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Game 1 Preview Notes - Sept. 3, 2015

NCAA DII #8 (0-0, 0-0 GLIAC) at (0-0, 0-0 GLIAC)

7:30 pm | Tom Benson Stadium | Canton, Ohio

Schedule/Results All-Time Series Sept. 3 Ohio Dominican* 7:30 pm ODU leads 7-1 Sept. 12 @ Michigan Tech* 1:00 pm Sept. 19 @ Wayne State* 6:00 pm Year-by-Year Results Sept. 26 Tiffin* 1:00 pm 2014: @ ODU 59, Malone 14 Oct. 3 Ashland* (Homecoming) 2:00 pm 2013: ODU 40, @ Malone 13 Oct. 10 @ Northern Michigan* 1:00 pm 2012: @ ODU 56, Malone 7 Oct. 17 Walsh* 6:00 pm 2008: ODU 34, @ Malone 24 Oct. 24 @ Lake Erie* 7:00 pm 2007: @ ODU 31, Malone 21 Nov. 7 @ Findlay* 12:00 pm 2006: @ ODU 41, Malone 17 Nov. 14 Northwood* 1:00 pm 2005: ODU 27, @ Malone 13 *GLIAC Contest 2004: Malone 39, @ ODU 32

Stadium Renovations Tom Benson Stadium will undergo Coaches renovations throughout the 2015 season. is in his sixth season as the All fans must enter through Gates 7 & 8 Pioneers’ head coach and has tallied an 11-42 located adjacent to McKinley High School. record at Malone. Prior to arriving in Canton, All other entrances will be closed. Hehman spent the previous five years as head coach at NCAA Division III Greenville (IL) Col- Broadcast/Ticket Information lege where he led the Panthers to a 28-22 re- cord and a berth in the 2009 NCCAA Victory Live Streaming Video Bowl. http://livestream.com/maloneuniversity Clint Scroggs - Play-by-Play Bill Conley is now in his sixth season as the Larry Ridgeway - Color Commentary Panthers’ head coach and has guided ODU to Live Stats a 38-18 overall record, including a memorable http://gliac.org/sports/fball/2015-16/ 11-2 mark and a trip to the NCAA Division II gameday/week_1 Regional Finals last fall. Prior to becoming

Tickets Ohio Dominican’s head coach, Conley com- Adults: $8.00 pleted two stints as an assistant at Ohio State Students/Senior Citizens: $5.00 University - from 1984-87 under Earl Bruce Children (12 & under): Free and then from 1992-2003 under John Cooper

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Malone Notes Ohio Dominican Notes +2015 marks the 23rd season of intercollegiate foot- +The Panthers captured the GLIAC South Title and ball at Malone…It is also the Pioneers’ fourth year of made their second straight appearance in the NCAA competition in the GLIAC and third year as full mem- Division II playoffs last season bers of NCAA Division II +ODU notched road wins in each of the first two +Malone has tallied a 10-11-1 mark in its first 22 rounds of the 2015 postseason before suffering a season openers narrow 31-28 loss in the Regional Finals to the even-

+The Pioneers are 5-4 all-time in season openers tual National Champions, Colorado State University- Pueblo played at home

+In last year’s match-up with ODU, Malone trailed by +The Panther defense surrendered the fewest yards a slim 17-14 margin at halftime before four third- (326.4 per game) in the GLIAC last fall while the ODU quarter fumbles by the Pioneers allowed the Panthers offense led the league in passing and ranked near the top of numerous other statistical categories to quickly put the contest out of reach

+After battling through an injury-plagued year in +Ohio Dominican was picked to win the GLIAC South Division in the 2015 Preseason Coaches’ Poll 2014, Malone will be aiming to recapture some of its 2013 success when the squad averaged over 395 +In preseason national polls, ODU is ranked 8th by yards and nearly 30 points per game AFCA, 4th by the Sporting News and 5th by D2Foot- ball.com.

