top five (5) nationally.

13. The women's tennis team earned a third straight NCAA tournament appearance (and ninth in the last 11 years), and for the first time in the 40-year history of the program, hosted an NCAA Regional.

14. In the federal graduation rate cohort analysis for 20082009, three WSU athletic programs had a perfect 100% graduation rate - women's cross country, men's fencing and women's tennis.

15. For only the third time in the 98 years of WSU football, a jersey was retired -- that of Joique Bell (#5).

16. The department installed (and paid for) a new scoreboard at Tom Adams Field that includes a 19'6 high x 34' wide

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full-screen video board for replays and live game action accentuated by a new sound system.

17. Sophomore Elizabeth Rawlings was named the NCAA Female Diver of the Year after she captured the national championship in the three-meter diving event setting a national record point total.

18. Kelly LaCroix was named the NCAA Female Diving Coach of the Year at the national meet for the third time in the last four years.

19. Women's Tennis Head Coach Sheila Snyder was named the ITA Midwest Regional Coach of the Year.

20. Sean Peters was again honored as the GLIAC Women's Swimming Coach of the Year. He has won at least one Conference Coach of the Year Award every year since 2002. In addition, he received the American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA) Certificate of Excellence Award.

21. Softball coach Gary Bryce was named the GLIAC Coach of the Year for the 11th time. He is currently 14th all-time in career wins (1,159) in the history of the NCAA and third in Division II. 22. Andreea Mitrache was recognized as the Conference (GLIAC) Women's Tennis Player of the Year and was also a First Team All-GLIAC honoree.

23. For the third time in his career, Dylan Szegedi was named the GLIAC Men's Diver of the Year. Till Barthel was named GLIAC Swimmer of the Year.

24. Women's basketball achieved its highest national ranking ever when the Warriors were ranked fifth in the country.

25. Shareta Brown was named to the All-America First Teams plus was the Daktronics Midwest Region Player of the Year after being voted the GLIAC Player of the Year. Shareta Brown was named to the All-GLIAC Women's Basketball First Team and the GLIAC All-Defensive Team. Brown was also named GLIAC South Division Player of the Week a record eight times during the 2014-15 season.

26. Softball pitcher Lyndsay Butler was named to the NFCA All-American Second Team, and the Daktronics All-America Third Team. She was also named the GLIAC Pitcher of the Year for the second consecutive season.

27. The NCAA "Elite 89 Award" that is awarded to one student-athlete at every NCAA Championship who has the highest GPA among all participants was conferred on men's swimming student-athlete Soren Holm. Soren Holm was also voted to the CoSIDA Men's Academic All-America At-Large First Team.

28. Fencer Ziad Elsissy (sabre) earned Second Team All-American honors at the NCAA Division I National Championship. Elsissy was named to the CoSIDA Men's Academic All-District At-Large First Team along with swimmer Soren Holm.

29. Chelsea Johnson earned All-American honors in the 3000 meter steeplechase at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field national championships. It was the highest individual finish in the three years of the program.

30. The Department of Athletics hosted its 15th Annual Academic Recognition Luncheon, where Cydney McChesney (Liberal Arts and Sciences), Christian Bilkovic (Education), Ben Walker (Business Administration), Jeff Sorenson (Fine, Performing and Communication Arts), Jamie Goryca (Engineering), Emily Bryce (Nursing), and Kaylee Dolinski (Honors College) were honored with their respective Deans' Award for having the highest cumulative GPA of all studentathletes in that college.

31. The women's tennis team finished 24th in the country after capturing the conference title. They posted the best winning percentage (.889) in women's tennis history including a record 19 straight wins.

32. Over 2,600 WSU students participated in intramurals coordinated through the Mort Harris Recreation and Fitness

Center setting a new record.

33. WSU was honored by the NCAA as one of only 25 institutions in the country for its community outreach in recognition of W Day/Week. It was the second consecutive year the Warriors were selected for the Award.

34. In the Winter 2015 term, fifty-five percent (55%) of WSU student-athletes achieved at least a 3.00 GPA or better with nineteen (19) accomplishing a perfect 4.0. Eleven (11) of 17 teams had a GPA of 3.00 or better.

35. Zuzanna Sobczak finished 11th in the country, earning Honorable Mention All-America honors, while Julie SaintCricq finished 14th at the NCAA Fencing Championships.

36. All-Region honors from the USTFCCCA (United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association) went to Chelsea Johnson in the 3k steeplechase and Elizabeth Herriman in the javelin.

37. The athletic department added a "Summer Bridge program" for incoming freshmen to complement the summer academic success initiatives.

38. The WSU female and male student-athletes of the year were Shareta Brown (women's basketball) and Nores Fradi (football), respectively.

