Since its founding in 1983, the Big South Con- years of leadership, the conference implemented ball and , has received national Top 25 ference has matured into a competitive leader in its public relations and compliance programs, and rankings in men’s soccer, men’s , college athletics, actively pursuing excellence on introduced its first-ever men’s basketball television women’s basketball, baseball, men’s outdoor track the field of play and in the classroom. The league’s package, featuring the Big South competing & field, and men’s golf, had an individual selected growing presence as an NCAA Division I athletics among some of the finest teams in the nation. to play in the NCAA Singles Championship four conference is evident by athletics accomplish- In August 1996, Kyle B. Kallander replaced times in addition to the first men’s tennis doubles ments on the national stage, innovative marketing Sasser as the league’s third commissioner, and in at-large selection, had the No. 1 ranked men’s and media partnerships, increased television pack- his 13 years at the helm of the Big South, Kallan- golfer in the country, has had the nation’s top ages, and quality athletic competition while inten- der has been instrumental in aggressively promot- scoring men’s basketball team three-consecutive tionally fostering the academic, personal, social, ing the conference to new levels. The conference years as well as the national men’s basketball athletics and leadership development of each stu- has enjoyed record levels in marketing revenue scoring leader twice, received an at-large playoff dent-athlete. This has evolved into the confer- during the past several years, he has brought tele- berth in the Football Championship Subdivision in ence’s mission of “Developing Leaders through vision coverage to Big South women’s basketball, 2006, and had an institution finish fifth in the Athletics.” baseball and for the first time in confer- NCAA Men’s Golf Championships – the confer- The Big South Conference was formed on Au- ence history, as well as increased national televi- ence’s highest-ever team finish in an NCAA event. gust 21, 1983, when Charleston Southern (then sion exposure to the league as a whole through In 2006-07 alone, the Big South was the only Baptist College) Athletic Director Howard Bagwell aggressive and unique television packages. conference nationwide to have an at-large partici- and Augusta President George Christenberry Under Kallander’s leadership, the Big South de- pant in the football (Coastal Carolina), a began recruiting members into the Big South, re- veloped and initiated its first long-range strategic team in the second round of the NCAA Men’s Bas- ceiving initial commitments from Augusta, plan, re-affirming the league’s vision as a distinc- ketball Tournament (Winthrop) and a No. 1 seed in Charleston Southern, Campbell, Coastal Carolina tive athletic conference committed to the quality the NCAA Baseball Regionals (Coastal Carolina). and Winthrop. of institutional life through athletic competition. In fact, Coastal Carolina’s baseball program has One month later, Dr. Edward M. Singleton was He also spearheaded the efforts to add football as been a No. 1 seed three out of the last five years, selected as the league’s first commissioner and a championship sport, which came to fruition in while its FCS playoff berth in 2006 came in just continued to solicit new members. His efforts led 2002, and has solidified conference membership the fifth-year of the Big South’s football existence. to the additions of Armstrong State, Radford and with the additions of High , Gardner-Webb The conference’s tagline, “Developing Leaders UNC Asheville, giving the Big South more than the and Presbyterian, and in 2011-12, the return of through Athletics” was unveiled in 2008-09 in required six members to constitute an official con- charter member . conjunction with the conference’s 25th Anniver- ference. The Big South’s first year of competition Kallander’s long range vision has also included sary. The league also honored its heritage with the was in the fall of 1984, and in September 1986, technological advancements, as the conference in- Top 25 “Best of the Best” moments in league his- the Big South Conference was granted full-fledged troduced its first live event video streaming in tory from 1983-2008, with ’s 10- NCAA Division I status. 2005 and has since expanded its video offerings to year women’s basketball championship run from During its infancy and prior to securing auto- more than 600 events annually through a partner- 1996-2007 being crowned the No. 1 moment in matic bids to NCAA Championships, the Big South ship with the member institutions, as well as the the Big South’s first 25 years. made early strides in earning at-large berths in creation of several online and social media plat- The conference’s on-field accomplishments several national postseason events, including vol- forms. have been duplicated in the classroom. Annually, leyball, women’s basketball and women’s golf. In the last 15 years alone, the Big South Confer- more than 40 percent of conference student-ath- In 1989, George F. “Buddy” Sasser replaced the ence has experienced monumental growth and letes are named to the Big South’s Presidential retiring Dr. Singleton as commissioner, and in success in nearly every sport. During this time, the Honor Roll for maintaining a cumulative 3.0 1990, the league received its first automatic bid – conference has had two individual national cham- grade-point average, and the league has had more receiving an automatic qualifier to the NCAA pions, more than 200 All-Americans, has reached than 95 Academic All-Americans in its quarter-cen- Baseball Championship. Under Sasser’s seven the “Sweet 16” in men’s soccer, women’s basket- tury of existence.

BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE STAFF

Associate Commissioner Associate Commissioner Assistant Commissioner Commissioner Marketing Compliance Public Relations Director of Marketing KYLE B. KALLANDER JAMES COMPANION, JR. DAWN TURNER MARK SIMPSON CHAD COOK

Assistant Director of Coordinator of Men’s Coordinator of New Media Public Relations Office Manager Basketball Officials MARK BRYANT NIC BOWMAN NANCY PERKINS JOE FORTE

