Welcome to the 2006 Tomcat Football Season TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 __________________________________________________Thiel College Facts 3 ____________________________________________Tomcat Athletic Program 4 ______________________________________Alumni Stadium at Stoeber Field 5__________________________________________Thiel College Football History 6______________________________________________Administrative Personnel 7 ____________________________________________________Athletic Personnel 8 ________________________________________Head Coach Jack Leipheimer 9, 10 ________________________________________________Assistant Coaches 11, 12 ____________________________________________2006 Season Preview 13, 14____________________________________________2006 Numerical Roster 15 ______________________________2006 Team Photo & Roster Information 16-21 __________________________________________Returning Letter Winners 22, 23 ______________________________________________Returning Veterans 24-27____________________________________________Opponent Information 28, 29 __________________________________________2005 Results & Statistics 30-35 __________________________________________________2005 Box Scores 36____________________________________________________2005 Superlatives 37 ______________________________________________2005 Honors & Awards MEDIA INFORMATION The Thiel College sports information office provides complete 2006 THIEL COLLEGE FOOTBALL 38______________________________________Presidents’ Athletic Conference information and media services for the institution's 15 intercollegiate sports. The office 39-41 ____________________________________________Tomcat Record Book is responsible for all public and media relations pertaining to athletics, athletic depart- ment publications, the athletic department's web site, statistical and historical record 42-45 ____________________________________________Year-by-Year Records keeping for all sports and other promotional activities regarding the athletic depart- 46, 47________________________________________All-Time All-PAC Selections ment. The sports information office is located in the Rissell-Beeghly Gymnasia. 48 __________________________________Thiel College Athletic Hall of Fame MEDIA CREDENTIALS Media credentials are available through the sports information 2006 Thiel College Football Schedule office by contacting Kevin Fenstermacher by phone at 724.589.2187 or by e-mail at Sept. 2 at Geneva College 7 p.m. [email protected]. Credentials can be picked up at the sports information office until the Friday before the game and at the ticket window of Alumni Stadium Sept. 9 at Alfred University (N.Y.) 1 p.m. the day of the game. Sept. 16 ALBION UNIVERSITY (Mich.) 1:30 p.m. Sept. 23 at Thomas More College* 1:30 p.m. PARKING Parking for the media is available in the lot behind the Rissell-Beeghly Gymnasia. You must contact Kevin Fenstermacher by 12 p.m. on Thursday to reserve Sept. 30 at Bethany College* 1:30 p.m. a parking pass for that lot. Oct. 7 WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COLLEGE* # 1:30 p.m. Oct. 14 at Grove City College* 2 p.m. INTERVIEWS All interviews with college coaches, student-athletes and staff members must be arranged through the sports information office. After games, matches and Oct. 21 WAYNESBURG COLLEGE* $ 1:30 p.m. other athletic events, locker rooms are generally closed to members of the media. Nov. 4 WESTMINSTER COLLEGE* 1:30 p.m. Player and coach interviews, however, may be conducted outside locker room entrances or on the playing surface after a minimal, 10-minute cooling off period for Nov. 11 CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY % 1 p.m. participants (per NCAA regulations). The visiting teams will determine their locker - Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) contest room policies. All CAPITALS indicate home contest STATISTICS Statistics will be available in the # - Homecoming 2006 press box at halftime. After the game, $ - Football Alumni Weekend complete play-by-play and statistical sum- maries will be made available in the press % - Senior Parent Recognition Day box. Please allow 20 minutes following the end of the game for statistics to be com- pleted. Prior to the game all statistical information may be found on the Thiel ath- letic website at www.thiel.edu/athletics. GAME DAY INFORMATION Rosters, depth charts and game notes will be available online and will also be provided in the press box prior to the game. PRACTICES Practices are generally open to members of the media. Prior notice of attendance is appreciated. 