39. For a record third year in a row, women's basketball captured a GLIAC divisional title, winning the South Division.

40. Swimmer Elly Maleski was honored with the GLIAC Commissioner's Award for the Winter sports season as only one of six female conference student-athletes so recognized that season.

41. Inducted the 40th Annual WSU Athletic Hall of Fame class consisting of Dante Dunn, Rachelle (Malette) Christensen, Sean Smith, Jon Weisman and Molly Yetman.

42. Earning first-place finishes at the 2015 GLIAC Women's Swimming and Diving Championship were: Kristina Novichenko (1000 free and 200 fly), Elly Maleski (100 back) and Elizabeth Rawlings (3-meter diving). WSU won three relays: 200 medley (Maleski, Manuela Ferreira, Emily Maraskine and Makayla Myers), 200 free (Gloria Martinez Perez, Maleski, Hannah Loesch and Myers), and 400 medley (Brenna Gabrielson, Ferreira, Perez and Kei Cze Prentis).

43. Earning first-place finishes at the 2015 GLIAC Men's Swimming and Diving Championship were Till Barthel (50 free, 100 free and 200 free), Dylan Szegedi (1-meter and 3-meter diving), Piotr Jachowicz (100 breast and 200 breast), Soren Holm (200 fly) and Bob Stephenson-Ganner (1650 free). WSU won three relays: 200 medley (Juan David Molina Perez, Jachowicz, Holm and Josh Schacht), 200 free (Jachowicz, Barthel, Schacht and Ben Winn), and 400 medley (Perez, Jachowicz, Holm and Barthel).

44. The Department's web page (WSUAthletics.com) surpassed the 28 million page view mark since its launch in November 2002.

45. WSU extended its radio contract with 92.7 FM/1400 AM "The Patriot" through the 2018-19 academic year. With its first ever commercial radio contract in 2002, the 17-year agreement will mark the longest ever media association in school history.

46. Lyndsay Butler, Kristen Lucas and Jade McGarr were honored with selection to the NFCA Midwest All-Region First Team, while Butler was also a First Team recipient on the Daktronics All-Midwest Team with Lucas and McGarr Second Team awardees.

47. Kyle Zimmerman was named to the Daktronics Baseball All-Region Second Team.

48. Swimmer Elly Maleski was named to the CoSIDA Women's Academic All-America At-Large Second Team, while teammates Manuela Ferreira and Hannah Loesch were named to the Third Team.

49. Tennis student-athletes Yahsha Moore and Anne Li Briand were honored by the ITA (Intercollegiate Tennis Association)

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WARRIOR WITHIN TOP 100 ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF 2015 as the top women's doubles team in the Midwest Region, and were also ranked 19th nationally.

50. Two fencers won the NCAA Regional Championship in the sabre. The men's title went to Ziad Elsissy and the women's honor to Julie Saint-Cricq.

51. The women's fencing program won the Warrior Plate Challenge representing the team with the highest statistical finish in the department's three guiding standards: academic excellence, community service and competitive success.

52. The men's basketball team was honored with the NABC (National Association of Basketball Coaches) Team Academic Excellence Award with a team GPA of 3.136 GPA. 53. Women's indoor track and field student-athletes Leah Coonrod, Anne Okonowski and Erika Perry were named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence team. Kayla Balfour, Sloane Brunner, Abbey Filip, Lauren Gagnon, Chelsea Johnson, Christina Kollien, Kayla Smade, Cara Smock, Dreana Williams and Jewel Wilson were named to the GLIAC All-Academic team.

54. Men's swimming and diving student-athletes Kris Hector, Soren Holm and Nick Victor were named to the GLIAC AllAcademic Excellence Team. Jack Dischler, Jayson Hansen, Juan David Molina Perez, Dylan Szegedi, Ben Winn, Georgiy Yanin and Zach Zylstra were named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.

55. Women's swimming and diving student-athletes Kaylee Dolinski, Manuela Ferreira, Holly Krill, Hannah Loesch, Elly Maleski, Mallory Moore, Kei Cze Prentis and Elizabeth Rawlings were named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team. Haley Blair, Brenna Gabrielson, Alex Geddis-McCririe, Shaina Kulczycki, Emily Maraskine, Gloria Martinez Perez and Marissa Swartz were named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.

56. Women's indoor track recorded their most points in school history (43) at the GLIAC Championships in the third year of the program.

57. Student-athletes in the WHO (Warriors Helping Others) completed their second year of peer leaderships among their contemporaries, while the third year of the Leadership Luncheon Series advanced mentorship.

58. Women's basketball student-athletes Tori Bellamy, Destiny Lavita-Stephens and Kristen Long were named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team. Shareta Brown and Brittany Streetman were named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.

