THIS IS UTA 58 With a commitment to life-enhancing research, teaching excellence and service to the community, The University of at Arlington is an educational leader in the heart of the - Fort Worth Metroplex. Founded in 1895 as a private liberal arts institution, UT Arlington achieved senior college status in 1959 and became part of the University of Texas System in 1965. The University’s nearly 25,000 students pursue more than 180 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees. True to its “Be a Maverick” mantra, UT Arlington attracts bright minds and independent thinkers who achieve distinction in the classroom, laboratory, workplace and community.

Be A Maverick Be a Leader • Be an Innovator • Be an Achiever

59 UT Arlington embraces an active-learning environ- ment that places students at the center of the learn- ing process. Many of the University’s 1,100 faculty

are recognized nationally and internationally for their S teaching and research expertise as well as their com- munity service.

• UT Arlington is one of only seven universities in C Texas and one of two in with an Honors College. I

• The School of Architecture holds fi rst place (tied with Rice University) in the “Most Innovative Architec- ture Program” category by Design Intelligence Jour- M nal.

• The Studio Arts Center’s spacious facilities for E glass, neon, painting, sculpture, metals, clay and print making attract some of the country’s most talented art

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• The College of Business Administration has the

largest executive MBA program in China. A • The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education maga- zine selected UT Arlington as one of its top 100 four-

year colleges for Hispanics in 2006. C

• U.S. News & World Report recently named three

UT Arlington distance education programs among the ACADEMICS best in the nation. A

• Statewide partnerships with UT Austin, Rice Uni- versity and UT Dallas have established internationally Colleges and Schools recognized programs in nanotechnology. Collabora- School of Architecture tions with UT Dallas and North Lake College have College of Business Administration established strong educational, training and research College of Education strengths in the DFW region. College of Engineering Graduate School • The School of Urban and Public Affairs is listed Honors College among the nation’s best graduate schools of public af- College of Liberal Arts fairs in the U.S. News & World Report 2005 Graduate School of Nursing School Rankings. College of Science School of Social Work • Located in downtown Fort Worth, the UT Arlington School of Urban and Public Affairs Fort Worth Center offers master’s degree and con- tinuing education programs tailored for the working professional. Degrees Offered 78 Bachelor’s 73 Master’s 33 Doctoral

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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of • The School of Nursing’s Smart Hospital, a simulat- Teaching classifi es UT Arlington as a Research ed environments with lifelike mannequins, is one of six University/High Activity. The University’s research sites recognized as a Center of Excellence in Simula- and sponsored activities funding has increased by tion by Laerdal Medical. 80 percent since 2001. During the same time period, the number of startup companies derived from UT • Electrical and industrial engineering researchers Arlington technologies has increased four-fold and the are developing the Texas Radio Frequency Innovation number of patents fi led by more than 800 percent. and Technology Center, a consortium of UT Arlington, UT Dallas, the University of North Texas and North • Biochemistry researchers are exploring ways to Lake College, the study methods of automatic identifi - reduce the debilitating side effects of chemotherapy cation and data capture. and radiation treatments on cancer patients. • Professors in the College of Education are study- • Engineers in the Nanotechnology Research and ing the effects of exercise and weight loss on sleep Teaching Facility are manipulating individual atoms quality and quantity. and molecules that could herald the next electronics revolutions. • Faculty in the Bioengineering Department, in as- sociation with UT Southwestern Medical Center at • Psychology professors are studying areas of the Dallas, are conducting research in optical medical brain that, through proper drug management tech- imaging. These investigators seek improved surgical niques, decrease the perception of pain. procedures for implanting deep brain stimulators to combat cancer.

61 UT Arlington’s tree-lined campus encompasses 420 acres and more than 100 buildings in the center of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The University contin-

S ues to expand and upgrade its facilities to meet grow- ing demand.

• The Chemistry and Physics Building opened in U spring 2006 and features more than 124,000 square feet of research space and a state-of-the-art planetar-

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• Future additions include an $80 million engineer- ing research building.

M • The central Library, two branch libraries and four electronic libraries cumulatively house more than a million physical volumes and provide access to more

A than 37,000 full-text print and electronic periodicals

and newspapers as well as other media. CAMPUS C • Located in Fort Worth about 10 miles from the main UT Arlington campus, the Automatic and Robot- ics Research Institute stimulates economic growth through research and manufacturing extension pro- grams.

• An expansion and renovation of the Maverick Ac- tivities Center will add more than 80,000 square feet of space and include more than 80 pieces of cardio equipment, three circuit weight systems and a com- plete selection of free weights.