Malone Players To Watch ODU Players To Watch +QB Will Szpor: After missing the entire 2014 sea- +RB Brandon Schoen, a 2014 Second Team All- son due to a preseason injury, Szpor returns to lead GLIAC honoree and the Panthers’ all-time leading the Pioneer offense this fall...Szpor, who started in rusher (3,246 career yards), returns for his senior each of his first three years on the team, enters his season…Last fall, Schoen tallied his third consecutive final collegiate season ranked among Malone’s all- 1,000-yard season, ending 2014 with 1,134 yards time leaders in several passing categories…He cur- and 12 TDs rently ranks fourth in career completion percentage +WR Dez Stewart is also back looking to build upon (.550) and is fifth in career pass attempts (627), an impressive 2014 season..A Preseason All-America completions (345), yards (3916), and touchdowns pick by D2Football.com, Stewart earned First Team (27) All-GLIAC accolades last fall after leading the confer- +WRs Damien Russell and Eian Elsass: both fig- ence in yards (1,156) and TDs (11) ure to be two of Szpor’s top targets in the passing +QB Grant Russell takes over at the QB position game…Last fall, Russell hauled in 21 catches for 189 this fall, following the graduation of three-year starter yards while Elsass averaged 23.6 yards on seven Mark Miller…In limited action last fall, Russell com- catches, including two TDs pleted 16 of 22 passes for 191 yards and two touch- +RB Matt Blasiole will likely see an expanded role downs this season after averaging 6.9 yards on 40 carries as +DL Sydney Omameh, a D2Football.com Preseason a freshman in 2014 All-America selection who was named First Team All- +DL Austin Cary and LB Fred Baker Jr. both GLIAC in 2014 after registering 62 tackles, including earned USA College Football Preseason All-America 17.0 tackles for loss and 8.5 sacks honors…Last fall, Cary notched 30 tackles with a +K Grant Wahle, another D2Football.com Preseason team-best 4.5 sacks while Baker finished third on the All-American, made 19 of 24 field goals last season. team with 63 total tackles.

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QB 4 Will Szpor SR 6-2 200 DE 57 Austin Cary JR 6-2 245 QB 11 John Iacucci R-FR 6-2 220 DE 93 Jesse Correll R-JR 6-3 230

RB 45 Matt Blasiole SO 5-10 200 NG 96 Tyler Bowman JR 6-2 250 RB 41 Tyler Howell FR 5-10 175 NG 77 Carl Grady SR 6-1 250

RB 42 Jon Zimmerly R-SO 5-10 210 DT 9 Colton Hale JR 6-5 240 RB 41 Tyler Howell FR 5-10 175 DT 91 Drew Shreve R-FR 6-4 225

LT 75 Fred Clearman SR 6-4 290 LB 8 Fred Baker Jr. R-JR 6-0 230 LT 66 Blake Cary FR 6-2 256 LB 15 Romel Pollard R-FR 6-3 215

LG 63 Derek Muncy JR 6-3 250 LB 52 Phil Fisher SR 6-0 225 LG 65 Nemo Stefonavic SR 6-2 295 LB 49 Charles Dickens SR 6-0 220

C 55 Sione Veikoso SR 6-0 290 LB 47 Ryan Weber SO 5-11 205 C 58 Greg Martinez JR 5-11 300 LB 54 Dan Mower R-SR 6-0 225

RG 72 Brenson Ennis R-JR 6-4 295 LB 2 Ricarlo Bell JR 6-3 240 RG 78 JD Stamper FR 6-2 270 LB 35 Matt Ramsey FR 6-3 220

RT 74 Trevoy Bates JR 6-5 285 CB 25 Jordan Johnson SO 6-0 170 RT 73 Joe Turner R-SO 6-3 290 CB 38 Darien Giles JR 5-10 177

TE 82 Chris Henke JR 6-2 270 SS 6 Lucas Haupt SR 5-11 175 TE 87 Rodney Lewis FR 6-2 225 or SS 26 Cameron Pitts FR 5-11 192 30 RJ Salazar R-FR 6-0 260 FS 13 James Pawlyk JR 5-11 190 WR 81 Eian Elsass R-SO 6-1 180 FS 20 Josh Correll SO 6-2 200 WR 18 Tyler Billie JR 6-1 195 or 19 Ashton Dulin FR 6-2 190 CB 5 Daniel Tepe SO 5-11 185 CB 33 Obrem. Oppong SO 5-11 185 WR 3 Damien Russell SR 5-10 180 WR 10 Garrett Beech R-FR 5-10 175 P 85 Riley Escalle R-FR 6-3 185 P 21 Devin Wallace FR 6-1 145 KOR 18 Tyler Billie JR 6-1 195 KOR 19 Ashton Dulin FR 6-2 190 K 21 Devin Wallace FR 6-1 145 K 85 Riley Escalle R-FR 6-3 185 PR 18 Tyler Billie JR 6-1 195 PR 25 Jordan Johnson SO 6-0 170