59. Michael Lewis (Men's Basketball) and Kristen Long (Women's Basketball) were nominees to the NABC and WBCA Allstate Good Works Teams, respectively.

60. The women's outdoor track and field team finished with a school record 61 points at the GLIAC Championships.

61. Christian Bilkovic was awarded the inaugural GLIAC Baseball Troy Berry Award. The award will be presented annually to the GLIAC baseball player who best combines outstanding character and leadership on the field, in the classroom, and in the community. The honor is named after former Findlay head baseball coach Troy Berry. In addition, Bilkovic was named a national semifinalist for the Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup. 62. Baseball student-athletes Christian Bilkovic, Jeremy Carrell, Cole Clifton, Nathan Gendron, Griffin Harms, Randy Kuzdak and Travis Rodery were named to the GLIAC AllAcademic Excellence Team. JT Conti, Jake Davis, Brandyn Hall, Taylor Horn, Alex Kinch, Dennis Olszewski, Justin Sherman, Jeff Sorenson, Tyler Tompson and Kyle Zimmerman were named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.

63. Football student-athletes Thom Box and Ben Walker were named to the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society.

64. Anne Li Briand was chosen by the NCAA for the Division II Degree Completion Award.

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65. Football student-athlete Carl Roscoe was chosen as WSU's nominee for the 2015 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. He was also named a finalist for the NFF's Campbell Trophy.

66. Men's golfer Tyler LaSerra was named to the GLIAC AllAcademic Excellence Team, while Jordan Andrus, Gunnar Bjornson, Reid Dean, Robert Favaro, Austin Hill and Crawford McKinlay were named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.

67. Sophomore baseball catcher Josh Arndt volunteered in Uganda with the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.

68. Former WSU golfer Ryan Johnson won the 104th Michigan Amateur Championship and later was selected as the Golf Association of Michigan Men's Player of the Year.

69. The Department installed new FieldTurf at the football stadium (Tom Adams Field).

70. Men's tennis student-athlete Clement Charriere was named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team, while Ryan Carlson and Gopinath Menta were named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.

71. Athletics held its first night Homecoming game in football history which attracted the second-largest crowd ever.

72. Emily Bryce and Lyndsay Butler were voted to the CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team.

73. Swimmers Ben Winn, Juan David Molina Perez and Soren Holm were named to the CSCAA (College Swimming Coaches Association of America) Scholar All-America Team.

In addition, the women's swimming and diving team was honored as a CSCAA Scholar All-America Team after recording a 3.35 Team GPA for the Winter 2015 semester.

74. Softball student-athletes Mackenzie Boehler, Emily Bryce, Nikki Fulton and Gabby Williams were named to the GLIAC AllAcademic Excellence Team, while Lyndsay Butler, Emily Cava, Devin Hentschel, Shannon Hilton, Ali Lince, Jade McGarr and Shelby Spano were named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.

75. Women's tennis student-athletes Andreea Mitrache, Anne Li Briand and Liz Ghellere were honored as ITA (Intercollegiate Tennis Association) Scholar-Athletes, while men's tennis student-athlete Gopinath Menta was also honored as an ITA Scholar-Athlete.

76. Led by Lauren Gagnon, Kayla Balfour, Chelsea Johnson, Erika Perry, Christina Kollien and Karrington Seals, the women's track and field team earned an USTFCCCA Academic Award for attaining at least a 3.00 cumulative team grade point average. Each were also honored for their scholastic accomplishment. To qualify, a student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 and have reached a provisional or automatic qualifying standard for the NCAA Championships in either indoor or outdoor seasons.

77. Swimmers Manuela Ferreira, Hannah Loesch and Elly Maleski were named to the CoSIDA Women's Academic AllDistrict At-Large First Team as was fencer Zuzanna Sobczak.

78. Oge Onwudiwe was named to the GLIAC Men's Basketball All-Academic Excellence Team, while Clark Bishop, Michael Lewis and Gavin Toma were named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.

79. Kayla Balfour was voted to the CoSIDA Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-District First Team.

80. Golfers Robert Favaro, Austin Hill and Tyler LaSerra were named to the GCAA (Golf Coaches Association of America) AllAmerica Scholar Team.

81. A record number of football season tickets were sold.

82. Kayla Balfour, Leah Coonrod and Anne Okonowski were named to the GLIAC Women's Cross Country All-Academic Excellence Team with Chelsea Johnson and Haley Reynolds being named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.

83. Mohamed Fazyl Kechai was voted to the All-GLIAC Men's Tennis First Team.

84. Jade McGarr, Kristen Lucas and Lyndsay Butler were selected to the All-GLIAC Softball First Team.

85. Seniors Tim Szymanski and Irvin Wyche were named to the GLIAC Men's Cross Country All-Academic Excellence Team, while seniors Ruben Cardenas and Pat Miller received Academic All-GLIAC honors.

