2011 CATAWBA COLLEGE FOOTBALL GUIDE THIS IS CATAWBA COLLEGE CONTENTS atawba College was founded in CNewton, North Carolina in 1851 by Catawba Athletic Administration . 1 the German Reformed Church. In 1890, Head Coach Chip Hester . 2 Catawba became a coeducational institu - Assistant Coaches . 3-5 tion, with the first woman graduate com - pleting her studies in 1893. Officials Season Outlook . 5 closed the Newton campus in 1923 and Player Profiles . 6-16 moved to its present location in Salisbury, Chiefs Club . 18 re-opening in 1925. In 1957, the Shuford Stadium . .19 Evangelical and Reformed Church merged to form the United Church of Christ, with 2011 Veteran Roster . 20 countries attend Catawba. The student body which the College maintains affiliation. 2011 Newcomer Roster . 21 Catawba seeks to serve the Salisbury- is evenly divided among men and women. Indians’ 2010 Statistics . 22-23 Rowan County community through its pro - grams and services. The Roberston College- MAJORS OFFERED 2010 Year in Review . 24-28 Community Center, a facility built as a joint Bachelor of Arts All-Americans and Pro Players . 29 venture with the community over 35 years Biology Record Vs. All Opponents . 30 ago, houses the Shuford School of Performing Chemistry Year-By-Year Scores . 31-33 Arts and showcases musical and theatre pro - Chemistry Education ductions from the college and the communi - Communication Arts Individual Records . 33-34 ty. Similarly, the college’s athletic facilities Comprehensive Science Education Team Records . 35 have been enhanced be the local community Education Career Leaders . 36 and are available to the local residents as well English as the students. Top Individual Seasons . Inside Back Cover Environmental Studies In the more than 75 years since Catawba opened its doors in the Salisbury community, French it has built a tradition of successful graduates History who continue to honor the College by their Mathematics 2011 SCHEDULE achievements and enable it through their sup - Music DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME port to strengthen with each entering class. Political Science These graduates include physicians, attorneys, Psychology Sept. 3 at St. Augustine’s Raleigh,NC 1:30 teachers and college professors, corporate Religion & Philosophy Sept. 10 at Coastal Carolina Conway,SC 6:00 executives, actors and musicians, social work - Sociology ers and others who contribute to our society Spanish SEPT. 17 NEWBERRY* SALISBURY 7:00 in a variety of ways. Theatre Arts Sept. 24 at Tusculum* Greeneville,TN 2:00 From one building, three-quarters of a century ago in Salisbury, Catawba College Bachelor of Fine Arts OCT. 1 UNC PEMBROKE SALISBURY 7:00 Musical Theatre today has grown to a campus of 27 buildings Oct. 8 at Carson-Newman* Jefferson City,TN 1:00 on 276 acres, with 189 acres devoted to an Theatre Arts OCT. 15 MARS HILL* SALISBURY 1:30 outstanding ecological preserve. Almost all of Bachelor of Science the buildings on campus have undergone ren - Athletic Training OCT. 22 WINGATE* (FW/HC) SALISBURY 1:30 ovations in the recent past and two new Biology Oct. 29 at North Greenville Tigerville,SC 3:30 buildings, the Business Administration Catawba College Chemistry Nov. 5 at Brevard* Brevard,NC 2:00 Center for the Environmental Studies Environment and the Information Systems NOV. 12 LENOIR-RHYNE* SALISBURY 1:30 Catawba Sports Mathematics Center are now com - Medical Technology BOLD CAPS DENOTE HOME GAMES pleted. Over 1,300 Physical Education * Denotes South Atlantic Conference games students representing Recreation (FW) Denotes Family Weekend over 25 states and Theatre Arts Administration (HC) Denotes Homecoming Weekend several foreign Therapeutic Recreation CREDITS CONTACT INFORMATION HEAD COACH: Chip Hester (10th year, 63-34) This football yearbook is a publication of the ASSISTANT COACHES: John Fitz, D.J. Summers, Khanis Hubbard, Todd McComb, Bob Lancaster, Catawba College Sports Information Office. Radell Lockhart, Brian Hinson, Lyle Nabor, Corey Ready, Shawn Thomas, Sherman Howze EDITOR: Jim Lewis, Director of Sports Information FOOTBALL OFFICE TELEPHONES: (704-637-4558, 637-4479, 637-4454) ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: WRITTEN BY: Jim Lewis Dennis Davidson (704-637-4474) SPORTS INFORMATION: Jim Lewis (704-637-4720) PHOTOGRAPHY: Chuck Williams, Jim Lewis, TICKET INFORMATON: Peggy Mason (704-637-4474) James Sipes, Curtis Fowler and STADIUM: Shuford Stadium (4,000) David McDowell. COLORS: Blue and White Administration DR. JOE OXENDINE DENNIS DAVIDSON President Athletic Director Dr. Joseph B. Oxendine, chancellor emieritus of UNC Dennis Davidson has been director of athletics Pembroke, is currently serving as the interim president of since May of 1996. He came to Catawba College in July Catawba College. Oxendine took over in March of 2011. 