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BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONS 2008-09 BIG SOUTH PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 2009 BIG SOUTH ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM Year Season Tournament Nov. 17 ...... Travis Holmes, VMI First-Team 2009 ...... Radford...... Radford Nov. 24 ...... Jamarco Warren, Charleston Southern ...... Jr./ ...... Radford 2008 ...... UNC Asheville...... Winthrop Dec. 1 ...... Seth Curry, Liberty Chavis Holmes...... Sr./Guard...... VMI 2007 ...... Winthrop ...... Winthrop Dec. 8...... Travis Holmes, VMI Joseph Harris ...... R-Jr./Forward ..Coastal Carolina 2006 ...... Winthrop ...... Winthrop Dec. 15...... Chavis Holmes, VMI Anthony Smith ...... Sr./Guard...... Liberty 2005 ...... Winthrop ...... Winthrop Dec. 22...... Grayson Flittner, Gardner-Webb Joey Lynch-Flohr ...... Jr./Forward...... Radford 2004...... Liberty/Birmingham-So...... Liberty Jan. 5...... Joseph Harris, Coastal Carolina 2003 ...... Winthrop...... UNC Asheville ...... Chavis Holmes, VMI Second-Team 2002 ...... Winthrop ...... Winthrop Jan. 12 ...... Austin Kenon, VMI Seth Curry ...... Fr./Guard ...... Liberty 2001 ...... Radford ...... Winthrop Jan. 19 ...... Seth Curry, Liberty Reid Augst ...... Sr./Guard...... UNC Asheville 2000 ...... Radford ...... Winthrop Jan. 26 ...... Anthony Smith, Liberty Al’Lonzo Coleman ...... So./Center...... Presbyterian 1999 ...... Winthrop ...... Winthrop Feb. 2...... Kyle Ohman, Liberty Travis Holmes ...... Sr./Guard ...... VMI 1998 ...... UNC Asheville ...... Radford Feb. 9...... Artsiom Parakhouski, Radford Aaron Linn ...... Sr./Guard ...... Gardner-Webb 1997...... Liberty ...... Charleston Southern ...... Reid Augst, UNC Asheville 1996 ...... UNC Greensboro ...... UNC Greensboro Feb. 16...... Joseph Harris, Coastal Carolina All-Freshman Team 1995 ...... UNC Greensboro...... Charleston Southern Feb. 23...... Artsiom Parakhouski, Radford Seth Curry ...... Guard...... Liberty 1994...... Towson State ...... Liberty ...... John Williams, UNC Asheville Nick Barbour ...... Guard ...... High Point 1993 ...... Towson State ...... Coastal Carolina March 1 ...... Artsiom Parakhouski, Radford Joshua Henley ...... Forward...... Gardner-Webb 1992 ...... Radford ...... Campbell ...... Guard...... UNC Asheville 1991 ...... Coastal Carolina ...... Coastal Carolina 2008-09 BIG SOUTH FRESHMEN OF THE WEEK ...... Guard...... Liberty 1990 ...... Coastal Carolina ...... Coastal Carolina Nov. 17 ...... Keith Gabriel, VMI 1989 ...... Coastal Carolina ...... Winthrop Nov. 24 ...... Joshua Henley, Gardner-Webb Player of the Year: Artsiom Parakhouski, Radford 1988 ...... Coastal Carolina...... UNC Asheville Dec. 1 ...... Jesse Sanders, Liberty Freshman of the Year: Seth Curry, Liberty 1987 ...... Charleston Southern .....Charleston Southern Dec. 8...... Seth Curry, Liberty Defensive Player of the Year: Mantoris Robinson, 1986 ...... Charleston Southern .....Charleston Southern Dec. 15 ...... Keith Gabriel, VMI Winthrop Dec. 22 ...... Joshua Henley, Gardner-Webb Coach of the Year: , Radford Jan. 5 ...... Steadman Short, High Point Jan. 12 ...... Chris Stephenson, UNC Asheville All-Academic Team Anthony Smith Jan. 19 ...... Matt Dickey, UNC Asheville Giedrius Knysas, Charleston Southern Jan. 26 ...... Andre Jones, Winthrop Logan Johnson, Coastal Carolina Feb. 2...... Andre Jones, Winthrop Aaron Linn, Gardner-Webb Feb. 9...... Nick Barbour, High Point Dave Campbell, High Point Feb. 16...... Jesse Sanders, Liberty Kyle Ohman, Liberty Feb. 23 ...... Chase Holmes, Presbyterian Al’Lonzo Coleman, Presbyterian March 1 ...... Joshua Henley, Gardner-Webb Phillip Martin, Radford

Scholar-Athlete of the Year Aaron Linn, Gardner-Webb Anthony Smith was named to the Big South All-Conference first team, marking the seventh- straight year Liberty has placed a player on the first team, tying the second-longest streak in conference history. The streak also serves as the longest current streak among conference teams.

2008-2009 BIG SOUTH STANDINGS Big South Overall Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Home Road Neutral Radford ^*...... 15 ...... 3 ...... 833 ...... 21 ...... 12 ...... 636 ...... 12-5 ...... 9-6 ...... 0-0 VMI# ...... 13 ...... 5 ...... 722 ...... 24 ...... 8 ...... 750 ...... 13-3 ...... 10-5 ...... 1-0 Liberty ...... 12 ...... 6 ...... 667 ...... 23...... 12 ...... 657 ...... 14-2 ...... 6-8 ...... 2-1 UNC Asheville ...... 10 ...... 8 ...... 556 ...... 15 ...... 16 ...... 484 ...... 11-3 ...... 4-13 ...... 0-0 Gardner-Webb ...... 9 ...... 9 ...... 500 ...... 13 ...... 17 ...... 433 ...... 7-5 ...... 6-12 ...... 0-0 Presbyterian ** ...... 9 ...... 9 ...... 500 ...... 12 ...... 17 ...... 414 ...... 9-2 ...... 3-14 ...... 0-1 Winthrop ...... 9 ...... 9 ...... 500 ...... 11 ...... 19 ...... 367 ...... 7-6 ...... 4-12 ...... 0-1 Coastal Carolina...... 5 ...... 13 ...... 278 ...... 11 ...... 20 ...... 355 ...... 8-6 ...... 2-13 ...... 1-1 Charleston Southern ...... 4 ...... 14 ...... 222 ...... 9 ...... 20 ...... 310 ...... 7-10 ...... 2-10 ...... 0-0 High Point ...... 4 ...... 14 ...... 222 ...... 9 ...... 21 ...... 300 ...... 5-10 ...... 4-11 ...... 0-0

^ - Big South Tournament Champion# - Big South Tournament Runner-up * - Big South Regular-Season Champion