86. Eleven (11) members of the football team earned AllGLIAC honors. Offensive lineman Tommy Richardson was voted to the All-GLIAC First Team.

87. Baseball hosted three outreach events with professional Major League Baseball players: Alan Trammell/Lance Parrish Camp (for the sixth consecutive year); the Anthony Bass Pitching Camp, and the Tigers summer camp that featured David Price, James McCann and Ian Kinsler.

88. Former men's basketball student-athlete Shane Lawal was named to the Nigerian National Team which will compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.

89. Liz Ghellere and Andreea Mitrache were selected to the GLIAC Women's Tennis All-Academic Excellence Team, while Lisa Thomas was named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.

90. The football program set a school record with 34 studentathletes receiving Academic All-GLIAC recognition, including 11 being named to the All-GLIAC Academic Excellence Team (cumulative GPA of 3.5+). They were Rabeah Beydoun, Trent Brodbeck, Dustin Carlin, Carterris Carter, Anthony DeDamos, Drew Dowding, Brook Higgins, Manny Mendoza, Aaron Weston, Alex Ziedas and Andy Zimmerman. Selected to the All-GLIAC Academic Team (cumulative GPA of 3.0-3.49) were Derrick Coleman, Randy Garvin, Paul Graham, Zach Heddy, James Hendrix, Idris Hobdy, Majd Khytaz, Blake Mazur, Jason McCauslin, Alex Medenbach, Deiontae Nicholas, Preston Pelham, Ed Reny, Tommy Richardson, Carl Roscoe, Mike Sawchuk, Logan Smith, Demetrius Stinson, Nate Theaker, Brandon Tinsley, Trevor Van Tubbergen, Ethan Walsh and Greg Webber.

91. Baseball student-athlete Christian Bilkovic was selected for the NCAA Career in Sports Forum, while assistant athletic director Alex Tiseo served as a facilitator.

92. Softball Alum Logan White won a gold medal with Team Canada in the Pan American games.

93. Seven members of the volleyball team received GLIAC AllAcademic honors. They were Michelle Asiedu, Grace Frazee, Brittany Guldan, Madison Kielty, Hannah Moore, Avery Punches and Mikayla Shell.

94. WSU hosted the annual Michigan-Ohio High School AllStar football game featuring the best senior talent from both states, while the game was televised live in both states.

95. Nathan Manis and Kyle Zimmerman were named to the GLIAC Baseball All-Tournament Team. Zimmerman's performance in a GLIAC Tournament elimination game win over Malone included pitching a complete game win on the mound with 165 pitches, plus hitting a two-run home run.

96. Leah Coonrod, Anne Okonowski and Erika Perry were named to the GLIAC Women's Outdoor Track and Field AllAcademic Excellence Team, while Kayla Balfour, Sloane Brunner, Lauren Gagnon, Chelsea Johnson, Christina Kollien, Kayla Smade, Cara Smock and Jewel Wilson were named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.

97. The athletic department successfully hosted the 2015 GLIAC Men's and Women's Cross Country Championship at Kensington Metropark with 31 teams participating (16 women and 15 men).

98. Women's golf, with its inaugural season, became WSU's 18th varsity sport.

99. WSU was honored by the NACMA (National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators) Board of Directors and Awards Committee for the basketball promotional t-shirt design.

100. Initiated an all-freshmen welcome to campus program entitled "Uproar" which included a cookout and a "drive-in" movie on the new WSU football video board.

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WARRIOR WITHIN ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNTIES

VIP FOR 2016-17 SEASON

To receive VIP Access to the W Club Hospitality Area you must be a W Club Member at the Green and Gold Level ($250) or above.

Green and Gold Level: 2 W Club Passes Varsity Level: 3 W Club Passes Captain’s Level: 3 W Club Passes Director’s Level: 4 W Club Passes All-American Level: 4 W Club Passes Athletic Foundation Level: 5 W Club Passes Visit WSUAthletics.com for a full list of W Club membership levels and benefits.

With over 400 student-athletes, the cost of managing a successful athletic program requires regular, private support. The “W” Club creates that opportunity as an annual giving club that directs a tax-deductible gift to assist your favorite programs and the overall initiatives of the athletic department. YOUR contribution is instrumental to maintain that continued level of excellence and support today’s student-athletes.

HOW TO JOIN! Phone:

Call (313) 577-0241 to make a credit/debit card donation.

