Welcome to VMI Lacrosse 2004 Schedule VMI Quick Facts Feb. 14 QUEENS (Scrimmage) 12 p.m. Location: Lexington, Virginia Feb. 14 ROANOKE (Scrimmage) 2 p.m. Founded: 1839 Feb. 21 BATES (Scrimmage) 1 p.m. Enrollment: 1,300 March 2 at Duke 7 p.m. Colors: Red (PMS 185), White, and Yellow (PMS 116) March 6 at Butler 1 p.m. Nickname: Keydets March 13 at Canisius* 1 p.m. Affiliation: NCAA Division I March 17 WAGNER* 3 p.m. Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) March 20 ST. JOSEPH'S* 1 p.m. Superintendent: General J.H. Binford Peay (VMI ’62) April 3 at Manhattan* 2 p.m. Athletic Director: Donny White (VMI ’65) April 10 MOUNT ST. MARY'S* 1 p.m. Home Field: Patchin Field (Grass / Cap. 1,000) April 14 at Washington and Lee 7:30 p.m. April 17 MARIST* 1 p.m. Head Coach: Doug Bartlett (SUNY Geneseo '70) April 24 at Providence* 2 p.m. Record at VMI: 107-132/ 19th Season April 26 at Holy Cross 1 p.m. Overall Record: 117-135/ 20th Season April 30 at Siena* 2 p.m. Bartlett's Office Phone: (540) 464-7512 May 7 at MAAC Championships# 5/7:30 p.m. Bartlett's e-mail: [email protected] May 9 at MAAC Championships# 1 p.m. Associate Head Coach: Mic Grant (Hampden-Sydney '92) * - MAAC Contest Grant's Office Phone: (540) 464-7789 # - at Buffalo, N.Y. Grant's e-mail: [email protected] 2003 Record: 4-8 (4-4 MAAC) The MAAC Letterwinners Returning / Lost: 15/9 On August 14, 2002, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Starters Returning / Lost: 5/5 (MAAC) voted the admittance of the VMI lacrosse program as an associate member of the conference, effective immediately. Media Information Assistant SID/ Lacrosse Contact: Andy Krauss VMI became the ninth lacrosse-playing member of the Krauss in Office: (540) 464-7514 conference, which is the largest in NCAA Division I lacrosse. Krauss at Home: (540) 463-6237 The MAAC has sponsored men's lacrosse since June of 1995. Krauss on Cellular: (540) 461-1316 The 2002 season marked the first season that the conference Krauss' email: [email protected] champion earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as Sports Information Director: Wade Branner Manhattan College was crowned the inaugural champion. The Branner's email: [email protected] Jaspers won a four-team postseason conference tournament to Sports Information FAX: (540) 464-7583 take the title. Mount St. Mary's captured the title in 2003. VMI Athletic Web Site: www.vmikeydets.com The 2004 MAAC Championships will be held on May 7 & 9 in Mailing & Overnight Address: Virginia Military Institute, Buffalo, N.Y., on the campus of Canisius College. Sports Information Office, 116 Smith Hall, Lexington, VA 24450 The other schools in the lacrosse league are Canisius College, Marist College, Mount St. Mary's College, Providence College, St. Credits Joseph's University, Siena College and Wagner College. Four of The 2004 Virginia Military Institute Lacrosse media guide is a publication those schools (Mt. St. Mary's, Providence, St. Joseph's and of the VMI Sports Information Office. Wagner) are also associate members of the conference for Written by: Andy Krauss, Assistant Sports Information Director. Layout by: Andy Krauss on a Macintosh G3 using Pagemaker 6.5 software. lacrosse. Editorial assistance by: Wade Branner, Sports Information Director and Ted Leshinski, Assisant Sports Information Director. In VMI's first season (2003), the Keydets posted a 4-4 conference Publication assistance by: B.R. Floyd record, losing three games by one goal each. VMI finished one Photography: Everything done by LTC Chuck Steenburgh, the official game out of qualification for the MAAC Championships. photographer of VMI Lacrosse and Andre's Studios, the official photography studio of VMI Lacrosse. Printing by: News-Gazette Print Shop-Lexington, Va. Lacrosse 2004 | Virginia Military Institute 1 VMI Head Coach Doug Bartlett Doug • Bartlett SUNY-Geneseo ’70 • 19th Season at VMI The Bartlett he 2003 VMI lacrosse season was the first File in the program's 20-year history in which T it was affiliated with a conference. The Year School Record man behind the move to the Metro Atlantic Con- 1984 Radford 10-3 ference is the same man who has guided the pro- gram for the past 18 years, Doug Bartlett. 1986 VMI 4-9 "I've waited 18 years to find a home for 1987 VMI 9-5 this program and to give it something to 1988 VMI 11-3 play for (a confernece championship)," said 1989 VMI 7-6 Bartlett after his team defeated Canisius, 13- 9 in its first-ever conference game. "Now 1990 VMI 7-5 VMI lacrosse is reaping the benefits of be- 1991 VMI 6-6 ing a member of a conference." It was that moment that Bartlett knew his program was 1992 VMI 9-5 headed in a new and more promising direction. 