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ATTENDANCE RECORDS Attendance Records All Games Largest Crowd: 22,717 vs. Kentucky /Rupp Arena/Lexington, Ky, 11/25/05 Season Total Home Away Largest Crowd To See A Flames Victory: 8,515 vs. High Point, 3/6/04 Largest Crowd To See A Flames Defeat: 22,717 vs. Kentucky /Rupp Arena/ 1979 *10,327 10,327 ****** Lexington, Ky, 11/25/05 1980 *17,198 17,198 (20) ****** Highest Average: 4,703 during the 2004 season 1981 28,828 9,607 (13) 19,221 (11) 1982 22,808 13,765 (14) 9,043 (11) Home Games Largest Crowd: 9,003 vs. Virginia Tech, 1/23/97 1983 61,780 31,047 (20) 30,733 (12) Largest Crowd To See A Flames Victory: 8,515 vs. High Point, 3/6/04 1984 36,171 25,826 (15) 10,345 (14) Largest Crowd To See A Flames Defeat: 9,003 vs. Virginia Tech, 1/23/97 1985 36,314 24,747 (16) 11,567 (13) Highest Average: 5,355 during the 1997 season 1986 +39,734 32,642 (16) 7,092 (12) 1987 44,682 31,770 (15) 12,912 (14) Away Games Largest Crowds: 22,717 at Kentucky /Rupp Arena/Lexington, Ky, 11/25/05 1988 45,247 38,050 (17) 7,197 (11) Largest Crowd To See A Flames Victory: 6,898 vs. Wisc. Stevens Point, 3/16/83 1989 73,217 38,630 (13) 34,197 (14) Largest Crowd To See A Flames Defeat: 22,717 at Kentucky /Rupp Arena/ 1990 52,792 31,935 (14) 20,857 (14) Lexington, Ky, 11/25/05 1991 59,890 30,535 (11) 29,355 (17) Highest Average: 4,407 during the 2008 season 1992 68,801 46,649 (15) 22,152 (12) Top 25 Games - Attendance 1993 67,143 37,345 (13) 29,798 (17) 22,717 vs. Kentucky in Rupp Arena/Lexington, Ky, 11/25/05 1994 103,110 44,766 (13) 58,344 (17) 21,298 vs. Kentucky in Rupp Arena/Lexington, Ky. 11/21/07 1995 100,816 60,653 (15) 40,163 (13) 19,718 vs. North Carolina in USAir Arena/Landover, Md., 3/18/94 1996 111,822 75,883 (15) 35,939 (14) 18,456 vs. St. Joseph’s in HSBC Arena/Buffalo, N.Y., 3/18/04 17,950 vs. Maryland in Comcast Center/College Park, Md., 12/28/04 1997 126,779 85,674 (16) 35,315 (16) 14,557 vs. Arizona in McKale Center, Tucson, Az., 12/28/03 1998 89,238 48,372 (14) 40,866 (14) 13,300 vs. Missouri in Columbia, Mo., 12/19/94 1999 57,180 27,051 (13) 30,129 (14) 13,106 vs. Providence in Providence, R.I., 12/29/90 2000 85,224 47,754 (14) 34,344 (13) 10,775 vs. Florida in Stephen C. O’Connell Center/Gainesville, Fla., 1/2/07 10,182 vs. Fresno State in Selland Arena/Fresno, Calif., 11/30/96 2001 62,011 33,901 (13) 23,485 (13) 9,906 vs. Fresno State in Save Mart Center/Fresno, Calif., 11/10/07 2002 44,660 21,557 (13) 21,306 (14) 9,847 vs. Virginia Tech in Cassell Coliseum/Blacksburg, Va., 12/19/07 2003 84,254 44,027 (16) 40,227 (13) 9,573 vs. Chaminade in Kemper Arena/Kansas City, Mo., 3/17/83 2004 105,991 62,287 (15) 43,704 (13) 9,463 vs. Oklahoma in Lloyd Noble Center/Norman, Okla., 11/16/06 2005 94,392 42,763 (13) 51,629 (15) 9,284 vs. BYU in Marriot Center/Provo, Utah, 12/28/06 9,003 vs. Virginia Tech in Lynchburg, Va., 1/23/97 2006 72,908 23,183 (13) 49,160 (14) 8,700 vs. Seton Hall Sullivan Arena/Anchorage, Alaska, 11/29/03 2007 80,761 29,765 (15) 50,996 (16) 8,650 vs. Virginia Tech in Lynchburg, Va., 2/24/92 2008 103,678 37,580 (15) 66,098 (15) 8,547 vs. Virginia Tech in Lynchburg, Va., 1/28/95 8,519 vs. Wake Forest in Lawrence Joel Coliseum/Winston-Salem, N.C., 11/24/97 8,515 vs. High Point in Lynchburg, Va., 3/6/04 * Figures for away attendance are not available. 8,430 vs. Duke in Sullivan Arena/Anchorage, Alaska, 11/28/03 Averages based on home game dates only. 8,037 vs. Iowa State in James H. Hilton Coliseum/Ames, Iowa, 12/13/03 + No figures for one home and two away games. 8,076 vs. Virginia in University Hall/Charlottesville, Va., 11/18/05 ( ) - Number of games 7,705 vs. Canisius in Sullivan Arena/Anchorage, Alaska, 11/27/03 LibertyFlames.com 21 22 2008-09 Liberty Flames Basketball ALL-TIME HONOR ROLL All-Americans VASID All-State Second Team Big South Hall of Fame First Team College Division Peter Aluma: 1995 Peter Aluma: Class of 2008 Karl Hess: 1980 NCCAA (G) First Team Larry Blair: 2004 Bailey Alston: 1988 Chris Caldwell: 2001-02 Big South Preseason Second Team Eric Gordon: 1984 Nathan Day: 2001 Player of the Year Mike Goad: 1975 NCCAA (F) Steve Isaacs: 1983 Jason Dixon: 1995 Anthony Smith: 2009 Steve Isaacs: 1983 NAIA (C) Mike Minett: 1986 Keith Ferguson: 1992 Delawn Grandison: 1999 Mason-Dixon Third Team University Division Parish Hickman: 1993 All-Conference Cliff Webber: 1985 Basketball First Team Larry