Mail:

Send donation form or check to: Director of Development 5101 John C Lodge, 101 Matthaei Detroit, MI 48202

Online:

WSUAthletics.com (GIVE TO ATHLETICS)

WSU Payroll Deduction:

WSU staff should contact the

VIP ACCESS INCLUDES

• Front row seat in the end zone (football) • Complimentary game programs • Full buffet of gameday food and beverages • Climate controlled atmosphere *tent covering to watch the game in the rain and heaters when the weather turns cold

Donations are cumulative and will be based on a 12-month cycle.

Director of Development to set up payroll deduction.

Tartar Twelve The Tartar Twelve Club is our attempt to get you “back in the huddle.” We need your assistance to provide resources to today’s football student-athletes confronted by an ever competitive and challenging schedule in which we strive for a national championship. Tartar Twelve membership benefits include: invitation to pre-game tailgates, two sets of season football tickets, Coach Winters’ weekly e-mail game assessment, private invitations to exclusive events, football banquet ticket, Tartar Twelve apparel and name recognition in the game programs. Join today by contacting Jaclyn Crummey at (313) 5772779 or jaclyn.crummey@wayne.edu.

Harwell Field Project Through a partnership with the Ernie Harwell Foundation, the baseball program undertook a project which will forever associate the legendary broadcaster with Tartar/Warrior baseball. We have met our 1.7 million dollar goal for Phase I to start construction this spring, there still is more needed.

It is our ask for baseball fans and former WSU baseball student-athletes to “step up” to the challenge to monetarily help us finish Phase II. Donate online at wsuathletics.com, clicking the “Harwell Project” tab or print an application and mail.

FOR MORE INFORMATION Please contact Lauren Lepkowski, Assistant Athletic Director for Development at (313) 577-0241 or at lauren.lepkowski@wayne. edu, and mail all applications to Director for Development, 5101 John C. Lodge, 101 Matthaei, Detroit, MI 48202.

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WARRIOR WITHIN WAYNE STATE AMONG 2016 NCAA AWARD OF EXCELLENCE FINALISTS

The Wayne State University athletic department was one of 25 national finalists for the 2016 NCAA Division II Award of Excellence, an accolade recognizing positive initiatives taken on in 2015. WSU is being honored for the second consecutive year.

The annual W Day/W Week, which is a week of events to celebrate women and the remarkable strides and accomplishments they have made within athletics, is the event being recognized. In April of 2015, WSU celebrated its sixth annual W Week, which featured a brunch in the Multipurpose Indoor Facility (MIF) where Angelique Chengelis, a longtime motorsports writer for The Detroit News, who became an analyst for ESPN’s and ABC’s coverage of NASCAR in 2007, was the keynote speaker.

Her in-depth racing knowledge has led to numerous appearances as a panelist on ESPN’s “Outside the Lines,” “SportsCenter” and ESPNEWS over the years. She has also been a regular contributor to sports talk shows in Detroit.

“This is quite an honor to be recognized by the NCAA as one of the finalists for the prestigious association with the Award of Excellence,” said Director of Athletics Rob Fournier. “There are so many initiatives throughout the country that honor service and outreach by student-athletes, that this identification is uniquely special. The coincidence of that acknowledgment is that the W Day/Week celebration has been our effort to distinguish the accomplishments and contributions of female student-athletes (and their predecessors who often were denied opportunities) and their positive influences on intercollegiate athletics. This will make that on-going celebration even more significant.”

Additionally at the 2015 W Day Brunch, that year’s class of “The Women Who Made A Difference” was recognized. The class consisted of Kelsey Chapman (Track & Field, 2013), Susan (Gierschick) Kopins (Swimming and Diving, 1983-87), Tanya Joseph (Tennis, 2010-13), Lauren (Kessler) Couls (Cross Country, 2007-10), Elizabeth (Klemme) Darga (Softball, 1983-84), Kristi (Pieper) Skladanowski (Volleyball, 200306), Stephanie Stone (Women’s Basketball, 1977-81), and Shante Wilkerson (Fencing, 2010-14).

Other activities during W Week included a Movie Night at the Emagine Theater in Royal Oak, a Wellness Warrior Health Fair at the Mort Harris Recreation and Fitness Center, a Domestic Violence Awareness presentation and WSU student-athletes who recorded at least a 3.5 term grade-point average for the Fall 2014 semester being recognized at the 15th annual Student-Athlete Academic Recognition Luncheon. The

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week concluded with the Basic Needs Drive where over 40,000 items were collected and collated into 1,300 basic needs bags that were distributed at Cass Park.

Each finalist – one representing each Division II conference and an independent representative – will receive $500 for its event or activity that exemplifies any of the six Division II attributes: learning, balance, resourcefulness, sportsmanship, passion and service. The winning events include initiatives benefiting Make-A-Wish, Team IMPACT, members of the military and other community groups.