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SCORING OFFENSE G PTS. AVG. % DEFENSE FG FGA PCT. REBOUNDING MARGIN RF RA MAR. 1. VMI 32 3002 93.8 1. Radford 832 2084 .399 1. Radford 41.6 35.2 +6.4 2. Liberty 35 2644 75.5 2. High Point 698 1678 .416 2. High Point 37.8 34.5 +3.3 3. Radford 33 2491 75.5 3. Winthrop 675 1604 .421 3. Charleston Southern 37.9 34.8 +3.1 4. Gardner-Webb 30 2220 74.0 4. Coastal Carolina 768 1798 .427 4. Gardner-Webb 38.1 36.8 +1.3 5. UNC Asheville 31 2261 72.9 5. Liberty 915 2127 .430 5. Coastal Carolina 36.8 35.8 +1.0 6. Coastal Carolina 31 2148 69.3 6. Presbyterian 693 1570 .441 6. Presbyterian 32.7 33.3 -0.7 7. Charleston Southern 29 2000 69.0 7. Gardner-Webb 790 1773 .446 7. Winthrop 34.4 35.8 -1.4 8. High Point 30 1931 64.4 8. Charleston Southern 747 1674 .446 8. Liberty 35.6 37.2 -1.5 9. Winthrop 30 1833 61.1 9. UNC Asheville 869 1909 .455 9. UNC Asheville 35.0 38.1 -3.1 10. Presbyterian 29 1729 59.6 10. VMI 1062 2105 .505 10. VMI 33.4 45.6 -12.2

SCORING DEFENSE G PTS. AVG. 3-POINT FG % 3FG 3FGA PCT. BLOCKED SHOTS G BLK. AVG. 1. Presbyterian 29 1867 64.4 1. UNC Asheville 212 589 .360 1. Radford 33 154 4.67 2. Winthrop 30 1991 66.4 2. Liberty 321 893 .359 2. High Point 30 133 4.43 3. High Point 30 2001 66.7 3. VMI 438 1224 .358 3. UNC Asheville 31 131 4.23 4. Coastal Carolina 31 2193 70.7 4. Gardner-Webb 238 676 .352 4. Winthrop 30 118 3.93 5. Liberty 35 2493 71.2 5. Radford 163 463 .352 5. VMI 32 105 3.28 6. Radford 33 2372 71.9 6. Coastal Carolina 220 656 .335 6. Charleston Southern 29 92 3.17 7. Charleston Southern 29 2091 72.1 7. Charleston Southern 195 583 .334 7. Coastal Carolina 31 95 3.06 8. Gardner-Webb 30 2244 74.8 8. High Point 178 566 .314 8. Presbyterian 29 87 3.00 9. UNC Asheville 31 2410 77.7 9. Presbyterian 165 525 .314 9. Gardner-Webb 30 78 2.60 10. VMI 32 2737 85.5 10. Winthrop 142 500 .284 10. Liberty 35 57 1.63

SCORING MARGIN PF PA MAR. 3-POINT FG % DEFENSE 3FG 3FGA PCT. ASSISTS G ASST. AVG. 1. VMI 93.8 85.5 +8.3 1. High Point 230 698 .330 1. VMI 32 581 18.16 2. Liberty 75.5 71.2 +4.3 2. Presbyterian 159 482 .330 2. Gardner-Webb 30 491 16.37 3. Radford 75.5 71.9 +3.6 3. Radford 262 790 .332 3. UNC Asheville 31 497 16.03 4. Gardner-Webb 74.0 74.8 -0.8 4. Liberty 292 867 .337 4. Liberty 35 531 15.17 5. Coastal Carolina 69.3 70.7 -1.5 5. Winthrop 211 623 .339 5. Coastal Carolina 31 455 14.68 6. High Point 64.4 66.7 -2.3 6. Coastal Carolina 244 720 .339 6. Radford 33 466 14.12 7. Charleston Southern 69.0 72.1 -3.1 7. Gardner-Webb 214 626 .342 7. Charleston Southern 29 388 13.38 8. Presbyterian 59.6 64.4 -4.8 8. VMI 201 581 .346 8. High Point 30 383 12.77 9. UNC Asheville 72.9 77.7 -4.8 9. Charleston Southern 218 625 .349 9. Winthrop 30 332 11.07 10. Winthrop 61.1 66.4 -5.3 10. UNC Asheville 226 629 .359 10. Presbyterian 29 305 10.52

FREE THROW % FT FTA PCT. REBOUNDING OFFENSE G REB. AVG. STEALS G STL. AVG. 1. VMI 546 742 .736 1. Radford 33 1372 41.6 1. VMI 32 453 14.16 2. Liberty 501 706 .710 2. Gardner-Webb 30 1143 38.1 2. UNC Asheville 31 252 8.13 3. Gardner-Webb 404 588 .687 3. Charleston Southern 29 1100 37.9 3. Gardner-Webb 30 222 7.40 4. UNC Asheville 449 655 .685 4. High Point 30 1134 37.8 4. High Point 30 211 7.03 5. Radford 560 825 .679 5. Coastal Carolina 31 1140 36.8 5. Presbyterian 29 203 7.00 6. Presbyterian 348 517 .673 6. Liberty 35 1247 35.6 6. Liberty 35 243 6.94 7. Winthrop 301 448 .672 7. UNC Asheville 31 1085 35.0 7. Radford 33 225 6.82 8. Charleston Southern 301 476 .632 8. Winthrop 30 1031 34.4 8. Coastal Carolina 31 207 6.68 9. High Point 293 469 .625 9. VMI 32 1068 33.4 9. Winthrop 30 197 6.57 10. Coastal Carolina 356 578 .616 10. Presbyterian 29 948 32.7 10. Charleston Southern 29 177 6.10

FIELD GOAL % FG FGA PCT. REBOUNDING DEFENSE G REB. AVG. TURNOVER MARGIN AVG. OPP. MAR. 1. Radford 884 1917 .461 1. Presbyterian 29 967 33.3 1. VMI 14.0 23.6 +9.5 2. Liberty 911 2003 .455 2. High Point 30 1034 34.5 2. Liberty 13.1 14.7 +1.5 3. UNC Asheville 800 1799 .445 3. Charleston Southern 29 1009 34.8 3. Winthrop 13.4 13.4 +0.0 4. Coastal Carolina 786 1770 .444 4. Radford 33 1161 35.2 4. Gardner-Webb 14.8 14.4 -0.5 5. VMI 1009 2279 .443 5. Winthrop 30 1074 35.8 5. UNC Asheville 16.4 14.8 -1.6 6. Charleston Southern 752 1721 .437 6. Coastal Carolina 31 1110 35.8 6. Coastal Carolina 16.1 14.5 -1.6 7. Gardner-Webb 789 1830 .431 7. Gardner-Webb 30 1103 36.8 7. High Point 16.1 14.2 -1.9 8. High Point 730 1720 .424 8. Liberty 35 1301 37.2 8. Charleston Southern 13.7 11.7 -2.0 9. Presbyterian 608 1435 .424 9. UNC Asheville 31 1180 38.1 9. Radford 16.3 13.4 -2.9 10. Winthrop 695 1712 .406 10. VMI 32 1459 45.6 10. Presbyterian 16.7 13.6 -3.1

