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FOLLOW THE OWLS ON SOCIAL MEDIA! ♦ INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ♦ CONTENTS A letter from the Director 1 The Campus 2 Individual Sport Highlights 4-22 Men’s Basketball 4 TEMPLE AT A GLANCE... Women’s Basketball 5 ♦ Founded by Russell H. Conwell in 1884, Temple University is a Men’s Crew 6 top-tier public research university experiencing incredible momen- Men’s Cross Country 7 tum powered by academic excellence and innovation in college access and affordability. Women’s Cross Country 8 ♦ Temple University has an overall enrollment of nearly 41,000 stu- Fencing 9 dents, which encompasses 17 schools and colleges in its six domes- Field Hockey 10 tic and two international campuses. Football 11-12 ♦ Temple University sponsors 19 varsity sports at the NCAA Division I level and is a full member of the American Athletic Conference. Men’s Golf 13 Field Hockey competes as an associate member of the BIG EAST Women’s Gymnastics 14 Conference. Fencing is a member of the National Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse 15 Women’s Fencing Association (NIWFA) with Men’s Crew and Wom- Women’s Rowing 16 en’s Gymnastics are affiliated with the Intercollegiate Rowing Asso- ciation (IRA) and the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC), Men’s Soccer 17 respectively. Women’s Soccer 18 ♦ Temple has won eight National Championships in its storied history Men’s Tennis 19 of intercollegiate athletics which dates back to the 1894 football Women’s Tennis 20 season. Three football coaches (Glenn “Pop” Warner, Ray Morri- son and Wayne Hardin) and two men’s basketball coaches (Harry Women’s Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field 21 Litwack and John Chaney) have been enshrined in their sports’ Volleyball 22 respective national halls of fame. Individual Honors 23 ♦ Temple’s athletic teams play in some of the top venues in the area, Resnick Academic Support Center for Student-Athletes 29 including Lincoln Financial Field, one of the NFL’s premier stadiums and home of the Temple Owls football program. Men’s basketball Academic Honors 30 has one the region’s top arenas in the Liacouras Center with wom- Student-Athlete Development 35 en’s basketball hosting competition at McGonigle Hall, which also Community Service & Outreach 37 is the home of fencing, women’s gymnastics and volleyball. The Facilities 38 Temple Sports Complex, which opened its doors in 2016, is home to field hockey, lacrosse, cross country and track as well as men’s Marketing & Promotions 39 and women’s soccer. Men’s crew and women’s rowing also have a The Owl Club 42 newly renovated home, the historic East Park Canoe House. T-Club 56 ♦ ANNUAL REPORT 2017-2018 ♦ TEMPLE FANS, Before we turn the page on 2017-18, let’s take a look back on another successful year for Temple Athletics. Our athletic teams had tremendous success on the field, highlighted by All-Americans, Championships and national rankings. In the classroom, our student-athletes continued to raise the bar, setting records where it truly matters. I am also very proud of the way our young men and women have given back to the community, setting new marks for projects and hours in service to others. Here is a list of some of our major accomplishments this year: ♦ Temple’s single-year Academic Performance Rate (APR) ranked second in NCAA Division I among Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) institutions, and is tied for ninth in multi-year APR. ♦ Temple led the AAC with seven programs earning NCAA Division I Academic Performance Program (APP) Public Recognition, which honors the top 10 percent of Division I teams across the nation for their multi-year academic performance. ♦ Owl student-athletes earned a cumulative GPA of 3.19 for the spring semester, marking the 13th straight semester that Temple student-athletes achieved at least a 3.0 GPA. ♦ Overall, 16 programs earned a cumulative GPA of better than 3.0, led by women’s cross country (3.74) and men’s cross country (3.51). ♦ Temple student-athletes posted an 88 percent Graduation Success Rate (GSR), which ties the school record set in 2016. It also marks the eighth straight year of either tying or setting a new mark in this all-important area. ♦ Dr. Stephany Coakley joined our athletics staff becoming the University’s first full-time mental health specialist strictly for student-athletes. ♦ Over 3,000 community service hours were logged by our selfless Owls. ♦ Under first-year coach Geoff Collins, Football earned its record third straight Bowl bid and defeated FIU, 28-3, in the Gasparilla Bowl. Two Football players were selected in the 2018 NFL Draft with an additional seven Owls signing free agent contracts. ♦ Men’s Crew’s Varsity 8 won the Dad Vail Regatta for the first time since 2004 to earn