Two runner-up recipients and one overall winner were announced during the Division II Business Session at the 2016 NCAA Convention on Jan. 16th in San Antonio. The winner receives $1,500 and a nationally televised football or basketball game during the 2016-17 seasons. The first runner-up receives $1,250, and the second runnerup receives $1,000. All prize money is expected to be used on future community engagement initiatives.

2016 W DAY/W WEEK PREVIEW The Seventh Annual W Week sponsored by Advanced Disposal will be held from April 16 until April 22.

The week of activities is devoted to showcasing the opportunities given to women in college athletics at Wayne State. Details are being finalized but a schedule of events is below.

APRIL 16: The W Day brunch kicks off the week of activities where a keynote speaker will address the crowd and WSU will honor its class of "Women Who Made a Difference" in addition to the "Team Who Made a Difference." The football spring game will be held at noon at Tom Adams Field.

APRIL 17: The men's tennis team will meet Ferris State at 10 AM, while the baseball team hosts Lake Erie for a doubleheader beginning at noon.

APRIL 18: A movie night will be hosted by WSU Athletics at Emagine Royal Oak at 8 p.m. A shuttle will be available in front of the Matthaei prior to the event.

APRIL 19: The Mort Harris Recreation & Fitness Center will host its annual Health Fair.

APRIL 20: At 6 p.m. inside the Multipurpose Indoor Facility, Henry Ford and the President's Commission on the Status of Women (COSW) will host a seminar entitled "Healthy Living in the New Millennium".

APRIL 22: The week concludes with the Basic Needs Drive inside the Matthaei. 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.

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WARRIOR WITHIN WAYNE STATE STUDENT-ATHLETE TO WAYNE STATE POLICE DEPARTMENT This feature appeared in AUDIBLE, which is the official gameday program of Warrior Football, on Oct. 17, 2015.

Wayne State coaches travel far and wide across the Midwest to recruit future student-athletes. Anthony Holt, chief of Wayne State’s police department, does not often have to go so far.

Holt, chief since 2008, has created a career pipeline of sorts for Wayne State student-athletes interested in careers in law enforcement that starts when they are still in school and can progress into officer positions once they graduate.

department provides them with an opportunity to gain a wide-range of skills in a career that is comparable to their sports-playing days.

“You’re a team out there,” said Pat Cecile, who played defensive end on the football team from 2008 through 2012 and who is now a WSU PD officer. “It’s not like a normal business firm. You don’t know what you’re dealing with, running around from traffic stop to traffic stop, and it’s a lot of the same principles as being on a football team. It’s not just you; it’s not about just yourself. It’s about everyone around you. In a way, it’s very similar to football, which I’ve played my whole life.”

Cecile joined the police force in 2014, but when he first arrived at Wayne State as a freshman, he had no intention of pursuing a career in law enforcement.

But after discovering his first two degree options did not suit him best, he heard some of his teammates – including former WSU offensive lineman Marc Cuddeback, who is now a deputy with the Oakland County Sheriff Department – talking about criminal justice classes.

“When I first came out of high school, I was a pharmacy major,” Cecile said. “Then I switched to Kinesiology/physical therapy, and then in the locker room, talking with guys about their majors and what they were doing … they talked about criminal justice, so I took a couple of criminal justice classes. Then I decided to take it serious and here I am.”

So why do so many former student-athletes start their law enforcement careers with the Wayne State police department? There are a couple of reasons: first, current-student athletes can get initial training as police cadets. Secondly, the department will pay for police academy, which typically costs about $5,000, Holt said. Finally, there’s the experience. Wayne State officers don’t just patrol the campus; they are also commissioned as Detroit Police Department officers.

Officer Andy Grimm and his canine partner Drago at Joe Louis Arena.

The current Wayne State police force consists of former Warriors including women’s basketball player Phaebre Colbert and football players Andy Grimm, Pat Cecile, Nores Fradi and Ed Viverette, to name a few. Several more are working as cadets until they finish their undergraduate degrees. And scores of other former WSU student-athletes have started their law enforcement careers at 6050 Cass Avenue before moving on to other forces.

“The reason I like picking athletes from the program is they’re very disciplined, very focused and usually know what direction they want to go in,” Holt said.

“And they come in and have a college degree, we give them lots of training, we assign them to different task forces, and usually they get noticed and then go on to other police departments.”

Holt is a huge supporter of the athletic program and can be seen at many games and in the locker room. That gives him a front-row seat to witness potential officer candidates in an informal setting. Many players seek out the chief if they are interested in joining the force, and Holt relies on coaches, professors and athletic staff to serve as references when considering current and former student-athletes for open positions.