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ASST./TO RATIO ASST AVG. TO AVG. RATIO INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS BLOCKED SHOTS BLK. AVG. 1. VMI 18.2 14.0 1.29 To be ranked a player must appear in at least 75 1. DANIELS, Cruz-HPU 83 2.8 2. Liberty 15.2 13.1 1.15 percent of their team’s games. 2. WILLIAMS, John-UNCA 76 2.6 3. Gardner-Webb 16.4 14.8 1.10 3. PARAKHOUSKI, Artsiom-RAD 50 1.5 4. Charleston Southern 13.4 13.7 0.98 SCORING PTS. AVG. 4. MALCOLM, Chris-WU 44 1.5 5. UNC Asheville 16.0 16.4 0.98 1. HOLMES, Chavis-VMI 681 22.0 5. HALL, Eric-RAD 48 1.5 6. Coastal Carolina 14.7 16.1 0.91 2. CURRY, Seth-LU 707 20.2 7. Radford 14.1 16.3 0.86 3. HOLMES, Travis-VMI 517 19.1 /TURNOVER RATIO ASST./AVG. TO/AVG. RATIO 8. Winthrop 11.1 13.4 0.82 4. WARREN, Jamarco-CSU 516 17.8 1. SANDERS, Jesse-LU 137/4.3 57/1.8 2.40 9. High Point 12.8 16.1 0.79 5. SMITH, Anthony-LU 615 17.6 2. KNIGHT, JT-CSU 92/3.2 48/1.7 1.92 10. Presbyterian 10.5 16.7 0.63 3. JOHNSON, Amir-RAD 172/5.2 111/3.4 1.55 REBOUNDING REB. AVG. 4. BELL, Willie-VMI 96/3.0 63/2.0 1.52 OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS G NO. AVG. 1. HARRIS, Joseph-COASTAL 352 11.4 5. FLITTNER, Grayson-GWU 96/3.8 63/2.5 1.52 1. High Point 30 401 13.4 2. PARAKHOUSKI, Artsiom-RAD 369 11.2 2. Gardner-Webb 30 392 13.1 3. HENLEY, Joshua-GWU 309 10.3 OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS NO. AVG. 3. Charleston Southern 29 368 12.7 4. COLEMAN, Al'Lonzo-PC 244 8.4 1. HARRIS, Joseph-COASTAL 127 4.1 4. Radford 33 418 12.7 5. DANIELS, Cruz-HPU 243 8.1 2. PARAKHOUSKI, Artsiom-RAD 132 4.0 5. Coastal Carolina 31 386 12.5 3. HENLEY, Joshua-GWU 107 3.6 6. VMI 32 394 12.3 FIELD GOAL % FG/FGA PCT. 4. DANIELS, Cruz-HPU 107 3.6 7. Winthrop 30 359 12.0 1. HARRIS, Joseph-COASTAL 190/330 .576 5. COLEMAN, Al'Lonzo-PC 89 3.1 8. UNC Asheville 31 362 11.7 2. PARAKHOUSKI, Artsiom-RAD 201/374 .537 9. Liberty 35 370 10.6 3. LYNCH-FLOHR, Joey-RAD 170/327 .520 DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS NO. AVG. 10. Presbyterian 29 274 9.5 4. COLEMAN, Al'Lonzo-PC 155/300 .517 1. HARRIS, Joseph-COASTAL 225 7.3 5. HOLMES, Chavis-VMI 212/414 .512 2. PARAKHOUSKI, Artsiom-RAD 237 7.2 DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS G NO. AVG. 3. HENLEY, Joshua-GWU 202 6.7 1. Radford 33 954 28.9 ASSISTS ASST. AVG. 4. CARTER, Omar-CSU 169 5.8 2. Charleston Southern 29 732 25.2 1. JOHNSON, Amir-RAD 172 5.2 5. SMITH, Anthony-LU 189 5.4 3. Liberty 35 877 25.1 2. SINGLETON, David-HPU 144 4.8 4. Gardner-Webb 30 751 25.0 3. PRIMM, J.P.-UNCA 139 4.5 MINUTES PLAYED MIN. AVG./G 5. High Point 30 733 24.4 4. HOLMES, Travis-VMI 117 4.3 1. CURRY, Seth-LU 1277 36.5 6. Coastal Carolina 31 754 24.3 5. SANDERS, Jesse-LU 137 4.3 2. JOHNSON, Amir-RAD 1199 36.3 7. UNC Asheville 31 723 23.3 3. SMITH, Anthony-LU 1270 36.3 8. Presbyterian 29 674 23.2 % FT/FTA PCT. 4. MILLER, Pierre-PC 1036 35.7 9. Winthrop 30 672 22.4 1. FLITTNER, Grayson-GWU 68/80 .850 5. JOHNSON, Josh-PC 1018 35.1 10. VMI 32 674 21.1 2. CURRY, Seth-LU 119/143 .832 3. HOLMES, Chavis-VMI 174/210 .829 3-POINT FG MADE G 3FG AVG. 4. HOLMES, Travis-VMI 137/174 .787 1. VMI 32 438 13.69 5. LINN, Aaron-GWU 78/100 .780 2. Liberty 35 321 9.17 