1993 VMI 5-9 With 107 victories at VMI to his credit, Bartlett remains the architect of the Keydet lacrosse program. In his 18 seasons, Bartlett has built his program from the ground up. 1994 VMI 6-7 In 1986, Bartlett took over a team that began varsity play in 1983 and immediately brought 1995 VMI 9-5 respectability to the program. Six of his first seven seasons at the helm of VMI resulted in non-losing 1996 VMI 6-8 seasons and five of those were winning seasons. 1997 VMI 1-12 In the past 18 seasons, Bartlett’s accomplishments with the Keydet lacrosse program are un- precedented. His 1992 team was ranked in the Top 25 lacrosse poll, making it only the fourth team 1998 VMI 4-10 in VMI history to be ranked in a national poll and his 1995 edition received votes as well. 1999 VMI 5-9 Bartlett’s coaching excellence and accomplish- 2000 VMI 7-6 ments at VMI have been repeatedly recognized by 2001 VMI 3-10 his peers. He has twice been selected as a coach for the South team in the North/South Lacrosse Classic 2002 VMI 4-9 –for the first time in 1992, and again in 1998 when 2003 VMI 4-8 he joined Maryland coach Dick Edell on the South TOTAL 117-135 sidelines. Bartlett has been a featured speaker at the AT VMI 107-132 Southeastern Region Lacrosse Coaches Clinic and also has been a keynote speaker at the United States Milestone Wins Lacrosse Association national convention. He current- 1st Win: March 1, 1984, ly serves as chairman of the Division I North / South 25-4 vs. The Citadel Lacrosse game. (in Radford, Va.) Bartlett has developed a reputation as a coach who 50th Win: March 22, 1991, pushes his players to excel on the field and pushes 9-6 vs. Ohio State himself in the recruiting wars to obtain top notch la- (in Baltimore, Md.) crosse players for his program and for VMI. 100th Win: March 8, 2000, Bartlett is a 1970 graduate of SUNY-Geneseo, 15-6 vs. Holy Cross where he started on the lacrosse team for four years. (in Lexington, Va.) He previously coached at Radford University, first as 100th VMI Win: March 10, 2002 an assistant and then as head coach. 8-3 vs. Wagner He is the father of three daughters – Jessie (15), (in Lexington, Va.) Kelsey (12) and Maiah (9). Virginia Military Institute | Lacrosse 2004 2 Ass. Head Coach Mic Grant & Athletic Trainer Chris Smith Mic Chris Grant • Associate Head Coach Smith, ATC • Defensive Coordinator • Athletic Trainer • Seventh Season • Fourth Season • Hampden-Sydney ’92 • Cal State-Chico ’98 very great coach needs a right-hand man to do his "be n the 21-year history of the VMI lacrosse program, hind-the-scenes work." Doug Bartlett's right-hand man is only one athletic trainer has worked with the team for E Mic Grant, who begins his seventh season as VMI’s defen- I four consecutive years. This season, Chris Smith, ATC sive coordinator and his third with the title of associate head coach. has become that trainer. In the summer of 2001, Grant became the recruiting coor- In his first three years with the program, Smith has dinator and involved more directly with the team's budgetary faced several challenging tasks dealing with "MASH expenditures. squads" of injuries, but has come through with flying Since then, VMI has brought in two of the biggest and most colors in keeping the team as healthy as possible. talented recruiting classes in the history of the program. In the fall, Smith works with the VMI football "I think that this promotion and additional responsibilities program, where he has also done an admirable job under exemplifies Mic's commitment of positive contributions to the pro- head trainer Lance Fujiwara. gram," said Bartlett. "This is certainly a statement of appreciation Prior to his arrival at VMI, Smith spent a year at the for what Mic has done for VMI lacrosse." University of Virginia, where he received his Master's of In his six years at VMI, Grant has taken the goals against av- Education in Athletic Training. erage from 13.27 in his first year to 9.00 in 2000 and 10.79 in 2003. A 1998 graduate of California State University, "He has made a phenomenal improvement in our defense," said Chico, Smith received his Bachelor's Degree in Physical Bartlett. "The one-on-one defense and team concept has improved Education and played on the football team as an dramatically." undergraduate. Smith, 28, stayed on at CSU, Chico as a Grant came to VMI from Hampden-Sydney College, where graduate assistant athletic trainer until he passed his he was an assistant coach for five seasons under Head Coach Ray certification exam in April of 1999.