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Cross Country 2008 School Information Head Coaches Contact Information Name of School Western New Mexico University Macario Campos Men’s & Women’s PO Box 680 (575) 538-6237 Mailing Address Cross Country Silver City, NM 88062 [email protected] Phone (575) 538-6218 Jim Callender Women’s Volleyball (575) 538-6225 Fax (575) 538-6163 [email protected] Web Site www.wnmumustangs.com Bernie Busken Founded 1893 Football (575) 538-6770 Enrollment 2500 [email protected] Mascot Mustangs Mark Coleman Men’s Basketball (575) 538-6234 School Colors Purple and Gold [email protected] Home Arena Ben Altamirano Memorial Stadium Quinn Tedder Capacity 3000 Women’s Basketball (575) 538-6220 [email protected] Affiliation NCAA Division II Erik Burton Rocky Mountain Athletic Men’s & Women’s Conference (575) 538-6157 Conference (RMAC) Tennis [email protected] President Dr. John Counts Scott Woodard Alma Mater West Point (1963) Softball (575) 538-6233 Scott Woodard [email protected] Athletic Director (575) 538-6233 Kent Beatty [email protected] Men’s & Women’s Golf (575) 538-6235 Western New Mexico University [email protected] Alma Mater (1983) Assistant Athletic Victoria Stimac Cross Country History & Information Director of Media (575) 538-6214 Program Induction 2004 Relations/SWA [email protected] 2007 Best Team Finish Women: 3rd Place Dr. Roland Shook 9-1-07 (FLC) Compliance (575) 538-6423 9-22-07 (NMSU) Coordinator [email protected] Men: 3rd Place 9-1-07 (FLC) Athletic Alma Arellano 9-22-07 (NMSU) Administrative (575) 538-6218 Assistant [email protected] 2007 Best Individual Women: Pam Erickson Finish 7th Place, 21:12 Michael Stimac 9-1-07 (FLC) Men’s Athletic Trainer (575) 538-6236 Men: Paul Gonzalez [email protected] 4th Place, 23:48.7 Terra Strain 9-22-07 (NMSU) Women’s Athletic (575) 538-6236 Trainer [email protected] 2007 Conference Finish Women: 10th Place Men: 7th Place Claudia Leonard Faculty Athletic (575) 538-5177 Number of Years in 5 Years Representative [email protected] Last Post-Season Date 2005 NCAA Regionals Head Coach Macario Campos Sports Information Years at WNMU as 3rd Year Victoria Stimac Head Coach Assistant Athletic (575) 538-6214 (office) Director of Media (906) 281-0135 (cell) Relations [email protected] Fax (575) 538-6163 www.wnmumustangs.com www.wnmumustangs.com www.wnmumustangs.com www.wnmumustangs.com www.wnmumustangs.com www.wnmumustangs.com www.wnmumustangs.com www.wnmumustangs.com Mustang Athletics A Message From the President, Dr. John Counts A Message From the Athletic Director, Scott Woodard www.wnmumustangs.com www.wnmumustangs.com www.wnmumustangs.com www.wnmumustangs.com www.wnmumustangs.com www.wnmumustangs.com www.wnmumustangs.com www.wnmumustangs.com At Western New Mexico University, Welcome to Western New Mexico the students are our top priority, and University, and thank you for your the athletic department is a key support!! element of campus life. Athletics is an important part of the We are very proud of our student educational process at Western New athletes as they balance athletics Mexico University. It has a unique with academics and community role to play in an effort to create a involvement. The growth and learning well-rounded individual upon that takes place among them is graduation. inspiring. Their participation in our athletic program goes a long way in preparing them for future success. Our student athletes gain a great deal from competing in their games, matches, and contests and spend countless hours We look forward to continued success of all our Mustang during the year learning about themselves and their team- athletic programs. Go Mustangs! mates. Whether we win or lose, they represent the institution with class and dignity. They also learn about discipline and Dr. John Counts commitment. Above all, we are committed to athletes as students first. They are here to use the vehicle provided to gain a quality educa- tion that will help them develop as future leaders. We are proud of the success our young people have not only on the athletic venue but in the classroom as well. Athletics also provides a highly visible way for our students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community to play a part in what is a vital role on all university campuses. The athletic programs here at WNMU embrace the highest ideals associated with personal and community development, sportsmanship, equal- ity, competitiveness, safety, and campus pride. We are looking forward to continued success this coming sea- son. Go Mustangs! Scott Woodard Cross Country 2008 Scott Woodard, Athletic Director Victoria Stimac, Assistant Athletic Director for Media They say an army is just as good as Relations/Senior Woman Administrator its leader. If that’s the case, the Victoria Stimac headed south to take WNMU coaching staff is in good the reins of the newly created hands. Scott Woodard enters his Assistant Athletic Director of Media 10th year as Athletic Director for Relations in the spring of 2007. WNMU with