3. Gardner-Webb 30 238 7.93 STEALS STL. AVG. 4. Coastal Carolina 31 220 7.10 1. HOLMES, Chavis-VMI 105 3.4 5. UNC Asheville 31 212 6.84 2. HOLMES, Travis-VMI 87 3.2 6. Charleston Southern 29 195 6.72 3. BELL, Willie-VMI 78 2.4 7. High Point 30 178 5.93 4. LINN, Aaron-GWU 59 2.0 8. Presbyterian 29 165 5.69 5. SINGLETON, David-HPU 55 1.8 9. Radford 33 163 4.94 10. Winthrop 30 142 4.73 3-POINT FG % 3FG 3FGA PCT. 1. HOLMES, Chavis-VMI 83 188 .441 2. OHMAN, Kyle-LU 10 241 .415 3. WARREN, Jamarco-CSU 99 249 .398 4. KENON, Austin-VMI 119 305 .390 5. FLITTNER, Grayson-GWU 72 197 .365 3-POINT FG MADE 3FG AVG./G Jesse Sanders was a member 1. KENON, Austin-VMI 119 3.7 2. WARREN, Jamarco-CSU 99 3.4 of the 2008-09 Big South All- 3. CURRY, Seth-LU 102 2.9 4. FLITTNER, Grayson-GWU 72 2.9 Freshman team, ranking No. 22 5. OHMAN, Kyle-LU 100 2.9 in the nation and leading the conference with an assist to turnover ratio of 2.4. 97 BIG SOUTH COMPOSITE SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, NOV. 13 MONDAY, NOV. 23 VMI at Tech...... 7:30 p.m. Navy at RADFORD...... 7 p.m. Trinity at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN...... 7:30 p.m. RADFORD at Kansas (TV: ESPNU)...... 8 p.m. Army at VMI...... 7 p.m. GARDNER-WEBB at College of Charleston at (TV: FS South)...... 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY, DEC. 12 COASTAL CAROLINA...... 7:30 p.m. WINTHROP at Clemson...... 7:30 p.m. VMI at Seton Hall ...... 12 p.m. UNC ASHEVILLE at Charlotte ...... 7:30 p.m. Bridgewater at COASTAL CAROLINA...... 2 p.m. LIBERTY at George Mason...... 7:30 p.m. TUESDAY, NOV. 24 GARDNER-WEBB at Charlotte...... 3:30 p.m. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at Maryland LIBERTY at Northwestern (Chicago Invita- Kentucky Christian at LIBERTY (TV: Flames (TV: CSN Mid-Atlantic) ...... 8 p.m. tional / TV: BigTenNetwork.com) .....6:30 p.m. Sports Network)...... 7 p.m. PRESBYTERIAN at Clemson ...... 8 p.m. UNC ASHEVILLE at (TV: CSS)...... 7 p.m. PRESBYTERIAN at North Carolina (TV: TBA)...... VMI at UNC Wilmington ...... 7 p.m...... 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY, NOV. 14 PRESBYTERIAN at Bradley Barton College at WINTHROP ...... 8 p.m. UNC Pembroke at HIGH POINT ...... 4 p.m. (Las Vegas Invitational) ...... 8:05 p.m. Limestone at WINTHROP ...... 4 p.m. SUNDAY, DEC. 13 Covenant College at GARDNER-WEBB...... 7 p.m. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25 Roanoke College at RADFORD...... 4 p.m. Southern Virginia at LIBERTY HIGH POINT at Auburn ...... 7 p.m. Montreat at UNC ASHEVILLE ...... 4:30 p.m. (TV: Flames Sports Network) ...... 7 p.m. FRIDAY, NOV. 27 TUESDAY, DEC. 15 MONDAY, NOV. 16 LIBERTY vs. Mississippi Valley State (at COASTAL CAROLINA at Georgia Southern ...7 p.m. COASTAL CAROLINA at Duke (Dick’s Sporting Chicago Invitational)...... 3:30 p.m. GARDNER-WEBB at Duke (TV: ESPN2) ...... 7 p.m. Goods NIT Season Tip-off / TV: ESPNU) ...... 7 p.m. PRESBYTERIAN vs. Seattle Shawnee State at LIBERTY (TV: Flames Montreat at GARDNER-WEBB...... 8:15 p.m. (at Las Vegas Invitational) ...... 5:30 p.m. Sports Network)...... 7 p.m. VMI at Richmond...... TBA Furman at UNC ASHEVILLE...... 7 p.m. Catawba at UNC ASHEVILLE...... 7 p.m.