For the former student-athletes-turned-officers, working at the police

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“It’s a university police department, so people think it’s more about just patrolling the campus,” Cecile said. “But really, we’re responding to a wide array of runs, from a car lockout to a possible armed robbery in progress – anywhere in Midtown, not just on campus.”

Joining the Wayne State police department is no easy task. One of the requirements to become an officer is that a potential candidate must have at least a bachelor’s degree, and many in the force have advanced degrees. (An undergraduate degree is not needed to be a police cadet – essentially a trainee police officer – though cadets cannot apply to be an officer without one.)

Wayne State was the second college police force in the country, behind Cornell, Holt said, that required all officers to have an undergraduate degree. The force was founded in 1966 and had six officers – all with college degrees. Holt estimates that today, about 85 to 90 percent of the WSU force has at least a master’s degree.

That requirement jives well with the requirements of the Wayne State athletic department, whose graduation rate sits at 72 percent, in line with the Division II average and well above that of the general WSU student population.

Becoming a cadet is generally the first step Wayne State student-athletes take if they think they might be interested in joining the police department after they graduate.

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WARRIOR WITHIN training, which will allow her to work special events in Detroit.

“We bring a lot of dignitaries to campus,” Holt said. “In the past, we’ve brought the ex-president of Mexico, we brought several prime ministers from African nations, and usually I assign officers with that specialized training to those details.”

Andy Grimm, a 1998 criminal justice graduate and WSU football captain, is another officer with specialized training.

Grimm had originally planned on joining the Marine Corps, but after opting not to wait six months for a spot, he put himself through the Oakland Police Academy. When it came time to apply to various police departments, Wayne State was the first to respond. Grimm worked the streets for three years before a position opened up as a K-9 officer.

Pat Cecile (left) and Ed Viverette during the 2011 playoff game at St. Cloud State.

Will Wheat, a senior wide receiver on the football team, is a current example of a student-athlete exploring that option.

“I knew I wanted to be a criminal justice major, and I started noticing cadets on campus,” Wheat recalled. “I started asking around about it and then I introduced myself to Chief Holt.”

A few months after applying, Wheat received a call saying he got the job as a cadet, a position he describes as ‘the eyes and the ears’ for the department’s officers.

“The stuff that they won’t be able to see, we’re on foot and we’re walking around campus, so we’re able to attend to smaller problems like teacher complaints,” Wheat said.

Wheat has been a cadet for about a year now – working during the football offseason – and is hopeful to be selected for an officer position this coming summer. Wheat also hopes to continue his education at the same time – possibly studying psychology – and eventually wants to work for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives or the Federal Bureau of Investigation. To work for those agencies, someone like Wheat will need multiple years of experience as an officer, Holt said.

“I love dogs,” Grimm said. “I’ve always loved dogs, always had dogs growing up.

“I love dogs more than I do people.”

Grimm is now senior handler at the Wayne State police department, working alongside his German shepherd partner, Drago.

Drago tracks explosives, and Grimm and Drago have gotten a chance to work together during many unique and high-profile visits. Grimm has met Bill and Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama (and worked alongside the Secret Service) and former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, to name a few, and has worked playoff games for Detroit’s professional sports teams as part of his work with the K-9 unit.

The National Association of Professional Canine Handlers recently recognized Grimm and Drago as its 2014 Utility Team of the Year for several successive searches that resulted in the recovery of weapons used in shootings and felonious assaults and for assisting in apprehending a parole absconder who had barricaded himself in a basement.

“Another time, we were out by a playground and a guy had an automatic weapon,” Grimm said. “He was firing that off, the officers responded, he ran off and they caught him but couldn’t find the gun. Drago and I went and Drago found the gun.

“It prepares you in a way to continue toward what I want to do,” Wheat said of being a cadet. “Clearly I can’t be a cop right now, but doing something to work toward that, it helps out a lot.”

“That one was especially cool because where Drago found the gun, it was probably only 20 yards from the playground. That could have turned out really bad if a kid had found that.”

Before becoming an officer, Wheat will have to go through police academy, something Thom Box, an offensive lineman on the football team from 2010 through 2014, is on track to complete very soon, Holt said.

Grimm’s story is somewhat unique in that he has been with the Wayne State police department for more than a decade – Holt acknowledged very few officers actually start and finish their career with the force – but Grimm said that is because he has found his perfect role.

“Once (Box) finishes, he’ll go through our training program and I’ll take him down to Detroit and the chief of police (James Craig) will swear him in as a police officer with full authority working from Wayne State,” Holt said.

“I guess the reason I’m still at Wayne is because I’m doing what I want to do, which is K-9,” Grimm said.