2006 Tomcat Football 1 Thiel College Facts Thiel College is a liberal arts, sciences and professional stud- At Thiel, we are committed to the integration of technology ies baccalaureate degree-granting college located on a in the learning environment, as evidenced with our technolo- beautiful, 135-acre, tree-lined campus in the heart of western gy-enhanced classrooms and facilities, wireless computing Pennsylvania’s hill country. The college is only a 90-minute throughout the campus, and notebook computers for all stu- drive from Pittsburgh and Cleveland — close enough for dents. ready access to big city culture, yet distant enough to be safe A fitness center offers strength training, cardiovascular and free from distractions. equipment, aerobics space and a social center. Student res- Thiel is dedicated to helping you acquire the knowledge idences — including our several theme houses and apartment and skills needed to take the next step in your life plan. It’s a buildings — have loftable furnishings. Our Howard Miller place where professors are highly accessible and more Student Center features a beautiful rotunda with a cafe snack involved in your growth and learning than at most colleges, bar serving Starbucks Coffee, the campus bookstore, post not only because of our low student-to-faculty ratio, but office, art gallery and various student services offices. Take in because they really care. Our small size makes it possible for a game at our multi-sports complex Alumni Stadium, where you to carve out your own special place — both in and out of athletes compete on synthetic turf. class. You can become a leader of one — or more — of our As a forward-thinking community, we are excited about our 15 intercollegiate sports teams. At Thiel you’ll find 50 organiza- future. We’re growing because our commitment to student tions, clubs and honor societies to interest you. success has never been stronger. Come visit for the day and Thiel’s success is expressed in its career placement rate and share in our excitement as we continue to grow in our ability we’ve been rated among the best in the United States for our to help you reach your dreams. math and science programs by Peterson’s Top Colleges for Whether you are already a shining star or still searching to Science. This year we are again listed as a best comprehen- find your place in the universe, we will engage you where you sive college in U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best are and show you pathways to excellence. Colleges 2007 guide. Thiel is also included in The Princeton Review’s 2006 edition of its Best Northeastern Colleges publi- cation. Why Tomcats? 2006 THIEL COLLEGE FOOTBALL Through 1923 Thiel athletic teams were known as the Huskies. But in 1924, greatly impressed by the spirit of the Thiel football team, Carnegie Tech head coach Wally Steffen observed that “they played like wild wild cats”. This prompted Melvin A. Blair of the Greenville Record Argus to report, “Thiel played like Tom’s cats,” in reference to head coach Dr. Thomas Holleran, a Greenville dentist and former all-American at the University of Pittsburgh. Thereafter the Thiel “Huskies” became known as the Tomcats, a tribute to Dr. Holleran. 2 2006 Tomcat Football Tomcat Athletic Program Thiel College sponsors 15 intercollegiate sports with 13 of those sports associated with Division III of the Men’s Programs National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC). Baseball Comprised of eight select private colleges - Bethany College, Grove City College, Saint Vincent College, Basketball Thiel College, Thomas More College, Washington and Jefferson College, Waynesburg College and Football Westminster College - the PAC remains a unique organization in this day of high pressure intercollegiate ath- Indoor Track & Field letics. With academics at the center of each member’s philosophy, the PAC is built on the principle that an Outdoor Track & Field Soccer athletic program is a part of college life, but not an entity in itself. Wrestling The PAC expanded to seven members in 2005 with the addition of Thomas More, formerly an NCAA Division III independent. Saint Vincent College, an NAIA member, will join the conference as its begins provi- sional membership status in NCAA Division III in 2006-07. Another NAIA member, Geneva College, will Women’s Progtrams become the conference’s ninth member and begin league play as it begins NCAA Division III provisional Basketball membership in 2007-08. Chatham College will become the league’s 10th member, also in 2007-08. Men's Indoor Track & Field Outdoor Track & Field teams compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, tennis, and indoor and outdoor 2006 THIEL COLLEGE FOOTBALL track. Women's teams compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, volleyball, and Soccer Softball indoor and outdoor track. Volleyball Thiel had 59 student-athletes named to the PAC Academic Honor Roll during the 2005-06 academic year.