LS 40 Tom Watt JR 6-2 230 LS 35 Matt Ramsey FR 6-3 220

2015 Malone Game Notes | www.malonepioneers.com | @maloneathletics 2015 Malone University Football Roster # First Last YR Pos HT WT Hometown High School/Previous School 2 Ricarlo Bell Jr. LB 6‐3 240 Washington D.C. Jeb Stuart HS / Shepherd Univ. 3 Damien Russell Sr. WR 5‐10 180 Cleveland, OH Lincoln West 4 Will Szpor Sr. QB 6‐2 200 Reedley, CA Reedley 5 Daniel Tepe So. DB 5‐11 185 Hilliard, OH Hilliard 6 Lucas Haupt Sr. DB 5‐11 175 Youngstown, OH Austintown‐Fitch 7 Omar Walker Fr. QB 6‐2 185 Bel Air, MD C Milton Wright 8 Fred Baker R‐Jr. LB 6‐0 230 Richmond Heights, OH Glenville 9 Colton Hale Jr. DL 6‐5 240 Centerville, OH Centerville 10 Garrett Beech R‐Fr. WR 5‐10 175 Hanoverton, OH United Local 11 John Iacucci R‐Fr. QB 6‐2 220 North Chili, NY Churchville‐Chili 13 James Pawlyk Jr. DB 5‐11 190 Canal Fulton, OH Northwest 14 Carrington Simons R‐Fr. DB 5‐11 190 Bloomfield Hills, MI Bloomfield United 15 Romel Pollard R‐Fr. LB 6‐3 215 Aurora, OH Aurora 16 Joseph Palafox Fr. DB 5‐11 155 Apple Valley, CA Apple Valley 18 Tyler Billie Jr. WR 6‐1 195 Washington, PA Trinity HS / Liberty Univ. 19 Ashton Dulin Fr. WR 6‐2 190 Reynoldsburg, OH Reynoldsburg 20 Josh Correll So. DB 6‐2 200 Cincinnati, OH Anderson 21 Devin Wallace Fr. K 6‐1 145 Royal Palm Beach, FL Royal Palm Beach 22 Kyle Nowak R‐Fr. RB 6‐0 240 Powell, OH Worthington Christian 23 Mason Kretzer Fr. RB 5‐10 170 Tipp City, OH Bethel 24 Josh Stovall Fr. DB 5‐9 160 Oak Park, MI Southfield Senior 25 Jordan Johnson So. DB 6‐0 170 Norwalk, OH Norwalk 26 Cameron Pitts Fr. DB 5‐11 192 Cincinnati, OH Mason 28 Cole Bailey Fr. DB 5‐8 150 Dimondale, MI Eaton Rapids 30 RJ Salazar R‐Fr. TE 6‐0 260 San Jose, CA Valley Christian 31 Kris Carter R‐Fr. RB 5‐9 170 Canton, OH Timken 31 Marcus Moeller So. K 6‐4 180 Denmark Cornerstone Charter Academy 32 Ronnie Beers R‐Jr. RB 5‐11 190 Canal Fulton, OH Northwest 33 Obrempong Oppong So. DB 5‐11 185 New Albany, OH New Albany 34 Casey Stauffer So. LB 5‐8 190 Grove City, OH Grove City Christian 35 Matt Ramsey Fr. LB 6‐3 220 Canal Fulton, OH Northwest 37 Nathan West Fr. LB 6‐0 195 Piney Flats, TN New Hope Academy 38 Darien Giles Jr. DB 5‐10 177 Passaic, NJ Passaic HS / Monroe College 39 Calvin Smith Fr. LB 6‐0 232 Sanford, FL Lake Mary 40 Thomas Watt Jr. LS 6‐2 230 Zoarville, OH Tusky Valley 41 Tyler Howell Fr. RB 5‐10 175 North Canton, OH Hoover 42 Jonathon Zimmerly R‐So. RB 5‐10 210 Sterling, OH Norwayne 43 Keith Williams Fr. LB 6‐1 205 Medina, OH Highland 44 Michael Brown R‐Fr. LB 6‐1 215 Uniontown, OH Green 45 Matt Blasiole So. RB 5‐10 200 Uniontown, OH Lake 46 Luke Swaim Sr. DL 6‐1 240 Cedarville, OH Cedarville 47 Ryan Weber So. LB 5‐11 205 Butler, OH Loudonville 48 Kameron Richardson Fr. LB 5‐8 210 Pittsburgh, PA Penn Hills 49 Charles Dickens IV Sr. LB 6‐0 220 Bellflower, CA Mayfair 50 Ryan Delagrange R‐Fr. LB 6‐2 175 Hartville, OH Lake 51 