• UT Arlington operates 10 computer labs. The larg- est is the three-story Ransom Hall facilities, open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Student B o dy Enrollment 51 percent White 24,825 total 14 percent Hispanic 19,205 undergraduates 12 percent African American 5,620 graduates 11 percent International 11 percent Asian Less than 1 percent Native American

62 UT Arlington’s diverse student body hails from all corners • Nationally known entertainers, musical of the United States and almost 130 countries. Nearly 300 acts and speakers highlight a year-round campus organizations give students a myriad of opportuni- calendar of Maverick activities. Popular an-

ties to become active participants in the Maverick commu- nual events include MavsMeet, Graduation E nity. Celebration, Parents Weekends, Academic Excellence Week, Maverick Stampede, the

• Campus housing accommodates more than 4,400 Big Event community service day, Interna- F students, including 421 in Kalpana Chawla Hall. Named for tional Week, Homecoming, Activities Fair the alumna who died aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Day, Bed Races and the Oozeball Mud Vol- I

KC Hall houses UT Arlington’s fi rst living/learning program. leyball Tournament. L • The UT Arlington Mavericks fi eld NCAA Division I men’s teams in men’s basketball, baseball, indoor and outdoor track and fi eld, cross country, tennis and golf and women’s teams in basketball, softball, volleyball, indoor and outdoor track and fi eld, cross country and tennis. The S wheelchair basketball team has won seven national cham-

pionships. U • The Department of Campus Recreation features informal recreation, intramural sports, a wellness program,

sports clubs and aquatics. The remodeled and expanded P Maverick Activities Center will feature a 20,000-square-foot weight and fi tness room, two indoor tracks, in indoor soc- cer gymnasium as well as basketball, racquetball, badmin-

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• UT Arlington’s Greek organizations annually contribute more than 10,500 community service hours to local and

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C CAMPUSLIFE 63 ailed as the ideal person to lead The University of Texas at Arlington into a new era of prominence, James D. HSpaniolo was appointed the Univer- sity’s seventh president in November 2003 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents. He took office in February 2004 and immediately began building an administra- tive team and reaching out to stakeholders to map a course for UT Arlington’s future. Boosting research and private support for the state’s seventh largest university are among his priorities. President Spaniolo’s experience in higher education, law, philanthropy, politics and journalism make him uniquely qualifi ed to lead a comprehensive teaching, research and public service institution like UT Arling- ton. With an enrollment of more than 25,000 students, UT Arlington is the third largest of JJAMESAMES SPANIOLOSPANIOLO UUNIVERSITYNIVERSITY PRESIDENTPRESIDENT the 15 institutions in the U.T. System and Prior to his tenure at Michigan State, he offers 90 baccalaureate, 74 master’s and 34 was vice president and chief program offi cer UT ARLINGTON PRESIDENTS doctoral degrees. of the John S. and James L. Knight Founda- With a continued focus on technology tion, the largest media-related private foun- 2004- James D. Spaniolo transfer and economic development, UT dation in the United States with more than Arlington is solidifying its status as a leading $1.5 billion in assets. In seven years with the 2003-2004 Dr. Charles Sorber (interim) research university in the Dallas-Fort Worth Knight Foundation, he directed a program area, the state and the nation. During the that included major grants and initiatives to 1995-2003 Dr. Robert Witt 2002 fi scal year, the University received a support journalism and a free press in the 39-percent increase in externally-funded United States and worldwide. He also served 1992-1995 Dr. Ryan Amacher awards over the preceding year. as a member of the foundation’s Journalism Before coming to UTA, President Spaniolo Advisory Committee from 1997-2003. 1972-1992 Dr. Wendell H. Nedderman was dean of Michigan State University’s Col- Before joining Knight Foundation, Presi- lege of Communication Arts and Sciences. dent Spaniolo was a newspaper executive 1968-1972 Dr. Frank Harrison As dean from 1996-2003, he oversaw an and lawyer with Knight-Ridder for more than enrollment increase of more than 1,000 stu- a decade. He was vice president of human 1959-1968 Dr. Jack Royce Woolf dents and helped establish the James H. and resources and assistant to the publisher at Mary B. Quello Center for Telecommunica- the Detroit Free Press and general executive 1946-1959 Dr. E.H. Hereford tion Management and Law by raising more and general counsel at The Miami Herald. than $3.5 million. He forged a partnership He began his legal career with the Miami 1923-1946 Dean Edward Everett Davis with a newspaper corporation in Mexico and law fi rm of Paul & Thomson, which rep- strengthened alumni outreach. He was also resented The Herald, and later served as 1917-1923 Dean Myron L. Williams a professor in the School of Journalism and associate general counsel of the American taught courses on the First Amendment and Newspaper Publishers Association, where 1916-1917 John B. Dodson communications law. he established the organization’s legal de- partment. He is a member of the Florida Bar 1913-1916 H.K. Taylor and has been admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the 5th and 11th U.S. 1902-1913 James McCoy Carlisle Circuit Courts of Appeals and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. 1895-1902 Lee Morgan Hammond He graduated with high honors from Michigan State in 1968 with a B.A. degree 1895-1902 William H. Trimble in political science. As a senior, he was editor-in-chief of the student daily, the State News. Following service in the U.S. Army Re- Arlington College, 1895-1902 serve, he became an assistant to Michigan Carlisle Military Academy , 1902-1913 State President Clifton R. Wharton Jr. from Arlington Training School, 1913-1916 1970-72. He earned a law degree from The Arlington Military Academy, 1916-1917 University of Michigan Law School in 1975 Grubbs Vocational College, 1917-1923 and a master’s degree in public administra- North Texas Agricultural College, 1923-1949 tion from The University of Michigan Institute Arlington State College, 1949-67 of Public Policy Studies (now the Gerald R. The University of Texas at Arlington, 1967-present Ford School of Public Policy). President Spaniolo has a son, Jamie, and a daughter, Sarah, both of whom live in Washington D.C.