1984 as director of public information and moved total - Oxendine is a 1952 alumnus of Catawba and a member of ly into sports information one year later. the Board of Trustees. In 1991, Davidson was promoted to assistant to the A native of Pembroke, NC, Oxendine served as chan - athletic director, and in 1993, he was promoted to assis - cellor of UNC Pembroke from 1989-1999. During his tant athletic director for game operations, in addition to tenure there, the institution changed its name from the sports information duties. Pembroke State University, its Carnegie Foundation classification to Comprehensive I, and Davidson oversees the entire athletic program at Catawba. He has also been its athletic conference from NAIA to NCAA II. New degree programs were also added responsible for securing athletic advertising and sponsorships and has had signifi - under Oxendine's leadership, including a RN-BSN nursing program (offered jointly with cant roles in Catawba’s Sports Hall of Fame inductions, the South Atlantic Fayetteville State University), an MBA program, MA degrees in Agency Counseling and Conference Spring Sports Festival and the year-end athletic ceremony. He is a mem - School Counseling, and bachelors degrees in Criminal Justice, Community Health ber of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and was Education, American Studies, Mass Communications, and Birth-Kindergarten. The land - a member of the regional advisory committee for NCAA Division II football (2002- scape of the UNC Pembroke also changed during this period, with new, expanded, and ren - 04). Davidson is currently the South Atlantic Conference AD liaison for baseball and ovated buildings, and an increase in student diversity. chairman of the SAC Athletic Directors Council. Oxendine graduated from Catawba College in 1952, and earned his master's of edu - Davidson was also highly involved in the planning of the Hayes Field House and cation degree from Boston University in 1953 and his doctorate of education from Boston Shuford Stadium reconstruction. He also has directed the highly popular Sam Moir University in 1959. He worked in automobile factories in Detroit, Michigan, played pro - Christmas Basketball Classic since 1996. fessional baseball in the Pittsburgh Pirates Minor League System for three years, and served A former member of the College Sports Information Directors of America in the U.S. Army from 1953-1955 in Korea and Hawaii. He was a teacher and athletic coach (CoSIDA), Davidson was chairman of the NAIA District 26 SIDs and the Carolinas in the Lynchburg Public Schools in Virginia between 1955 and 1957, before becoming a Conference Awards Committee for three years (1986-89). He was voted by his peers Teaching Fellow at Boston University between 1957 and 1959. For 30 years, between 1959 as District 26 SID of the Year for 1987-88 and 1992-93. and 1989, he served as dean and professor at Temple University in Philadelphia. Born in Statesville, but reared in Salisbury, Davidson graduated in 1977 from Oxendine has authored two books: "American Indian Sports Heritage," two editions West Rowan High School, where he was a four-year letterman in baseball, earning (1988/1995), University of Nebraska Press; and "Psychology of Motor Learning," two edi - All-North Piedmont Conference honors as a senior. tions (1968/1984), Prentice-Hall, Incorporated. He also has authored three dozen profes - Davidson earned a bachelor’s degree in English at Catawba in 1981, working as sional and research articles, and five chapters in books on motor learning. a part-time writer at The Salisbury Post during his college years. He actually began His honors and accolades are numerous. Catawba honored him in 2007 with its O.B. at The Post as a 16-year-old sportswriter in 1975. Michael Award, inducted him into its Sports Hall of Fame in 1978, and awarded him an A member of Milford Hills United Methodist Church, Davidson is president of Honorary Doctor of Science degree in 1979. Boston University honored him with its the Westside Pool Association. Alumni Award for Distinguished Public Service in 1978, while Temple University awarded Davidson resides in Salisbury with his wife, Toni, a registered nurse at Lexington him its Stauffer Award for Outstanding Faculty Service in 1989. He received the R. Tait Memorial Hospital. They have three daughters, Bethany (22), a Catawba graduate, McKenzie Award from the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation Katie (19), a sophomore at Catawba, and Carrie (14). and Dance in 1993 and the Charles D. Henry Award for the enhancement of ethnic minor - ity members in 1989. Oxendine serves or has served on the board of directors for the Lost Colony; the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools' Commission on Colleges; the National Institute of Health's Office of Minority Programs; the Fact-Finding Team of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities; and the Advisory Council for the N.C. Center for Nursing. Oxendine has been married for 50 years to the former Adrienne McNaughton of Philadelphia and the two are parents of two adult children, James Thomas and Jean Marie. Athletic Training BOB CASMUS, M.S., ATC ic trainer for the United Football League exhibition game in Taipei, Taiwan in July of Athletic Training 1994.