From there, officers primarily start by working on the street and responding to calls. As they gain experience, they are able to add more specialized responsibilities to their roles. Colbert, for example, is in executive protection

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WARRIOR WITHIN The Wayne State University Department of Athletics would like to thank the following donors for their generous support of Warrior Athletics. These gifts help to provide scholarships, upgrade equipment and facilities.

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WARRIOR WITHIN BASEBALL CAMPS RECAP On Dec. 5th the Wayne State University Athletic Department and the baseball program partnered with Alan Trammell and Lance Parrish for the Sixth Annual Trammell/Parrish Camp for participants ranging from grades 2-12 at the Matthaei and Multipurpose Indoor Facility. Dan Petry joined the camp this year as a special guest instructor.

Former Wayne State University baseball standout student-athlete Anthony Bass returned to campus on Jan. 16th for his Fourth Annual Pitching Camp. With the help of fellow Trenton native and MLB pitcher Matt Shoemaker, 124 camp participants received expert pitching instruction inside the Matthaei and Multipurpose Indoor Facility.

Nearly 200 developing baseball players were on campus for the clinic.

Trammell and Parrish are long-time clients of Wayne State University alum S. Gary Spicer, Sr. (MBA ‘65), who arranged for the appearances and established this camp experience with WSU Director of Athletics Rob Fournier and head coach Ryan Kelley. Over 1,500 participants have attended the camps since 2010.

'I want to thank Coach Kelley, Coach Hepner and the entire team for organizing and running another amazing camp," said Bass. "Each year the camp gets better and better. I was so impressed at how eager the campers were to learn about pitching. Not only were they all open to getting better but they were making quick adjustments on the mound!"

The camp featured two sessions, which aimed on improving fundamentals and pitching was a focus of the afternoon session. In addition, there was a luncheon between the sessions to thank a few of the major supporters for the Harwell Field Project, which reached its $1.7 million goal on Dec. 4th.

“Even though this was our sixth year hosting this specific camp each year brings excitement, energy, and an overall terrific baseball experience in Midtown Detroit,” said Kelley. “Our staff, program and I would like to thank every participant and their families for attending. It is a thrill to witness so many players eager to enhance their overall game during the offseason in the month of December. Each camp offered an abundance of baseball instructional curriculum and we are excited for each participant as they prepare for a successful 2016 baseball season. We have learned of several success stories across the six years from our participants taking their camp experience and applying it to their overall game approach.

Alan Trammell, Lance Parrish and Dan Petry are extraordinary baseball teachers. Their enthusiasm to give back to the game, teach the next generation and their pride in this camp is of championship caliber.”

"Camp participants traveled to Wayne State from the Upper Peninsula, Ohio, Ontario, across Michigan and from our communities within our great city!" said head coach Ryan Kelley. "It was a tremendous turnout and a thrill to witness so many aspiring pitchers in grades 3-12 hungry to get better at the position during the winter season. We provided a tremendous development curriculum that will help them achieve success on the mound in 2016. Plus, for participants to interact with two local products with outstanding MLB pitching experience is a great benefit.

Anthony Bass was a tremendous Wayne State University baseball student-athlete and it is a true joy to see him continue his leadership path well beyond his college years. Obviously he is a talented pitcher with physical abilities but his passion to help, teach and give back to the next generation of baseball is extraordinary. It was great having Matt Shoemaker assist for a second consecutive year. He too is a great example and role model for the camp participants to learn from.

Bass pitched for the San Diego Padres from 2011-2013, spent the 2014 season with the Houston Astros and last season with the Texas Rangers.

He was traded to the Seattle Mariners this fall but has decided to play this summer with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan.

2016 WAYNE STATE FOOTBALL TICKETS Season tickets for the 2016 football season are on sale now for $50. In addition, if you purchase your tickets prior to the Spring Game, you will receive an exclusive WSU Football t-shirt. The Warriors will play six games at Tom Adams Field in 2016. The full home schedule can be seen below. You can visit WSUAthletics.com/tickets or call Alex Tiseo (313-5770590) to secure your tickets.

Sept. 17 vs. Lake Erie (6 p.m.) | Sept. 24 vs. Tiffin (Noon) | Oct. 1 vs. Hillsdale (Homecoming / 6 p.m.) | Oct. 15 vs. Walsh (Noon) | Oct. 22 vs. Saginaw Valley State (Noon) | Nov. 12 vs. Grand Valley State (Noon) COMPLIANCE CORNER

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President M. Roy Wilson and Director of Athletics Rob Fournier alongside Joique Bell as his No. 5 jersey is retired on Oct. 10, 2015, during the Homecoming contest.

A look at the new video board at Tom Adams Field (left) and the packed “Warrior Zone� student section at the first home football game of the season on Sept. 12.

WSU hosted Grand Valley State in the first-ever night Homecoming game in Tom Adams Field history.

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