TUESDAY, NOV. 17 SATURDAY, NOV. 28 WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16 Clemson at LIBERTY (TV: ESPN) ...... 10 a.m. LIBERTY vs. Kennesaw State/Tennessee State CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at College of COASTAL CAROLINA vs. Charlotte/Elon (Dick’s (at Chicago Invitational) ...... 12:30/3 p.m. Charleston...... 7 p.m. Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-off...... 6/8:30 p.m. Allen at COASTAL CAROLINA ...... 2 p.m. PRESBYTERIAN at Ohio State PRESBYTERIAN at Furman...... 7 p.m. Western Carolina at GARDNER-WEBB ...... 7 p.m. (TV: )...... 7 p.m. Lynchburg College at RADFORD...... 7 p.m. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at Air Force...... 9 p.m. WINTHROP at USC Upstate ...... 7 p.m. UNC ASHEVILLE at Tennessee (TV: FSN) ...... 7 p.m. PRESBYTERIAN vs. Southern WINTHROP at College of Charleston...... 7 p.m. (at Las Vegas Invitational)...... TBA THURSDAY, DEC. 17 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at The Citadel ..7:05 p.m. James Madison at GARDNER-WEBB ...... 7 p.m. SUNDAY, NOV. 29 WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18 RADFORD at Duquesne...... 2 p.m. FRIDAY, DEC. 18 West Virginia Wesleyan at VMI ...... 7 p.m. Bluefield College at UNC ASHEVILLE...... 7 p.m. HIGH POINT at Wake Forest...... 8 p.m. MONDAY, NOV. 30 State at HIGH POINT...... 7 p.m. SATURDAY, DEC. 19 THURSDAY, NOV. 19 Montreat at PRESBYTERIAN ...... 7 p.m. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at Virginia Tech....7 p.m. Old Dominion at LIBERTY UNC ASHEVILLE at Kentucky Houghton at LIBERTY (TV: Flames Sports (TV: Flames Sports Network) ...... 7 p.m. (Louisville, Ky. / TV: FS South)...... 7 p.m. Network)...... 7 p.m. Lynchburg College at VMI...... 7 p.m. GARDNER-WEBB at Penn State (TV: ESPNU) .9 p.m. SATURDAY, NOV. 21 WINTHROP at Appalachian State...... 7 p.m. Savannah State at COASTAL CAROLINA...... TBA Voorhees at COASTAL CAROLINA ...... 2 p.m. Toccoa Falls at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN .7:30 p.m. PRESBYTERIAN at Dayton ...... TBA USC Upstate at WINTHROP...... 4 p.m. RADFORD at James Madison...... TBA Campbell at UNC ASHEVILLE ...... 4:30 p.m. THURSDAY, DEC. 3 Methodist College at GARDNER-WEBB...... 7 p.m. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at LIBERTY * SATURDAY, DEC. 20 Hampden-Sydney at HIGH POINT...... 7 p.m. (TV: Flames Sports Network) ...... 7 p.m. Charlotte at WINTHROP...... 4 p.m. RADFORD at Duke...... 7 p.m. COASTAL CAROLINA at VMI * ...... 7 p.m. HIGH POINT at Marshall...... 2 p.m. PRESBYTERIAN at Illinois (Las Vegas Invitational / HIGH POINT at PRESBYTERIAN *...... 7 p.m. TV: Big Ten Network) ...... 8 p.m. RADFORD at WINTHROP *...... 7 p.m. MONDAY, DEC. 21 Stetson at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN...... 8:30 p.m. Wofford at UNC ASHEVILLE ...... 12:30 p.m. SATURDAY, DEC. 5 Southeastern at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN ...... SUNDAY, NOV. 22 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at VMI * ...... 1 p.m...... 7:30 p.m. LIBERTY at Notre Dame (Chicago Invitational) COASTAL CAROLINA at LIBERTY * ...... 7 p.m. (TV: Flames Sports Network) ...... 7 p.m. TUESDAY, DEC. 22 UNC ASHEVILLE at GARDNER-WEBB *...... 7 p.m. William & Mary at RADFORD...... 7 p.m. NOV. 23-27 HIGH POINT at WINTHROP * ...... 7 p.m. VMI at George Mason ...... 7 p.m. COASTAL CAROLINA at Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT RADFORD at PRESBYTERIAN * ...... 7:30 p.m. HIGH POINT at Youngstown State...... 7:05 p.m. Season Tip-off (site TBA) ...... TBA WINTHROP at Cincinnati ...... 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9 HIGH POINT at South Carolina State...... 7 p.m.