64 he fi fth Director of Intercollegiate Ath- letics at UTA since 1953, Pete Carlon is in his 12th year as the department’s Tdirector after serving twice as the interim athletics director. Carlon has been with the university since 1981, when he came to UTA from Stephen F. Austin to become the head athletics trainer. He served as assistant or associate athlet- ics director from 1984 until he was named director of athletics in May of 1996. During Carlon’s fi rst tenure as interim athletics director in 1991-92, UTA won fi ve team conference titles and was ranked by the Women’s Sports Foundation as the second best Division I program in the nation in terms of commitment to gender equity. During the 1996-97 year, in Carlon’s fi rst year as the permanent athletics director, the Mavericks claimed both the men’s and women’s All-Sports PPETEETE CARLONCARLON AATHLETICSTHLETICS DDIRECTORIRECTOR trophy, a fi rst in the history of the UTA athlet- ics program. In 1998-99, UTA again claimed both the men’s and women’s All-Sports Championship and won the SLC Commis- sioner’s Cup in its second year of existence. The Commissioner’s Cup recognizes the conference’s best overall athletics program. In all, UTA has won three Commissioner’s Cups and has fi nished among the top three schools in the race for the Cup each year by the organization when he was named Carlon spearheaded a facilities upgrade since it began in 1998. During Carlon’s ten- recipient of the NATA Most Distinguished Ath- with the fi rst phase of ure the UTA women’s teams have captured letic Trainer Award in 1997. In 1989, Carlon renovation completed. Other facilities that fi ve SLC All-Sports trophies and the men’s was presented the Frank Medina Award for have receive enhancement since 2002 team have won six all-sports awards. In all, service to athletics training and mankind, and include: the UTA Tennis Center, Allan Saxe the Mavericks have won 48 team conference has twice (1988 and 1996) earned the Eddie Softball Field and the track surface at Mav- championships during Carlon’s tenure as Wojecki Award for service to SWATA. erick Stadium. athletics director. He was inducted into the SWATA Hall of Carlon earned a bachelor’s degree from In 1997-98, Carlon teamed with then- Fame in 1999 and the NATA Hall of Fame in Iowa State University in 1975 and his mas- University President Dr. Robert Witt to join 2005 - the organization’s highest honor. ter’s degree from Northwest Missouri State forces with student and faculty leaders to Carlon served a two-year term as presi- University in 1976. He began his professional spearhead the campaign for a referendum dent of the Southland Conference and chair career at Arlington James Bowie High School on a Student Intercollegiate Athletics Fee. of its executive committee. He previously in 1976 as a health teacher and athletics This student athletics fee won overwhelm- served on the executive committee in two- trainer, and was the school’s Teacher of the ing support from the student body and was year stints as vice president/chair of the com- Year in 1978. Carlon and his wife, Beth, who enacted by the state legislature and then pliance committee and secretary/treasurer is an elementary school administrator in Ir- Gov. George W. Bush in 1999. The fee was and chair of the fi nance committee. ving ISD, are both natives of Gowrie, Iowa. the fi rst of its kind in the state of Texas, and Carlon has also served on the Southland serves as model for other institutions. Conference Honors and Awards, Compli- Carlon has placed a special emphasis on ance, Strategic Planning, Championships, maintaining an environment of academic ex- Officiating and Marketing and Television cellence for UTA student-athletes. Numerous committees. academic support services and programs Nationally, Carlon is an appointed mem- have been implemented to assist each ber of the NCAA Division I Academics student-athlete in their academic endeavors. Eligibility and Compliance Cabinet. He also UTA athletics is involved with the NCAA serves as the Division I Transfer Issues Ad CHAMPS/Life Skills program, which provides Hoc Subcommittee and chairs the Division I Mavericks student-athletes opportunities for Subcommittee on Financial Aid. life enriching leadership experiences, com- Carlon completed a four-year term (1998- munity service and life skills training. 2002) on the NCAA Committee on Com- During his 12-year tenure as head athlet- petitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of ics trainer, Carlon served as president of the Sports as well as the Subcommittee for Drug Southwest Athletic Trainers Association in Education and Testing. He also is an active 1987-88, was a member of the Southwest participant in the NCAA Athletics Certifi ca- Athletic Trainers Association (SWATA) Ex- tion process, having served on NCAA Peer ecutive Board, and served two terms on the Review Teams evaluating 10 other Division national board of directors for the National I institutions. He served as the president of Athletic Trainers Association. Carlon re- the I-AAA Athletic Directors Association in ceived one of the highest honors presented 2005-06. 65 UTA Tennis Center AATHLETICTHLETIC FACILITIESFACILITIES Allan Saxe Softball Field

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66 Blue, white, we’ve got the might, Mavericks, we’re gonna fi ght Shout our praises to the sky V-I-C-T-O-R-Y Go big Mavericks UTA Mavericks Fight, Fight Go big Mavericks All the way Mavericks Fight Fight Go Mavs!

ALMA MATER Dear School we love. You are our Alma Mater, And through the years, MAVERICK LOGO Our faith we shall proclaim. The horse rides again. The mascot of the spirited Maver- We are each one, ick horse has returned to the A loyal son or daughter, campus after the use of the cowboy-like Sam Maverick, Our song of praise, in honor of Texas pioneer Shall glorify your name. Samuel Augustus Maverick, Dear School we love, for the past three decades. Forever Arlington. UTA COLORS The school color of Royal Blue has been the color of the UT Arlington athletics department since its inception. A number of complimentary colors has been incorporated. During its affi liation with the Texas A&M University System, red was used. Today, orange has been added to solidify its affi lia- tion with the University of Texas System. White and YYOUROUR SPIRITSPIRIT silver have been used as a third color. ISIS SHOWINGSHOWING HOW A GRUBBWORM BECAME A MAVERICK Hornets, Junior Aggies, Blue Riders and Rebels among lege, the nickname was offi cially changed to Blue Riders. varks was the top vote-getter behind Rebels. In February long list of mascot names According to an Aug. 25, 1949, article in the Tarrant County 1970, with Rebels not being one of the choices, Texans won An aardvark as UTA’s mascot? It could’ve happened. Citizen, “It was felt that the name would be appropriate out over Mavericks and Apollos, but Mavericks prevailed The story begins more than 80 years ago. with the school colors (blue and white), and would allow in a runoff. From 1917, when it joined the Texas A&M System, to artists an opportunity to sketch attractive designs for team The battle still wasn’t over as students forced a refer- 1921, the school’s athletic teams answered to Grubbers or uniforms.” endum a month later, and the Old South theme prevailed the school’s name, Grubbs Vocational College) and Short- Except Blue Riders never caught on, either. In 1951, again. UTA President Frank Harrison pleaded with students horns (after the campus newspaper, ). President E.H. Hereford called a meeting of as many to make a change. Grubbers just wasn’t destined to last, and many didn’t sophomores as he could fi nd and asked them to suggest In May 1971, one more vote was held. Again, students like Shorthorns because that’s what freshman teams at yet another mascot. could vote for any name they chose, as long as it wasn’t the school’s hated rival, The University of Texas at Austin, Rebels subsequently won a student vote, and the fi ght Rebels. Mavericks won over Toros, Rangers and Hawks. were called. song Dixie and mascot Johnny Red became intricate parts The fi rst Maverick mascot was a horned horse. In A Shorthorn editorial Nov. 12, 1921, liked Hornets the of the theme and continued as ASC became a four-year later years it was patterned, sort of, after Sam Maverick, idea of the ‘Horn’ and the ‘Sting’ too.” school in 1959. The theme was never seriously questioned a wealthy Texas landowner who participated in many So Hornets it was—but not for long. When the school until spring 1965 when some argued that Rebels depicted momentous events in the state’s early history, among them changed to North Texas Agricultural College in 1923, the a symbol of slavery. Others maintained that it represented the defense of the Alamo. He died in 1870. yearbook that appeared in the spring was called the Junior Southern heritage. Maverick accumulated a fabled empire and inspired Aggie. This set in motion a gradual shift over the years from Several votes for name changes were held over the next the term “maverick” to denote an unbranded calf or an Hornets to Junior Aggies. six years, including one in 1968 (one year after the school independent person. In 1949, when the school became Arlington State Col- became The University of Texas at Arlington) when Aard- 67 The UT Arlington strength and conditioning facility con- SSTRENGTH CONDITIONING AND tains state-of-the-art equipment by BodyMasters, Uesaka, Precor and Troy. A year-round periodized program is utilized to develop T fundamental strength, functional strength, power and

explosiveness. Injury prevention is a top priority therefore, R special exercises are assigned to high-risk areas for each sports. Proper exercise technique is emphasized at all

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athlete and competitive Olympic-style weight lifter to de- T veloping all-Americans and helping teams win conference championships. By staying up to date on the latest research in the fi eld H of strength and conditioning he ensures that our athletes are training not only harder than their competition but also smarter. Each athlete works towards team goals while

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68 SSPORTSPORTS MMEDICINEEDICINE A commitment to total care exists in every facet of UT Arlington’s approach to its student-athletes. UT Arlington Athletics Training facility contains modern equipment to ensure that a student-athlete is treated with care. Combined with the University health center, the student-athlete at UT Arlington is provided a team of physicians and care specialists. The Maverick health care team focuses on prevention, treatment and reha- bilitation. Equipment, training, medical and strength and conditioning staffs are jointly committed to health care and prevention. “It has always been our philosophy to take a proactive approach to health care rather than just tending to our student-athletes after an injury,” said Roy Rudewick, Head Athletics Trainer. Rudewick, a 1989 graduate of UT Arlington enters his fi rst season with the Mavericks after more than a decade of service within the Arlington Independent School District. He will oversee all teams and will serve as the primary contact for the men’s basketball program. Gina Giammanco enters her third year on the Mavericks staff. A 2003 gradu- ate of University of Louisiana-Monroe with a degree in exercise physiology and a 2004 master’s degree in exercise physiology, she is the primary contact for the volleyball and softball teams. Julie Homuth is in her second year at UT Arlington. A 2004 graduate of Win- ona (Minn.) State with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science-athletic training and a 2006 graduate of Michigan State with a master’s in kinesiology- athletic training, Homuth serves as the primary contact for women’s basketball and men’s and women’s tennis. She also serves as the department’s coordinator of NCAA drug testing. Gorman is an intern in her second season with the men’s and women’s cross country and track and fi eld teams. Siracusa begins his fi rst season as the graduate assistant trainer for the Maverick baseball team.

The UT Arlington Athletics Training Staff (from left): Gina Giammanco, Megan Gorman, Roy Rude- wick, Julie Homuth and Steven Siracusa.

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HEAD COACHES ATHLETIC PHONE NUMBERS Athletics Director ...... 272-5039 Baseball ...... 272-2542 Business Offi ce ...... 272-2070 Compliance ...... 272-2047 Golf ...... 272-5038 Men’s Basketball ...... 272-5707

Diego Benitez Scott Cross Debbie Hedrick Samantha Morrow Marketing/Promotions ...... 272-7168 Tennis Men’s Basketball Softball Women’s Basketball Maverick Club ...... 272-7168 Softball ...... 272-5756 Sports Information ...... 272-2213 Strength and Conditioning ...... 272-0851 Tennis (men’s and women’s) ...... 272-2546 Track and Field ...... 272-5753 Training Room ...... 272-2031

Jay Rees John Sauerhage Diane Seymour Darin Thomas Volleyball ...... 272-2216 Baseball Men’s Golf Track and Field/ Volleyball Women’s Basketball ...... 272-1065 Cross Country ASSISTANT COACHES

Brandon Berger Reggie Brown Erin Clute Derrick Daniels Mark Flatten Erin Grant Track and Field Men’s Basketball Volleyball Men’s Basketball Baseball Women’s Basketball

Vince Kwasnick Shane Lafl in Rebecca Landry Younes Limam Angela Perry Jason Porostovsky Softball Women’s Basketball Volleyball Tennis Softball Men’s Basketball

Joey Prebynski Ashley Purgason Gerald Richey Jay Sirianni Lindsey Wilson Roy Williams Baseball Dir. of Operations WBB Dir. of Operations Track and Field Baseball Women’s Basketball Track and Field

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Mishael Berger Tony Burken Kelly Carter Jason Chaput Wayne Cunnings Linda Foster Head Academic Advisor Assistant. A.D. Assistant Sports Manager of Events Strength and Administrative Secretary for Business Operations Information Director and Operations Conditioning Coach

Debbie Garcia Gina Giammanco Timeka Gordon Julie Homuth Angela Martinez Dr. Barry McKeown Associate A.D. for Assistant Athletic Trainer Academic Advisor Assistant Athletic Trainer Marketing/Promotions Faculty Representative Academics/SWA CHAMPS Life Skills Coordinator Coordinator

John Mocek Lorraine Palmer Shirley Racioppa Dr. Bill Reeves Associate A.D. for Administrative Secretary Administrative Secretary Athletics Eligibility Finance and Operations Certifi cation Offi cer

Roy Rudewick Darrin Scheid Cassie Thompson Head Athletic Trainer Assistant Sports Academic Advisor Information Director

71 MMAVERICKSAVERICKS MAKINGMAKING A DIFFERENCEDIFFERENCE Being a Maverick means being active in the community - both on campus and the Arlington area. With the goal of building leaders in the community, the UT Arlington athletics department and its student-athletes take an active role in community service projects. Among the community service projects include the D.E.A.R. Mavericks (Drop Everything and Read) Program. Student ath- letes inspire youth from Arlington, Mansfi eld, Grand Prairie area schools by reading to classes and speaking to groups about the importance of staying in school. The Student Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) is a com- mittee made up of student-athletes from all 14 intercollegiate athletic teams at UT Arlington. The mission of the NCAA is to maintain intercol- legiate athletics as an integral part of the campus educational program and the student-athlete as an integral part of the student body. With this in mind, the CHAMPS/Life Skills Program was created to support the student-athlete development initiatives of NCAA member institutions and to enhance the quality of the student-athlete experience within the context of higher education. In the process of achieving this mission, the CHAMPS/Life Skills Program at UT Arlington will:

• Promote student-athletes’ ownership of their academic, athletic, career, personal and community responsibilities. • Meet the changing needs of student-athletes. • Promote respect for diversity and inclusion among student-athletes. • Assist student-athletes in identifying and applying transferable skills. • Enhance partnerships between the NCAA, member institutions and their communities for the purpose of education. • Foster an environment that encourages student-athletes to effectively access campus resources. • Encourage the development of character, integrity and leadership skills.

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NAME ...... CLASSIFICATION ...... YR. INDUCTED Fred Arnold ...... Football ...... 2001 Lisa Austin...... Track and Field ...... 2000 Ron Barnett ...... Football, Baseball ...... 2001 Mike Baylor ...... Football ...... 1987 Burley Bearden ...... Football Coach...... 1994 Tom Beasley ...... Football, Baseball Coach ...... 2006 Sara Massey-Bontke...... Track and Field ...... 1996 Willie Brand ...... Basketball ...... 1997 Dexter Bussey...... Football ...... 1985 Errol Byles...... Men’s Track and Field ...... 2007 Skip Butler...... Football ...... 1989 Scotty Caldwell ...... Football ...... 2005 Mark Cannon ...... Football ...... 1997 Gwen Clardy-Ross ...... Track and Field ...... 2005 Wayne Coble ...... Football, Track and Field ...... 1990 ...... Football ...... 2002 Jody Conradt...... Volleyball, Basketball and Softball Coach...... 1987 Al Culton ...... Basketball ...... 1991 Sansiski Daniels...... Track and Field ...... 1994 Roy Dewalt...... Football ...... 1988 Bob Diem ...... Football ...... 2007 Larry Dowler...... Swimming ...... 1998 Dale Drennan ...... Track and Field ...... 1990 H.A.D. “Hoss” Dunsworth.. Student-Athlete, Faculty, Coach, Supporter ....1992 Hall of Honor inductees Paul Renfro, Brenda Woodard and UT Arlington Don Easterling ...... Swimming Coach ...... 1993 Athletics Director Pete Carlon during the 2006 induction ceremony. Theresa Noggler-Fangman Volleyball ...... 2007 L.R. “Dink” Ford ...... Basketball ...... 1993 Theresa Frederick ...... Volleyball ...... 1989 Former UTA volleyball All-American (163.2 yards-per game) and shared Chena Gilstrap ...... Football Coach, Athletic Director ...... 1984 Theresa Noggler-Fangman, football the SLC crown with Lamar while Danny Griffi n ...... Football ...... 1998 Ronald Hancock...... Track and Field ...... 2003 all-American Bob Diem, four-time all- compiling a 6-4 overall record. Aca- Dick Hill ...... Football ...... 2000 ...... Baseball ...... 1992 Southland Conference track standout demically, the Arlington native was James G. “Klepto” Holmes ....Football, Basketball, Baseball...... 1991 Errol Byles and the 1990-92 Maverick named to the honor roll. Derrick Jensen ...... Football ...... 1987 Eva Jonsson ...... Track and Field ...... 2003 men’s track and fi eld teams were in- Byles won the SLC 400-meter Charlie Key ...... Football, Coach...... 1993 Carl Knox ...... Basketball, Tennis, Football ...... 1990 ducted into the 2007 University of Texas hurdle title four straight seasons Bobby Lane ...... Athletic Training, Track Coach ...... 1988 at Arlington Athletics Hall of Honor on from 1994-97. He also claimed the Calvin Lee ...... Football ...... 1985 ...... Volleyball Coach ...... 1997 Sept. 15. 1997 110-meter hurdle champion- Allen Lowes...... Track and Field/Football ...... 2001 Noggler-Fangman was named fi rst ship with a time of 14.11 seconds Joel McCray ...... Track and Field ...... 1997 Marvin “Butch” McBroom .. Baseball/Administration ...... 2004 team Association for Intercollegiate Ath- and helped the Mavs’ win their Ralph McPherson ...... Basketball ...... 2002 Brenda Marshall ...... Softball ...... 1998 letics for Women (AIAW) all-American eighth team title with 162 points. Angela Nelson-Martinez.... Track and Field ...... 2002 during the 1981 season. UTA compiled Byles ranks in UTA’s top fi ve Paul “Cotton” Mitchell...... Basketball ...... 1996 Mike Nau ...... Basketball ...... 2002 a 174-67 record during Noggler-Fang- all-time in 400-meter hurdles with a McClinton Neal...... Track and Field ...... 1996 man’s four-years on the stage. In 1978, time of 50.72. Ric Nesbit...... Swimming ...... 1992 Cliff Odom ...... Football ...... 1996 UTA compiled a 50-10 record and won The 1990-92 men’s track and Ana de Oliveira ...... Volleyball...... 1999 Ken Ozee ...... Football ...... 1997 the AIAW state tournament, fi nished fi eld teams won both the indoor Howard Prager ...... Baseball ...... 1999 second in the regional and ninth nation- and outdoor team title each year Judd Ramsey ...... Football ...... 1996 Paul Renfro ...... Men’s Basketball ...... 2006 ally. The Mavericks fi nished ranked in and a cross country championship Mary Ridgway ...... Volleyball Coach ...... 1996 Justin Rowland...... Track and Field ...... 2003 the top 10 nationally in three of Nog- in 1992. Then-head coach Monte Christina Rudiger ...... Volleyball ...... 2005 gler’s four years (ninth in 1978, eighth in Stratton was named the SLC Doug Russell...... Swimming ...... 1985 John Schnable ...... Football ...... 1987 1979 and sixth in 1981). Coach of the Year seven times. Gene Schrickel...... Basketball ...... 1993 A three-year starter and letterman, McClinton Neal was a fi ve-time Howard Payne Shannon ...Baseball, Track and Field ...... 1989 Carolyn Smith ...... Women’s Basketball ...... 2004 Diem was a tri-captain and all-American all-American and won the NCAA Gilbert Smith ...... Track and Field ...... 1991 Eddie Stallings ...... Basketball ...... 1997 guard off the 1967 Rebel team that fi n- championship in the 400-meter hur- Kathy Gunter-Stanfi eld...... Volleyball, Basketball, Track and Field, Softball 1994 ished 10-1, won the SLC championship dles in 1990. In all, three individuals Monte Stratton ...... Track and Field Coach ...... 2000 Shawn Sweeten ...... Volleyball ...... 2003 outright, and defeated North Dakota and the 1,600-meter relay team of Willie Thomas ...... Football ...... 1994 State 13-0 in the Pecan Bowl to win the Ronald Hancock, Terrance Car- Randy Thorpe ...... Baseball ...... 1996 Tom Tinker ...... Basketball Coach, Athletic Director...... 1988 NCAA college division national cham- son, Joel McCray, Joseph Sainah Bruce Tibbets ...... Basketball ...... 1992 Glen Throckmorton ...... Football ...... 1999 pionship. Named fi rst-team all-Texas and Neal competed at the NCAA Jimmy Thomas ...... Football ...... 2000 and all-SLC, Diem anchored the left Outdoor Championships between Katie Weismiller ...... Volleyball ...... 2001 Robert Willbanks ...... Football ...... 2004 side of an offensive line that protected 1990-92. B.G. Wilson ...... Baseball ...... 2006 the SLC Offensive Player of the Year, Neal and Sainah earned all- Brenda Woodard ...... Softball ...... 2006 quarterback Mike Baylor as UTA led American honors during the 1990 TEAMS 1956, 57 Football Squads ...... 2003 the SLC in passing yards (174.4 ypg). indoor season. Neal fi nished fourth 1989 Volleyball Squad ...... 2003 He was named fi rst team American in the 55-meter hurdles while Sain- 1998 Volleyball Squad ...... 2003 1966, 67 Football Squads ...... 2004 Football Coaches Little All-America, ah was fi fth in the 800-meter run. 1980-81 Men’s Basketball Squad ...... 2005 1995 Women’s Track and Field Team ...... 2005 second team Associated Press Little 1967, 68 Men’s Swimming and Diving Teams ...... 2006 All-American as a senior. His junior sea- 1990-92 Men’s Track and Field Teams ...... 2007 son, UTA led the SLC in rushing offense

73 UT Arlington is nestled in the middle of the vibrant, Dallas- Fort Worth Metroplex. Professional sports, the arts, music, museums, shopping, commerce are all just minutes away. The popular family attraction Six Flags Over Texas is just fi ve minutes northeast of campus. Six Flags is the anchor of the Fun Central with the Ball-Ball parkparkandthenewhomeoftheDallasCowboys and the new home of the Dallas CowboysCowboys,, due to be openedopened in 2009. The new state- of-the-artof-the-art sstadiumtadium will be ththee hhomeome of SuperSuper Bowl in 2011, the CottonCotton Bowl, and will competecompete for numerous NCAA ChampionshipChampionship eventsevents inin men’smen’s

DALLAS-FORT WORTH 74 • DDFWFW InInternationalte Airport is the world’s ssecond-busiestecond-busie airport and the main hub for AmAmericanerrican AirAirlinesl • MMoreore thathann 10 professional sports clubs resresideide in thethe DFWD area • DDallasallas is homeh to more than 160 muse- uums,ms, galleriesgalleries and artistic attractions • TThehe averaveragea daily temperature is 63 de- ggreesrees FahrenFahrenheit.h Arlington has mild winters aandnd hot,hot, drydry summerss • BoBBothth DDallasalla and Fort Worth have zoos • FoFFortrt WWorthort is home to the historical Fort WWorthorth StockStockyards.y

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Karen Borta Space Shuttle Columbia News anchor KTVT-11 Dallas Keith Alcorn, actor Jimmy Neutron Ralph Hawkins, architecture Morgan Woodward, actor Brian Chase, NASA’s Assistant Administrator for Legislative Affairs Trey Yelverton, City of Arlington Deputy City Manager for Ret. General Tommy Franks Economic Development United States Army , professional baseball player - Jim Wilkinson, Sr. Advisor to Secretary of Chris Cagle Musician State Condoleezza Rice Roland Pryor, Harvard University, Asst. Professor, Economics Chris Cagle, Country music singer Royce West, Texas State Senator David Kunkle, Police Chief, City of Dallas Theron Bowman, Chief of Police, City of Arlington Ralph Mendoza, Chief of Police, City of Fort Worth Vasudev Rangadass, CEO of Net.Orange Gary Trietsch, Houston District Engineer for Lou Diamond Phillips Texas Department of Transportation Actor Lillie Biggins, Vice President for Operations – Harris Methodist Hospital, Fort Worth Phil Porter, 17-year Volunteer Social Worker for the Hunter Pence AISD Venture School Houston Astros David Webster, President and CEO of Kinro Corporation Kelcy Warren, CEO and Chairman of the Board for Energy Transfer Partners, LP

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