Jackson: 1996 First Team Times - NCAA II (C) Peter Aluma: 1996-97 Leo Lightbourne: 2005 Bailey Alston: 1988 Larry Blair: 2006 Marcus White: 1997 Eric Gordon: 1984 Honorable Mention Carl Williams: 2000 Mike Minett: 1986 Mark Chafin: 1978 NCCAA (G) Second Team Cliff Webber: 1985 Willard DeShazor: 1976 NCCAA (F) Larry Blair: 2005 All-Rookie Team Steve Isaacs: 1982 NAIA (C) David Dees: 2005 Peter Aluma: 1994 Second Team Ed Vickers: 1980 NCCAA (F) Matt Hildebrand: 1994 Jeremy Anderson: 2008 Brad Hamersley: 1987-98 Alex McLean: 2008 Jamaal Bennett: 1999 Rodney Harrison: 1987 CollegeInsider.com Julius Nwosu: 1992 Larry Blair: 2004 Dan Kennard: 1986 Preseason Mid-Major Chris Caldwell: 1999 Greg McCauley: 1985 Larry Blair: 2007 Honorable Mention David Dees: 2004 Mike Minett: 1987 Anthony Smith: 2009 TeeJay Bannister: 2008 Larry Jackson: 1995 Cliff Webber: 1984 Jeremy Monceaux: 2003 GTE/CoSIDA Academic Coach of the Year Anthony Smith: 2006 All-Tournament All-America Jeff Meyer: 1992 Marcus White: 1996 Bailey Alston: 1988 First Team Eric Gordon: 1984 Karl Hess: 1980 NCCAA College Richmond Times All-State All-Tournament Mike Minett: 1987 Division (G) Peter Aluma: 1996-97 Peter Aluma: 1994-96-97 Cliff Webber: 1985 Larry Blair: 2004 National All-Tournament Team Big South Larry Jackson: 1997 Player of the Year Karl Hess: 1980 NCCAA (MVP) All-Conference Gabe Martin: 2004 Bailey Alston: 1988 Ed Vickers: 1980 NCCAA First Team Marcus White: 1996 Cliff Webber: 1985 Peter Aluma: 1996-97 Darryl Williams: 1994 All-Region Larry Blair: 2005-06-07 Coach of the Year Big South Rookie Of The Year National Association David Dees: 2005 Jeff Meyer: 1985 Larry Blair: 2004 of Basketball Coaches Matt Hildebrand: 1994 College Division Larry Jackson: 1998 Gabe Martin: 2003-04 Big South Tournament MVP Bailey Alston: 1988 Peter Aluma: 1994-97 Greg McCauley: 1982 Alex McLean: 2008 Mike Minett: 1986 Julius Nwosu: 1992-93 University Division Second Team Peter Aluma: 1997 Third Team Bailey Alston: 1990 All-District NCCAA Mark Chafin: 1975-76-77 Mike Goad: 1974-75 Karl Hess: 1980 Mark Chaffin Steve Issacs Ed Vickers Karl Hess Ed Vickers: 1980 NAIA District 19 Steve Isaacs: 1981-82 Greg McCauley: 1982 Mark Swift: 1981 Coach of the Year Jeff Meyer: 1982 NAIA District 29 Peter Aluma Matt Hildebrand Cliff Webber Bailey Alston Kenny Gunn: 1983 Steve Isaacs: 1983 LibertyFlames.com 23 Athletics Athletics Since joining the Big South Conference in 1991, Liberty has won 82 conference championships, averaging nearly five league titles per season. Liberty captured its sixth Big South Sasser Cup championship in 2008, making Liberty the second most honored athletics department in conference history. The Flames also won the prestigious honor in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2003. Besides claiming its sixth Big South Sasser Cup title, Liberty also took home the Men’s All-Sport and Women’s All-Sport trophies to become the second athletics department in league history to claim the “triple crown” sweep. During the 2007-08 season, Liberty posted more team championships than any other athletics program inside the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Flames won eight Big South titles, an NCAA East Regional in wrestling and the men’s outdoor track and field IC4A championship. For the third time in athletics department history, Liberty had three CoSIDA Academic All-America honorees in the same year. Mike Gelatt was named to the men’s soccer first-team squad, Megan Frazee was named to the women’s basketball second- team listing and Clendon Henderson was named to the track and field first-team list of academic award winners. With the trio of CoSIDA Academic All-America honorees last year, Liberty now has placed 14 student-athletes in athletics department history on the most prestigious collegiate academic team in the nation. Among the athletes named Big South Scholar-Athlete for their respective sports during the 2007-08 season were Clendon Henderson for men’s indoor and outdoor track & field and Allyson Fasnacht for women’s basketball. Fasnacht capped off a stellar Liberty athletics career last year by being named the recipient of the Mac Rivera/Rock Royer Award, an award given annually to honor Liberty’s top graduating senior student-athlete. Liberty had 190 student-athletes named to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll at the conclusion of the 2007-08 season.