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TABLE OF CONTENTS Quick Facts: Table of Contents Name of School: Catawba College Chiefs Club.................................................................................2 Location: 2300 W. Innes St. Dr. Joseph B. Oxendine, President..............................................3 Salisbury, NC 28144 Nickname: Catawba Indians Dennis Davidson, AD.....................................................................3 Founded: 1851 Staff Directory.................................................................................4 Church Affiliation: United Church of Christ Coaches.....................................................................................6 Enrollment: 1,200 Carolina Golf Mart..............................................................................7 Student/Faculty Ratio: 16:1 Average Class Size: 15-20 Country Club of Salisbury..............................................................8 School Colors: Blue & White Team Pictures.............................................................................9 Athletic Affiliation: NCAA II Women’s Biographies................................................................10 Conference: South Atlantic President: Dr. Joseph B. Oxendine (Catawba ’52) Women’s Record Book....................................................................24 Director of Athletics: Dennis Davidson (Catawba ’81) Men’s Biographies...........................................................................30 Sports Information: Jim Lewis Men’s Record Book.........................................................................46 Sports Information Telephone: (704) 637-4720 Athletic Training...............................................................................52 Head Athletic Trainer: Bob Casmus Golf Coach: Sam Gealy Student Support Groups...........................................................53 Golf Office Telephone: (704) 637-4236 South Atlantic Conference...............................................................54 Home Course: Country Club of Salisbury Compliance.................................................................................56 Admissions......................................................................................57 Media Information: Catawba College.............................................................................58 Sports Information Office: Located in Goodman Gym The Local Region.........................................................................60 Sports Information Director: Jim Lewis (Catawba ’89) North Carolina.............................................................................61 Assistant Sports Info. Director: Chris Triplett (Charlotte ’10) Golf Schedules..........................................................................62 Sports Information Phone: (704) 637-4720 Sports Information Fa x: (704) 645-4568 Website: www.gocatawbaindians.com Credits: Catawba College’s official athletic website of all sports. Includes individual team pages that contains rosters, schedules, stories, Executive Editor: Jim Lewis player bios, statistics, and photo galleries. For those who are un- able to attend the events can follow along on LIVE STATS for Contributing Editors: Chris Triplett, Dennis Davidson many of our sports. For a listing of games that will support live stats check out the website. Typesetting and Design: Chris Triplett Photographers: Jim Lewis, Chuck Williams, James Sipes Photography, Gregg For- werck, Matt Owen Photography, Harold Hinson Photography, Ray Marsden, and Nell Redmon. Catawba would like to thank: Missy Ratcliff and the Country Club of Salisbury, Kannapolis Intim- idator, Carowinds, Carolina Hurricanes, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Carolina Panthers, Charlotte Bobcats, US National Whitewater Cen- ter, Chuck Williams, and Catawba College Public Relations. WWW.GOCATAWBAINDIANS.COM 1 2011-12 CATAWBA GOLF Support the Winners on & the Field Catawba College currently offers 83 full Athletic Scholarships The Catawba College Chiefs Club remains one of the best bargains for your money! Your membership entitles you to the option of Benefits include: purchasing a Catawba Season Sports Ticket (call for more information) and access to Tribal Treats at • The pride of providing scholarship football and basketball games. Members also re‐ assistance to deserving student‐athletes ceive invitations to participate in the annual Sports Hall of Fame Weekend, attend the Athletics Awards • Access to Tribal Treats at football Ceremony in the spring, and attend other special and basketball games events throughout the year. • Option to purchase season Most importantly, you have the satisfaction tickets in Shuford Stadium of knowing you had a hand in assisting the fine young men and women who at‐ tend Catawba College through athletic Join Today! scholarships! More than one‐third of 704‐637‐4394 Catawba students are student‐athletes. www.catawba.edu/chiefsclub WWW.GOCATAWBAINDIANS.COM 2 2011-12 CATAWBA GOLF Dr. Joseph B. Oxendine President Dr. Joseph B. Oxendine, chancellor emeritus of UNC Pembroke, is currently serving as the interim president of Catawba College. Oxendine took over in March of 2011. Oxendine is a 1952 alumnus of Catawba and a member of the Board of Trustees. A native of Pembroke, NC, Oxendine served as chancellor of UNC Pembroke from 1989- 1999. During his tenure there, the institution changed its name from Pembroke State University, its Carnegie Foundation classification to Comprehensive I, and its athletic conference from NAIA to NCAA II. New degree programs were also added under Oxendine’s leadership, including a RN-BSN nursing program (offered jointly with Fayetteville State University), an MBA program, MA degrees in Agency Counseling and School Counseling, and bachelors degrees in Criminal Jus- tice, Community Health Education, American Studies, Mass Communications, and Birth-Kinder- garten. The landscape of the UNC Pembroke also changed during this period, with new, expanded, and renovated buildings, and an increase in student diversity. Oxendine graduated from Catawba College in 1952, and earned his master’s of education degree from Boston University in 1953 and his doctorate of education from Boston University in 1959. He worked in automobile factories in Detroit, Michigan, played professional baseball in the Pittsburgh Pirates Minor League System for three years, and served in the U.S. Army from 1953-1955 in Korea and Hawaii. He was a teacher and athletic coach in the Lynchburg Public Schools in Virginia between 1955 and 1957, before becoming a Teaching Fellow at Boston University between 1957 and 1959. For 30 years, between 1959 and 1989, he served as dean and professor at Temple University in Philadelphia. Oxendine has authored two books: “American Indian Sports Heritage,” two editions (1988/1995), University of Nebraska Press; and “Psychology of Motor Learning,” two editions (1968/1984), Prentice-Hall, Incorporated. He also has authored three dozen professional and research articles, and five chapters in books on motor learning. His honors and accolades are numerous. Catawba honored him in 2007 with its O.B. Michael Award, inducted him into its Sports Hall of Fame in 1978, and awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Science degree in 1979. Boston University honored him with its Alumni Award for Distinguished Public Service in 1978, while Temple University awarded him its Stauffer Award for Outstanding Fac- ulty Service in 1989. He received the R. Tait McKenzie Award from the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance in 1993 and the Charles D. Henry Award for the enhancement of ethnic minority 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 Ameri- can 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. Dennis Davidson Director of Athletics Dennis Davidson has been director of athletics since May of 1996. He came to Catawba College in July 1984 as director of public information and moved totally into sports information one year later. In 1991, Davidson was promoted to assistant to the athletic director, and in 1993, he was promoted to assistant athletic director for game operations, in addition to the sports information duties. Davidson oversees the entire athletic program at Catawba. He has also been responsible for securing athletic advertising and sponsorships and has had significant roles in Catawba’s Sports Hall of Fame inductions, the South Atlantic Conference Spring Sports Festival and the year-end athletic ceremony. He is a member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and was a member of the regional advisory committee for NCAA Division II football (2002- 04). Davidson is currently the South Atlantic Conference AD liaison for baseball and women’s basketball and chairman of the SAC Athletic Directors Council. Davidson was also highly involved in the planning of the Hayes Field House and Shuford Stadium re- construction. He also has directed the highly popular Sam Moir Christmas Basketball Classic since 1996. A former member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), Davidson was