a berth in the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta for the first time since 1994. ♦ Fencing won its 22nd straight NIWFA championship and ended its season ranked 10th nationally. Kennedy Lovelace earned All-America honors and Malia Hee was named the NCAA’s Elite 90 Award recipient for academic and athletic excellence. ♦ Men’s Cross Country won its first IC4A Championship with Marc Steinsberger winning the individual title. ♦ Volleyball posted another 20-win season and advanced to postseason play for first time in 15 years, advancing to the round of 16 in the NIVC. ♦ Men’s Basketball defeated a nationally ranked team (#16 Wichita State) for the 11th straight season and earned its 19th trip to the NIT. These accomplishments have been made, in part, due to the generosity of our donors who continued to increase their investment in Temple Athletics; impacting facilities, programs, and opportunities for our student-athletes. Our overall fundraising had another record-breaking year with a total increase of 24 percent from the previous fiscal year. On behalf of Temple Athletics, I thank you for your support, and look forward to seeing you during the 2018-19 athletic year. GREATNESS DOESN’T QUIT. Dr. Patrick Kraft Director of Athletics ♦ INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ♦ 2 THE CAMPUS Founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is a public university that enrolls nearly 41,000 students. Temple offers disciplines in 17 schools and colleges, including professional schools such as medical, dental and law. Sitting just 1.5 miles north of Center City Philadelphia, our Main Campus is close to the arts, music, intellectual and cultural scene of the country’s sixth largest city. There are over 170,000 living alumni in the tri-state area. Each of our 17 schools and colleges offers an abundance of courses and majors Temple boasts more than 100 undergraduate programs on nine campuses, including locations in Rome and Japan. ♦ ANNUAL REPORT 2017-2018 ♦ 3 MEN’S BASKETBALL 17-16 Overall; 8-10 The American 7th in The American HEAD COACH ASSISTANT COACHES ASSISTANT TO THE HEAD COACH/ Fran Dunphy Chris Clark PLAYER DEVELOPMENT Shawn Trice Dave Duke Aaron McKie DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS VIDEO COORDINATOR Raheem Mapp Jake Shechtman 2017-18 HIGHLIGHTS ♦ Temple made its 19th appearance in the NIT but was ousted in the first round by eventual NIT champion Penn State. ♦ The seventh-seeded Owls beat 10th-seeded Tulane 82-77 in the American Athletic Conference Championships first round, advancing to the quarterfinals where they lost 89-81 in a hard-fought game against #11/14 and second-seeded Wichita State. ♦ Sophomore guard Quinton Rose led Temple and ranked sixth in the AAC with 14.9 points per game. Rose reached double figures in scoring in 25 of 33 games, including doing so in 12 of the final 13 games. Rose scored 20 or more points in nine games, with 19 points in two other contests. ♦ Senior Obi Enechionyia became the 52nd player in program history to reach 1,000 career points and finished with 1,296 points to rank 33rd all-time. He also became the 24th player in program history with 600 career rebounds, finishing with 614 to rank 23rd all-time. Enechionyia’s 200 career three-pointers rank eighth all-time in program history, and his 170 blocks rank seventh all-time. ♦ The Owls had three players recognized with American Athletic Conference postseason awards, as freshman Nate Pierre-Louis was named to the All-Rookie Team, Rose earned Honorable Mention selection and Enechionyia was named the AAC Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Rose was also named to the Philadelphia Big 5 Second Team. ♦ With 389 career assists, senior Josh Brown finished his career tied for ninth all-time at Temple. Brown played in 139 games to set a program record for games played, surpassing Hall of Famer Lynn Greer’s 137 games played. ♦ Junior guard Shizz Alston, Jr. (second on the team with 13.3 points per game) set a program record with 52 consecutive free throws made from Dec. 28, 2016 to Dec. 6, 2017. ♦ Temple won five straight games starting in late January, with the second of those being an overtime upset of #16/16 Wichita State at the Liacouras Center. It marked the 11th season in a row in which Temple has defeated a Top 25 program. ♦ The Owls notched their 1,900th program win with a 90-73 defeat of ECU on Feb. 7. Temple remains the fifth-winningest program all-time, now with a record of 1,903-1,068. ♦ Temple started the season with three straight wins to capture the 2017 Charleston Classic title, defeating both Auburn and Clemson in the process. Both teams went on to be nationally ranked all season long, with Auburn advancing to the NCAA Second Round and Clemson advancing to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen.