2008 Football

Bulldog Cheerleaders ABOVE: The Union College cheerleading squad perform UC Cheer squad holds own their routine at the 2008 Cheer Ltd Open College National Championship. The Bulldogs finish as the third at Nationals runner-up. MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – The Union Col- BELOW: Members of the All-Girl Stunt Group pose with lege cheerleading team made their fi rst trip to the head coach Heather Wilson after capturing the national Cheer Ltd Open College Nationals a memorable championship. The members include Tara Tye, Rachel one with a championship and third-runner up fi n- Fore, Rebecca Mills and Sasha Davisson. ish in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The competition was held March 15 at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. Union captured the crown in the All-Girl Col- lege Stunt group, over King (Tenn.) College. The quartet featured juniors Tara Tye (Williamsburg, Ky.) and Rebecca Mills (Barbourville, Ky.) along with sophomore Sasha Davisson (Barbourville, Ky.) and freshman Rachel Fore (Corbin, Ky.) To go along with the stunt group, Union added a third-runner up fi nish in the small coed col- legiate division. The Top-2 groups were from NCAA Division I programs. Charleston South- ern (S.C.) University was the champion while FOOTBALL Tennessee Tech University was fi rst-runner up. Between Union and Tennessee Tech was Indiana Tech University while Iowa Central Community College and the University of North Carolina at Pembroke were fi fth and sixth, respectively. The trip to nationals was the fi rst for the Union program under the direction of fi rst-year head coach Heather Wilson. BULLDOG Quick Facts/Contents 2008 QUICK FACTS Contents UNION COLLEGE FOOTBALL FACTS Location: Barbourville, Ky. Head Coach: Tommy Reid GENERAL INFORMATION Founded: 1879 Alma Mater: Glenville State ’96 Enrollment: 1,350 Record at Union/Career: 22-47 (eighth year) UC Cheerleaders Inside Front Cover Nickname: Bulldogs Assistant Coaches: Andre Linn Quick Facts 1 Colors: Orange (PMS 165) and Black John Gray 2008 Schedule 1 Surface: Synthetic sports turf Marco Knorr Press Box Phone: (606) 627-2280 Shaun Person This is Union! 2 Affi liations: Mid-South East (fb only)/NAIA Travis Bethel 2007-08 UC Athletics Review 3 President: Edward D. de Rosset Chris Murphy Athletic Staff Directory 4 Athletic Director: Darin S. Wilson Patrick O’Neal Director of Compliance/FAR: Larry Inkster Todd Miracle Athletic Director 4 Sports Information Director: Jay Stancil 2007 Overall Record: 4-7 Media Information 5 Assistant SID: Gene Renfro 2007 MSC East Record/Finish: 2-3/T-Fourth Sports Information Office 5 Head Athletic Trainer: Clay Butler Starters Returning: 6 (offense), 7 (defense) and 2 (special teams) Facilities 21 CONTACT INFORMATION Affiliations 22-23 Address: 310 College Street, CPO Box D-22 FOOTBALL HISTORY Barbourville, Ky. 40906 First Year of Football: 1905* Athletic Offi ce Phone: (606) 546-1236 All-Time Football Record: 152-205-17 (.429) 2008 SEASON Athletic Offi ce Fax: (606) 546-1286 Overall Record Since 1984: 88-138-3 (.389) Preview 6-7 Sports Information Phone: (606) 546-1292 Record at Home Since 1984: 49-59-3 (.455) Team Roster 8-9 Sports Information Fax: (404) 601-0909 Record on Road Since 1984: 39-78-0 (.333) Sports Information Email: [email protected] Record at Neutral Sites Since 1984: 0-1-0 (.000) Player Profiles 10-17 Athletic Website: www.ucbulldogs.com Overall MSC Record: 50-79-1 (.388) MSC Championships: One (1992) COACHING STAFF FACILITY INFORMATION *-football not sponsored at UC from 1906-21 Stadium: Burch/Nau Field and 1942-83 Head Coach Tommy Reid 18 Year Opened: 1984 Assistant Coaches 19-20 Capacity: 2,500 2008 OPPONENTS 2008 SCHEDULE Opponents Information 34-35 Date Opponent Site Time Sat., Sept. 6 Lambuth Jackson, Tenn. 1 p.m. Series Results 40 Sat., Sept. 13 Malone Barbourville, Ky. 1:30 p.m. Sat., Sept. 20 Faulkner Montgomery, Ala. 12 p.m. 2007 SEASON Sat., Sept. 27 Georgetown* Barbourville, Ky. 1:30 p.m. Sat., Oct. 4 West Virginia Tech* Montgomery, W.Va. 1:30 p.m. Season Review 24 Sat., Oct. 11 Cumberlands* Barbourville, Ky. 1:30 p.m. Game Recaps 25-28 Sat., Oct. 18 Pikeville*# Barbourville, Ky. 1:30 p.m. Statistics & Results 29-30 Thurs., Oct. 23 Shorter Rome, Ga. 7 p.m. Sat., Nov. 1 UVa-Wise* Wise, Va. 1:30 p.m. MSC Standings 31 Sat., Nov. 8 Campbellsville* Barbourville, Ky. 1:30 p.m. MSC Statistics 31-32 Sat., Nov. 15 Belhaven@ Barbourville, Ky. 1:30 p.m. All-Conference Team 33 WWW. Home Games bold & at Burch/Nau Field in Barbourville, Ky.; * - Mid-South Conference East game; @ - Homecoming game; All times Eastern; Dates and times subject to change RECORD BOOK Year-By-Year Records 18 CREDITS Coaches Records 18 All-Time Results 36-37 The 2008 Union Football Media Guide is a production of the Union UC College Sports Information Offi ce. Team & Individual Records 38-39 Writing, Editing & Design: Jay Stancil and Gene Renfro Series Records 40 Photography: Heather Cole, Taryn Jacobus, Gene Renfro, Jay Stancil, Missy Frederick and Terry Esrael of VSN Photography Honor Roll Inside Back Cover BULLDOGS Printing: The Advocate, Barbourville, Ky. Helmets are courtesy of the The Helmet Project. Copyright © 2008, Union College Athletics. All rights reserved. DIRECTIONS TO UNION FROM THE NORTH: I-75 south to exit the fi rst light. Turn right at the light (Corbin FROM EAST TENNESSEE AND THE 29. Turn left at the end of the ramp and con- bypass) and continue for about fi ve miles. Turn CAROLINAS: Take US 25E north into Bar- tinue for approximately 17 miles into Barbour- right when the road ends at US 25E south. bourville. At the third traffi c light in Barbo- ville. Turn right at the fi rst entrance into town Continue for approximately 12 miles into urville, turn left (Daniel Boone Drive). Turn .COM (just past the shopping center with a green Barbourville. Turn right at the fi rst entrance right at the second traffi c light, then go through roof). Go to the third traffi c light and turn right. into town (just past the shopping center with one more stop light and a four-way stop. The At the fi rst four-way stop, continue straight and a green roof). Go to the third traffi c light and campus will be one block up on the right. the campus will be one block up on the right. turn right. At the fi rst four-way stop, continue FROM THE SOUTH: I-75 north to exit straight and the campus will be one block up 25. Turn right at the end of the ramp and go to on the right. Union College • 1 This is Union! In 1879 a group of progressive citizens followed JUST THE FACTS the prompting of Abraham H. Type: Personally-focused private liberal Harritt, a salesman of school arts college desks, and James T. Gibson, the owner of a general- Founded: 1879 as Kentucky’s fi rst merchandise store, to establish college in the mountains a college in the Barbourville community. W.W. Sawyers Affi liation: United Methodist Church; and James D. Black met in the however, Union welcomes students of offi ce of Judge J.H. Tinsley all faiths and formed a stock company to launch Union College. Students: Nearly 650 undergraduates Black, who later served as representing 19 states, Puerto Rico and president of Union from 1910- fi ve foreign countries 12 and later served as governor of Kentucky, is given credit CENTENNIAL HALL Academics: Bachelor of Arts and for having named the school Bachelor of Science degrees; 27 majors, “Union.” The institution it 21 minors would serve as a unifying infl uence for the community regardless of church affi liation or political differences. The Articles of Incorporation were drawn up on Oct. 18, 1879, Location: Just 17 miles east of and provided for the issuance of $20,000 worth of capital stock. The London Echo of Interstate 75 in Barbourville, in Dec. 12, 1879, carrying its fi rst announcement of Union, listed the corporation as being southeastern Kentucky, located in the “designed to fi ll a long-felt want in eastern Kentucky, eastern Tennessee and western foothills of the Appalachian Mountain Virginia.” range along the famous Wilderness Union was operated under local leadership for the fi rst few years, but began to Road and 30 miles from Cumberland experience severe fi nancial struggles. On Oct. 25, 1886, the property was “cried off” Gap National Historic Park to Green Elliott, who purchased it for Dr. Daniel Stevenson for the sum of $4,425 with Mrs. Mahala Dowis furnishing the funds. The renowned Kentucky educator had Campus: Over 100 acres covered in been authorized to attend the sale by the Board of Education of the Kentucky Annual majestic trees, mountain greenery, and Conference of The United Methodist Church. Georgian architecture and surrounded Union’s athletic mascot, the English Bulldog, was introduced during the fall of 1925. by four state parks; 20 buildings The breed, whose ancestors were developed in Britain before the 13th century from the including our state-of-the-art technology British mastiff and other breeds, was used for bullbaiting and dogfi ghting until these center and library, Academic Resource sports were outlawed in the 19th century. Center and new student apartments In 1967, the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity of Union College purchased the fi rst living mascot named Mack. He was presented at the Homecoming basketball game that Athletics: 23 intercollegiate varsity same year. A registered English Bulldog, Mack died in 1971. His remains are buried in sports, including coed cheerleading, an area adjacent to Union’s current baseball complex.

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