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SUNDAY, DEC. 27 WINTHROP at PRESBYTERIAN * ...... 7 p.m. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at HIGH POINT * ...... 7 p.m. RADFORD at Louisville ...... 1 p.m. RADFORD at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN *...... 7:30 p.m. COASTAL CAROLINA at RADFORD *...... 7 p.m. PRESBYTERIAN at Marquette ...... 2 p.m. LIBERTY at GARDNER-WEBB * ...... 7 p.m. Cornell College at COASTAL CAROLINA...... 3 p.m. THURSDAY, JAN. 21 PRESBYTERIAN at WINTHROP * ...... 7 p.m. LIBERTY at HIGH POINT * ...... 7 p.m. TUESDAY, DEC. 29 PRESBYTERIAN at GARDNER-WEBB * ...... 7 p.m. MONDAY, FEB. 15 GARDNER-WEBB at Texas (TV: FS Southwest) ...... 6 p.m. VMI at RADFORD * ...... 7 p.m. COASTAL CAROLINA at North Carolina Central ...7 p.m. North Carolina Central at HIGH POINT ...... 7 p.m. WINTHROP at UNC ASHEVILLE * ...... 7 p.m. WINTHROP at North Carolina State ...... 7 p.m. TUESDAY, FEB. 16 LIBERTY at UCF (UCF Classic) ...... 7 p.m. SATURDAY, JAN. 23 GARDNER-WEBB at WINTHROP *...... 7 p.m. Georgia Southern at COASTAL CAROLINA ...... 7:30 p.m. PRESBYTERIAN at UNC ASHEVILLE * ...... 4:30 p.m. HIGH POINT at VMI * ...... 7 p.m. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at Auburn...... 8 p.m. WINTHROP at GARDNER-WEBB *...... 7 p.m. RADFORD at LIBERTY * VMI at HIGH POINT *...... 7 p.m. (TV: Flames Sports Network) ...... 7 p.m. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 30 LIBERTY at RADFORD *...... 7 p.m. UNC ASHEVILLE at PRESBYTERIAN * ...... 7:30 p.m. UNC ASHEVILLE at Western Carolina ...... 2 p.m. COASTAL CAROLINA at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * North Greenville at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN..7:30 p.m. LIBERTY vs. Buffalo/Jacksonville ...... 7:30 p.m. (UCF Classic)...... 4/7 p.m. SATURDAY, FEB. 20 PRESBYTERIAN at Florida (TV: CSS) ...... 7 p.m. TUESDAY, JAN. 26 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at COASTAL CAROLINA * George Mason at RADFORD ...... 7 p.m. Southern Virginia at VMI ...... 7 p.m...... 2 p.m. HIGH POINT at LIBERTY * SATURDAY, JAN. 2 THURSDAY, JAN. 28 (TV: Flames Sports Network) ...... 7 p.m. LIBERTY at VMI * ...... 1 p.m. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at WINTHROP *...... 7 p.m. GARDNER-WEBB hosts ESPNU BracketBusters ...... TBA WINTHROP at COASTAL CAROLINA *...... 2 p.m. COASTAL CAROLINA at PRESBYTERIAN *...... 7 p.m. RADFORD hosts ESPNU BracketBusters...... TBA UNC ASHEVILLE at RADFORD * ...... 4 p.m. RADFORD at GARDNER-WEBB *...... 7 p.m. PRESBYTERIAN at ESPNU BracketBusters...... TBA GARDNER-WEBB at HIGH POINT * ...... 7 p.m. HIGH POINT at UNC ASHEVILLE *...... 7 p.m. WINTHROP at ESPNU BracketBusters...... TBA PRESBYTERIAN at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN *.7:30 p.m. VMI at LIBERTY * (TV: Flames Sports Network) ...... 7 p.m. TUESDAY, FEB. 23 MONDAY, JAN. 4 GARDNER-WEBB at PRESBYTERIAN * ...... 7 p.m. PRESBYTERIAN at COASTAL CAROLINA *...... 7 p.m. SATURDAY, JAN. 30 UNC ASHEVILLE at WINTHROP * ...... 7 p.m. GARDNER-WEBB at RADFORD *...... 7 p.m. COASTAL CAROLINA at WINTHROP * ...... 4 p.m. UNC ASHEVLLE at HIGH POINT *...... 7 p.m. RADFORD at UNC ASHEVILLE * ...... 4:30 p.m. THURSDAY, FEB. 25 WINTHROP at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN *...... 7:30 p.m. HIGH POINT at GARDNER-WEBB * ...... 7 p.m. LIBERTY at COASTAL CAROLINA *...... 7 p.m. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at PRESBYTERIAN *.7:30 p.m. WINTHROP at HIGH POINT *...... 7 p.m. THURSDAY, JAN. 7 PRESBYTERIAN at RADFORD * ...... 7 p.m. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at GARDNER-WEBB *..7 p.m. TUESDAY, FEB. 2 VMI at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN *...... 7:30 p.m. COASTAL CAROLINA at UNC ASHEVILLE *...... 7 p.m. RADFORD at VMI * ...... 7 p.m. LIBERTY at PRESBYTERIAN *...... 7 p.m. HIGH POINT at Longwood ...... 7 p.m. SATURDAY, FEB. 27 VMI at WINTHROP *...... 7 p.m. VMI at COASTAL CAROLINA *...... 2 p.m. THURSDAY, FEB. 4 GARDNER-WEBB at UNC ASHEVILLE *...... 4:30 p.m. SATURDAY, JAN, 9 GARDNER-WEBB at COASTAL CAROLINA * ...... 7 p.m. PRESBYTERIAN at HIGH POINT *...... 7 p.m. LIBERTY at WINTHROP * ...... 4 p.m. PRESBYTERIAN at VMI * ...... 7 p.m. WINTHROP at RADFORD * ...... 7 p.m. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at UNC ASHEVILLE *4:30 p.m. UNC ASHEVILLE at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN *7:30 p.m. LIBERTY at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN *...... 7:30 p.m. COASTAL CAROLINA at GARDNER-WEBB * ...... 7 p.m. WINTHROP at LIBERTY * VMI at PRESBYTERIAN * ...... 7 p.m. (TV: Flames Sports Network) ...... 8 p.m. TUESDAY, MARCH 2 RADFORD at HIGH POINT *...... 7 p.m. Quarterfinal games (at top four seeds) ...... 7 p.m. SATURDAY, FEB. 6 MONDAY, JAN. 11 WINTHROP at VMI *...... 1 p.m. THURSDAY, MARCH 4 Randolph College at VMI...... 1 p.m. UNC ASHEVILLE at COASTAL CAROLINA *...... 4:30 p.m. Semifinal Game 1 (TV: ESPNU) ...... 6 p.m. HIGH POINT at North Carolina Central ...... 7 p.m. PRESBYTERIAN at LIBERTY * Semifinal Game2 (TV: ESPNU) ...... 8 p.m. (TV: Flames Sports Network) ...... 7 p.m. THURSDAY, JAN. 14 HIGH POINT at RADFORD *...... 7 p.m. SATURDAY, MARCH 6 RADFORD at COASTAL CAROLINA *...... 7 p.m. GARDNER-WEBB at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN *...... Big South Championship (TV: ESPN2) ...... 4 p.m. GARDNER-WEBB at LIBERTY * ...... 7:30 p.m. (TV: Flames Sports Network) ...... 7 p.m. UNC ASHEVILLE at VMI * ...... 7 p.m. THURSDAY, FEB. 11 HIGH POINT at CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * .....7:30 p.m. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN at RADFORD *...... 7 p.m. COASTAL CAROLINA at HIGH POINT * ...... 7 p.m. SATURDAY, JAN. 16 VMI at GARDNER-WEBB *...... 7 p.m. GARDNER-WEBB at VMI *...... 1 p.m. LIBERTY at UNC ASHEVILLE *...... 7 p.m. HIGH POINT at COASTAL CAROLINA * ...... 2 p.m. UNC ASHEVILLE at LIBERTY * SATURDAY, FEB. 13 (TV: Flames Sports Network) ...... 7 p.m. VMI at UNC ASHEVILLE * ...... 4:30 p.m.