London Curry Fr. DL 5‐11 265 Akron, OH Akron Early College 52 Philip Fisher Sr. LB 6‐0 225 Alta Loma, CA Alta Loma 53 Andy Owens Fr. LB 6‐4 200 Mogadore, OH Mogadore 54 Dan Mower R‐Sr. LB 6‐0 225 Holland Patent, NY Holland Patent 55 Sione Veikoso R‐Sr. OL 6‐0 290 Inglewood, CA Gardena Serra 56 Camden Baucke R‐Fr. TE 6‐2 250 Loveland, OH Loveland 57 Austin Cary Jr. DL 6‐2 245 Loudonville, OH Loudonville 58 Greg Martinez Jr. OL 5‐11 300 Whittier, CA California HS / Fullerton College 59 Keith Harris Fr. DL 6‐2 245 Harper Woods, MI De La Salle 62 Ethan Griffith Fr. OL 6‐3 295 Vermilion, OH Vermilion 63 Derek Muncy Jr. OL 6‐3 250 Washington Court House, OH Miami Trace 65 Nemo Stefanovic Sr. OL 6‐2 295 Long Beach, CA Long Beach Poly 66 Blake Cary Fr. OL 6‐2 256 Loudonville, OH Loudonville 68 Justin Gangwish Fr. OL 6‐5 260 Independence, KY Holy Cross 71 Brandon Workman Fr. DL 5‐9 290 Wakeman, OH Western Reserve 72 Brenson Ennis R‐Jr. OL 6‐4 295 Pearl Harbor, HI GlenOak 73 Joe Turner R‐So. OL 6‐3 290 Cincinnati, OH Anderson 74 Trevoy Bates Jr. OL 6‐5 285 San, Pablo, CA Pinole Valley HS / Laney College 75 Fred Clearman III Sr. OL 6‐4 290 Ocean Springs, MS Ocean Springs 76 Cody Stadtman Fr. OL 6‐2 265 Fallon, NV Churchill County 77 Carl Grady Sr. DL 6‐1 250 Elwood City, PA Riverside 78 JD Stamper Fr. OL 6‐2 270 Mason, OH Mason 80 Darren Davis Fr. TE 6‐4 205 Emmett, MI Yale 81 Eian Elsass R‐So. WR 6‐1 180 Canton, OH Jackson 82 Chris Henke Jr. TE 6‐2 270 Cincinnati, OH Archbishop Moeller 83 Elijah Grooms Fr. WR 5‐8 170 Sanford, FL Winter Springs 84 Alex Stotts Fr. WR 6‐2 175 Lebanon, OH Lebanon 85 Riley Escalle R‐Fr. WR/P 6‐3 185 Fort Myers, FL Evangelical Christian 87 Rodney Lewis Fr. TE 6‐2 225 Atlanta, GA Saint Francis 88 Temeko Holness R‐Fr. WR 6‐4 200 Youngstown, OH Struthers 90 Robert Hillery Fr. DL 6‐2 295 Sanford, FL Lake Mary 91 Drew Shreve R‐Fr. DL 6‐4 225 Mogadore, OH Lake 93 Jesse Correll R‐Jr. DL 6‐3 230 Cincinnati, OH Anderson HS / Butler Univ. 94 Albert Phillips Fr. DL 6‐0 285 Akron, OH Woodridge 95 Ravyn Workman Jr. DL 6‐4 385 Ashland, OH Lexington 96 Tyler Bowman Jr. DL 6‐2 250 Canal Fulton, OH Northwest 97 Matt Seymour Fr. DL 5‐6 215 Adams, NY South Jefferson 98 Eric Blosser Fr. DL 6‐1 225 Hanoverton, OH United Local 99 Tom Knuff Fr. DL 6‐2 330 Brunswick, OH Brunswick Trevahn Beery Jr. WR 6‐1 170 Creston, OH Norwayne HS / Bowling Green State Univ. Lamon Mathison Fr. DB 6‐0 180 Orchard Lake, MI Saint Mary's Prep Cortlin Nix Fr. DL 6‐1 310 Canton, OH McKinley Aaron Perry Fr. WR 6‐0 162 Farmington, MI Farmington Michael Robey Fr. OL 6‐0 315 Brandenburg, KY Meade County Shane Sand Fr. DL 6‐2 245 Delaware, OH Delaware Hayes Reuben Simpson Fr LB 5‐10 244 Grosse Pointe, MI Grosse Pointe South Jarrod Smith R‐So. RB 6‐0 187 Canton, OH McKinley HS / Baldwin Wallace Univ. Osiah Walker Fr. Ath 6‐1 195 Bel Air, MD C Milton Wright 2015 Malone University Football Pronunciation Guide