high hopes. Woodard, Stimac handles the duties of sports a 1985 graduate of WNMU was an information director as well as senior all-star shortstop at Western, and woman administrator and will was twice named to the all coordinate community and university conference team in the tough Rocky relations for the athletic department. Mountain Athletic Conference. Formerly at Finlandia University in Michigan, Stimac was the The Carlsbad, New Mexico product received his Bachelor of assistant athletic director, senior woman administrator, sports Science in Biology and his Master of Arts Administration. information director, and head women's volleyball coach for While Woodard was a star on the baseball field as a four years. player, his true talent may be in the dugout, as his now-eight- Originally from Cedar Grove, Wisconsin, she played year-old softball team has become the tyrants of the Pacific volleyball at Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, West Conference, rolling up the last three Pac-West Wisconsin, where she was a three-year volleyball starter as a Championship banners. Woodard stepped aside after the middle hitter and co-captain her final season and majored in 2001 season from coaching to be able to spend more time business and marketing. getting the athletic department back in the role of dominance it held in the early 1990s. Stimac is actively involved in the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators (NACWAA) and “We have some extremely successful programs here, and we the Collegiate Sports Information Directors Association are striving to make all the sports very competitive,” says (CoSida). Woodard. “We all (coaches) recruit the same areas, and I can honestly say for the first time since I’ve been here, we Roland Shook, Compliance Coordinator have a staff that is aggressive and will bring in top quality kids and those kids will leave Silver City with a quality Dr. Roland Shook held the Faculty degree and a great athletic experience.” Athletic Representative post since 1993 and was an integral part of Dr. Claudia Leonard, Faculty Athletic Representative the Athletic Department, as well as the university’s academic Originally from Detroit, Michigan, department. Now in his retirement, Claudia Leonard joined the Mustang Dr. Shook has the responsibility of staff in 2007 as the faculty athletic the being the Mustang’s compliance representative. An associate coordinator. His responsibilities as the professor in the Occupation Therapy compliance coordinator include Assistant (OTA) program, Leonard scrutinizing each athlete’s transcript and signing off on their first came to WNMU in 1997 and eligibility status and acting as arbitrator and investigator then took a break for two and a half when student athlete, coaching or other athletics related years from WNMU before returning issues arise. again in the fall of 2005. She currently serves as the academic fieldwork coordinator in the OTA department. Leonard received her Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy from Eastern Michigan University in 1983. She then went on to earn her master’s degree in business from WNMU in 2001. She recently completed her Doctorate in Occupational Therapy at the University of St. Augustine. www.wnmumustangs.com www.wnmumustangs.com www.wnmumustangs.com www.wnmumustangs.com www.wnmumustangs.com www.wnmumustangs.com www.wnmumustangs.com www.wnmumustangs.com Mustang Athletics Kent Beatty, Assistant Athletic Director Alma Arellano, Athletic Administrative Assistant www.wnmumustangs.com www.wnmumustangs.com www.wnmumustangs.com www.wnmumustangs.com www.wnmumustangs.com www.wnmumustangs.com www.wnmumustangs.com www.wnmumustangs.com As a new school year begins, new Alma Arellano has become the glue jobs and responsibilities within the that holds the athletic department athletic department also begin. Head together since her arrival as athletic golf coach Kent Beatty has been secretary. She coordinates the teams’ promoted to assistant athletic fundraising and travel accounts, director. Beatty will take over full while managing the student work responsibility of game management, studies. Her transfer from the facilities, and sports medicine. Business Office has been a real asset to athletics as she is a real team “Kent has been with us for 11 years. player! He knows the ins and outs of this department,” says athletic director Scott Woodard. “He has had great success on the A graduate of Silver High in 1993, Alma received her golf course with the men’s and women’s programs. I am degree from WNMU in office administration. confident he will have the same success in his new role of assistant athletic director.” Meredith Drahota, Office Assistant Beatty will oversee all game day planning and management. Entering her second year in the He will also work directly with the maintenance department department but her sixth year at and athletic training staff. WNMU overall, Meredith Drahota, a four-year WNMU softball student- Success has followed Beatty during his coaching career.