99 2010 BIG SOUTH BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

After a successful trial season of home sites for pion as the women’s tournament will kick off ac- 2009 ADVANCE AUTO PARTS BIG SOUTH all quarterfinal match-ups during the 2003 Big tion with four quarterfinal games on Friday, March MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP South Men’s and Women’s Basketball Champi- 12. The four winners will advance to square off in Home Sites – March 3-7, 2009 onships, the Big South Conference expanded the two semifinal games on Saturday, March 13, for a home court advantage throughout the entire pair of contests at 1 and 3 p.m. Both semifinal Quarterfinals – March 3 (Games played at the three-game tournament as each game of the 2004 contests will be broadcast LIVE on the SportSouth home of the higher seed) Advance Auto Parts Big South Men’s and Women’s Television Network. Game 1: #2 VMI 96, #7 Coastal Carolina 76 Basketball Championships was hosted on the The championship game will be played on Sun- Game 2: #3 Liberty 88, #6 Gardner-Webb 77 higher seed’s home court. day, March 14, with a 2 p.m. tip-off at the Millis Game 3: #1 Radford 82, #8 High Point 58 The Big South Conference saw some of its Athletic Center on the campus of High Point. The Game 4: #4 UNC Asheville 76, #5 Winthrop 68 greatest attendance totals in the history of the game, being broadcast LIVE on SportSouth, will tournament under the continually-evolving format, see the victor climbing up the ladder to cut down Semifinals – March 5 (Games played at home including a 51.1 percent growth rate in total at- the championship net at the conclusion and laying of the regular-season champion) tendance on the men’s side of the tournament and claim to the highly sought-after automatic bid to Game 5: #2 VMI 78, #3 Liberty 58 a near sell-out crowd for the 2004 championship the 2010 NCAA Tournament. Game 6: #1 Radford 94, #4 UNC Asheville 86 game. A total of 8,515 fans packed the Vines Cen- With home court advantage on the line for the ter on March 6, 2004, watching as the Flames men throughout the entire Big South Basketball Championship – March 7 (at highest claimed their second-ever title with a dominating Championship, the level of excitement surrounding remaining seed) victory over second-seeded High Point on ESPN2’s each Big South regular-season game should be at Game 7: #1 Radford 108, #2 VMI 94 national television coverage. an all-time high during the 2009-10 season as With the outstanding success of the 2004 Big EVERY GAME COUNTS!!!! All-Tournament Team South Men’s and Women’s Basketball Champi- Art Parakhouski, Radford onships, the Big South Conference extended the BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT Kenny Thomas, Radford trial period for another year under the home site COMPOSITE RECORDS Joey Lynch-Flohr, Radford format. That made the 2004-05 Big South Confer- Team Record Pct. Tourneys Finals Titles Chavis Holmes, VMI ence regular-season race more important than Austin Kenon, VM ever as each team had the opportunity to host the Winthrop 31-15 .674 25 10 9 entire tournament on its home court, including a Charleston Southern 22-19 .537 23 6 4 Tournament MVP: Art Parakhouski, Radford championship game in front of its hometown sup- Liberty 18-16 .529 17 4 2 porters. High Point 8-8 .500 8 2 0 Over 20,000 fans attended games during the VMI 4-4 .500 4 2 0 2007 Big South Basketball Championships, includ- UNC Asheville 21-22 .488 24 6 2 ing 6,250 in attendance at the Radford 20-21 .488 24 5 2 as the picked up the title in front of their hometown enthusiasts. At the time the Coastal Carolina 11-17 .393 22 4 3 championship served as the Eagles’ seventh over a ------Former League Members ------nine year span. UNC Greensboro 5-2 .714 3 2 1 The 2010 Advance Auto Parts Big South Men’s Campbell 9-8 .529 9 4 1 Basketball Championship will begin on March 2 Augusta 4-6 .400 6 2 0 with quarterfinal match-ups at the four higher- Elon 1-2 .333 2 0 0 seeded teams’ arenas with games scheduled for Birmingham-Southern 1-2 .333 2 0 0 four simultaneous tip-offs at 7 p.m. Winners will advance to one of two semifinals Davidson 1-2 .333 2 0 0 on March 4, which will be broadcast on the ESPNU Towson State 1-3 .250 3 0 0 at 6 and 8 p.m. at the site of the regular-season UMBC 2-6 .250 6 0 0 champion. The championship game will be played Armstrong State 0-2 .000 2 0 0 at 4 p.m. on March 6 and will be broadcast LIVE on ESPN2 as part of Championship Week with the BIG SOUTH POSTSEASON APPEARANCES winner being crowned Champion of the 2010 Big Year Team Regional (seed) Opponent (seed) Result South Men’s Basketball Championship and earning 2009 Radford Greensboro, N.C. (South) 16 North Carolina (1) L, 58-101 2008 Winthrop Denver, Colo. (East) 13 Washington State (4) L, 40-71 the coveted automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Tour- 2007 Winthrop Spokane, Wa. (St. Louis) 11 Oregon (3) L, 61-75 nament. Spokane, Wa. (St. Louis) 11 Notre Dame (6) W, 74-64 The 2010 Advance Auto Parts Big South 2006 Winthrop Greensboro, N.C. (Tennessee) 15 Tennessee (2) L,61-63 2005 Winthrop Tucson, Ariz. (Albuquerque) 14 Gonzaga (3) L, 64-74 Women’s Basketball Championship, for the fourth- 2004 Liberty Buffalo, N.Y. (East Rutherford) 16 St. Joseph’s (1) L, 63-82 straight year will follow a one-site format for the 2003 UNC Asheville Birmingham, Ala. (South) 16 Texas (1) L, 61-82 entire tournament. UNC Asheville won the right to Dayton, Ohio (Opening Round) Texas Southern W, 92-84 2002 Winthrop Greenville, S.C. (East) 16 Duke (1) L, 37-84 host the 2007 and 2008 Advance Auto Parts Big 2001 Winthrop Dayton, Ohio (Opening Round) Northwestern State L, 67-71 South Women’s Basketball Championships. The 2000 Winthrop Tuscon, Ariz. (West) 14 Oklahoma (3) L, 50-74 2010 Advance Auto Parts Big South Women’s Bas- 1999 Winthrop Indianapolis, Ind. (Southeast) 16 Auburn (1) L, 41-80 1998 Radford Lexington, Ky. (East) 16 Duke (1) L, 63-99 ketball Championship will conclude a two-year run 1997 Charleston Southern Auburn Hills, Mich. (Midwest) 15 UCLA (2) L, 75-109 at High Point. 1996 UNC Greensboro Orlando, Fla. (Southeast) 15 Cincinnati (2) L, 61-66 The 2010 Advance Auto Parts Big South 1994 Liberty Landover, Md. (East) 16 North Carolina (1) L, 51-71 1993 Coastal Carolina Tucson, Ariz. (West) 16 Michigan (1) L, 53-84 Women’s Basketball Championship will start up six 1992 Campbell Greensboro, N.C. (East) 16 Duke (1) L, 56-82 days following the crowning of the men’s cham- 1991 Coastal Carolina Louisville, Ky. (Southeast) 15 Indiana (2) L, 69-79 Jackson, Miss. (Play-in) Jackson State W, 84-53 100 101 BSC FACTS & MAP

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Commissioner – Kyle B. Kallander Council of Chief Executive Officers: Dr. Jairy C. Hunter, Jr., Charleston Southern; Dr. David De- Associate Commissioner - Marketing – Cenzo, Coastal Carolina; Dr. Frank Bonner, Gard- James F. Companion, Jr. ner-Webb; Dr. Nido Qubein, High Point; Dr. Ronald S. Godwin, Liberty; Dr. John V. Griffith, Presbyte- Associate Commissioner - Compliance – rian, Penelope W. Kyle, Radford; Dr. Anne Ponder, Dawn Turner UNC Asheville; General J.H. Binford Peay III, VMI; Dr. Anthony J. DiGiorgio, Winthrop. Assistant Commissioner - Public Relations – Mark Simpson

Director of Marketing – Chad Cook

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Office Manager – Nancy Perkins

Assistant Director of Public Relations – Nic Bowman

Marketing Assistant – Janette Lavery

Coordinator of Football Officials – Doug Rhoads

Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officials – Joe Forte

Coordinator of Women’s Basketball Officials – Charlene Curtis

Coordinator of Baseball Umpires – Tony Thompson

Coordinator of Volleyball Officials – Daniel Leake

Full-Time Member Institutions (10): Charleston Southern, Coastal Carolina, Gardner-Webb, High Point, Liberty, Presbyterian, Radford, UNC Asheville, Virginia Military Institute, Winthrop.

Associate Members: Stony Brook (football), Bucknell (women’s golf), College of the Holy Cross (women’s golf).

Future Members: Campbell University (2011-12)

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