No. Name Pronunciation

4 Will Szpor SPORE 5 Daniel Tepe TEE – pee 6 Lucas Haupt HOPPED 11 John Iacucci Eye – a – KOOCH – ee 13 James Pawlyk PAUL – ick 15 Romel Pollard Ro – MELL 16 James Palafox PAL – a – fox 19 Ashton Dulin DOO – lin 20 Josh Correll Cor – RELL 22 Kyle Nowack NO – wack 24 Josh Stovall STO – vall 31 Marcus Moeller MOW – ler 33 Obrempong Oppong OH – brem – pong Oh – PONG 38 Darien Giles JILES 45 Matt Blasiole Blaz – ee –OLE – ee 54 Dan Mower MAU – er 55 Sione Veikoso See – OH – nay Vah – KO – soh 56 Camden Baucke BOCK 65 Nemo Stefanovic Steh – FAHN – uh – vich 68 Justin Gangwish GANG – wish 74 Trevoy Bates Tre – VOY 76 Cody Stadtman STAT – men 81 Eian Elsass EE – un 82 Chris Henke HEN – kee 85 Riley Escalle Eh – SCAL 88 Tomeko Holness Tah – MEE – ko WHOLE – ness 93 Jesse Correll Cor – RELL 96 Tyler Bowman BOH – man 97 Matt Seymour SEE – more 99 Tom Knuff Keh – NUFF

Malone University – 2015 CoSIDA Football Information

GENERAL INFORMATION City/Zip: Canton, Ohio 44709 Founded: 1892 Enrollment: 2,000 Nickname: Pioneers School Colors: Red, White, Blue Stadium: Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium (formerly known as Fawcett Stadium) Capacity: 22,365 Affiliation: NCAA ll Conference: Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference President: Dr. David King Alma Mater, Yr. Eastern Mennonite (Va.) Athletic Director: Charlie Grimes Alma Mater, Yr. Western Michigan (’93) Compliance Director: John Russell Faculty Athletic Rep.: TBD Athletic Dept. Phone: 330‐471‐8300 Ticket Office Phone: 330‐471‐8253 Website www.malone.edu / www.malonpioneers.com

HISTORY First yr: 1993 Overall all‐time record: 97‐129‐2 No. of yrs. in Post Season/Last: (2/1998) lost 46‐41 Georgetown (KY) (NAIA)

SPORTS INFORMATION Football SID: Mike Leggett SID Office Phone: 330‐471‐8253 Cell Phone: E‐Mail Address: [email protected] Press Box Phone: 330‐580‐2401 SID Mailing Address: 2600 Cleveland Ave. NW Canton, Ohio 44709

FOOTBALL 2015 Head Coach: Eric Hehman Alma Mater, year: Taylor, (1994) Record at Malone: 11‐42 (5 yrs.) Career record (yrs.): 39‐64 (10 yrs.) Football phone: 330‐471‐8383 Best time to reach coach: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

ASSISTANT COACHES Asst. Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Recruiting Coordinator: Joel Penner Assoc. Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Strength & Conditioning: Kyle Schenk Offensive Line/Strength & Conditioning: Granville LeCroix Director of Football Operations: Caleb Norrick Safeties/Special Teams Coordinator: Fred Thomas Running Backs/Equipment Manager: Jason Scibona Defensive Line: Eric Baumgartner Defensive Assistants: Denny Blake, Dale Klick Graduate Assistants: Michael Johnson (CBs), Drew Bond (WRs)

Athletic Trainer: Jordan Kocher

TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Overall Record: 1‐10 GLIAC: 1‐9 Home: 1‐4 Away: 0‐6 Starters returning/lost: Offense: 7/4 Defense: 7/4 Special Teams: 2/3 Letter winners returning/lost: 32/39 Offensive Formation: Spread Option Defensive Formation: 3‐4

MEDIA INFORMATION Broadcast: All games on malonepioneers.com Play‐by‐play: Clint Scroggs Color: Larry Ridgeway Contact: Mike Leggett Address: same as above Phone: 330‐471‐8253

TICKET INFORMATION Adults: $8.00 Students (non‐Malone)/Senior Citizens : $5.00 Malone Students, Faculty and Staff : Free with current ID Children 12 & Under: Free