2013 – 2014 MEDIA GUIDE For more information about the men’s basketball team, please visit www.sanjacsports.com 1 2013-2014 SAN JACINTO COLLEGE MEN’S BasKETBALL ROSTER 2013-2014 SAN JACINTO COLLEGE MEN’S BasKETBALL Team No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown / High School (Previous College) 0 Carrington Ward G 6-2 Soph. Philadelphia, Pa. / Electrical & Technology HS / Palm Beach State College 1 Michael Carey G 6-5 Fresh. Nassau, Bahamas / Lamar Consolidated HS 3 Torrence Dyck, Jr. G 6-5 Soph. Rochester, N.Y. / East HS / Palm Beach State College 5 Gary Akbar G 6-5 Soph. Dayton, Ohio / Dunbar HS / Midland College 10 Anthony Miles G 6-1 Soph. Pearland / Dawson HS / Loyola University (New Orleans) 12 Michael Hunter G 5-10 Fresh. Houston / Willowridge HS 14 Rashard Owens F 6-5 Fresh. Bossier, La. / Bossier HS 22 Richard Benedyth G 5-11 Soph. Bronx, N.Y. / Cypress Springs HS / Northwest Florida State College 23 Dana Raysor G 6-3 Fresh. Hamilton, N.J. / St. Patrick HS 24 Anthony Livingston F 6-8 Fresh. Washington, D.C. / Stevens Prep Academy 30 Jevonlean Hedgeman F 6-7 Fresh. Pearland / Pearland HS 33 Justin Hollins F 6-8 Fresh. Houston / Trent International 35 Egi Gjikondi F 6-9 Fresh. (RS) Malden, Mass. / Malden HS / Alabama State University 44 Taylor Morris F 6-5 Fresh. Deer Park / Deer Park HS Head Coach: Scott R. Gernander, Second Season (24-6), Sam Houston State University (2006, M.A. 2008) Assistant Coach: Albert Talley, Jr., Third Season, Texas Wesleyan University (2005), Concordia University-Irvine (2012) Assistant Coach: Jeffrey D. Mailhot, First Season, California Baptist University (2005) 2 San Jacinto College Men’s Basketball 2013-2014 PLayer BIOS Carrington Ward 6-2 | Soph. | G Michael Carey Philadelphia, Pa. | 6-5 | Fresh. | G Electrical & Technology HS Nassau, Bahamas | Lamar 0 (Palm Beach State College) 1 Consolidated HS Torrence Dyck, Jr. Gary Akbar 6-5 | Soph. | G 6-5 | Soph. | G Rochester, N.Y. | East HS Dayton, Ohio | Dunbar HS 3 (Palm Beach State College) 5 (Midland College) Anthony Miles 6-1 | Soph. | G Michael Hunter Pearland | Dawson HS (Loyola 5-10 | Fresh. | G 10 University [New Orleans]) 12 Houston | Willowridge HS For more information about the men’s basketball team, please visit www.sanjacsports.com 3 PLayer BIOS Richard Benedyth 5-11 | Soph. | G Rashard Owens Bronx, N.Y. | Cypress Springs 6-5 | Fresh. | F HS | Northwest Florida 14 Bossier, La. | Bossier HS 22 State College Anthony Livingston Dana Raysor 6-8 | Fresh. | F 6-3 | Fresh. | G Washington, D.C. | 23 Hamilton, N.J. | St. Patrick HS 24 Stevens Prep Academy Jevonlean Hedgeman Justin Hollins 6-7 | Fresh. | F 6-8 | Fresh. | F 30 Pearland | Pearland HS 33 Houston | Trent International 4 San Jacinto College Men’s Basketball 2013-2014 PLayer BIOS Egi Gjikondi 6-9 | Fresh. (RS) | F Taylor Morris Malden, Mass. | Malden HS | 6-5 | Fresh. | F 35 Alabama State University 44 Deer Park | Deer Park HS For more information about the men’s basketball team, please visit www.sanjacsports.com 5 COACHING STAFF BIOS Scott R. Gernander Head Coach Second Season Sam Houston State University (2006, M.A. 2008) Overall: 24-6 (281) 476-1849 After spending a season as a graduate assistant coach at his alma mater, Sam where he played on teams that went a Houston State University, Scott R. Gernander returned in 2008 to the school where combined 57-12, won two conference his collegiate playing days began to serve as an assistant coach under his legendary titles, and were national junior college father. After serving the 2012-2013 season as Interim Head Coach, the younger runners-up. He averaged 8.1 points per Gernander was promoted to the top spot in the Summer of 2013. game while at San Jacinto College. Last season, Gernander guided San Jacinto College to a 24-6 record and the Before playing at San Jac for his father, semifinals of the Region XIV tournament. Under his tutelege, Mohammad Lee was Gernander was a first team all-District named a National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) all-American and and second team all-Region guard for all-Region player, while Danny Lawhorn and Zach Lofton were also named to the Coach Boyce Paxton at Sam Rayburn all-Region squad. The 2012-2013 San Jac team averaged nearly 91 points per game, High School in Pasadena. He averaged and won the Region XIV South Zone, finishing with a 14-5 conference record. 17.8 points as a senior. As a graduate assistant at Sam Houston State from 2005-2008, Gernander coached Gernander received his bachelor’s on teams that recorded a combined 66-27 record, and had three 20-win seasons in degree in kinesiology from Sam the Southland Conference. Houston State in 2006 and a Master of Arts in Kinesiology in 2008. He married The 30-year-old Gernander played as a guard at SHSU from 2003 to 2005, where Amanda Crabtree in June of 2008. Bearkats were 31-27 during his time on the hard court. Prior to playing at Sam Houston, Gernander was a member of the San Jacinto College men’s basketball team, 6 San Jacinto College Men’s Basketball 2013-2014 COACHING STAFF BIOS Albert Talley, Jr. Assistant Coach Third Season Texas Wesleyan University (2005) Concordia University Irvine (2012) Albert Talley Jr. of Cleburne is in his second season with the San Jacinto College men’s basketball program. He joined San Jac last season from Paris Junior College, where he served as assistant men’s basketball coach, following his time in the same position with Panola College. His experience includes playing basketball and serving as a student assistant coach for Texas Wesleyan University, where he was a member of the 2006 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national championship team. He was one of four recipients across the nation to receive the NAIA Champions of Character Award for his contributions on the court, in the classroom, and in the community. His other accolades include the university’s Gene & Anne Burge Sportsmanship Award and Golden Crutch Award. Talley holds a bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Texas Wesleyan University and a master’s degree in coaching and athletic administration from Concordia University. This is his eighth year coaching in Region XIV. SCOTT R. GERNANDER, DANNY LawhORN, AND ALBERT TALLEY SCOTT R. GERNANDER, ZACH LOFTEN, AND ALBERT TALLEY For more information about the men’s basketball team, please visit www.sanjacsports.com 7 COACHING STAFF BIOS Jeffrey D. Mailhot Assistant Coach Troy Rabon California Baptist Athletic Trainer University (2005) Seventh Season Jeff Mailhot is in his first season with the San Jacinto College Troy Rabon, MAT, ATC, LAT, is in his seventh year as an athletic men’s basketball program, but he is no stranger to the College or trainer at San Jacinto College. to junior college basketball. Rabon enjoys working at San Jacinto College because Mailhot spent the last two seasons as an assistant at Midland of the relationships he is able to build with coaches and College, where he helped the Chaps to a 36-18 overall record. student-athletes. “It’s easier to develop strong and trusting While at Midland, he was responsible for recruiting, strength and relationships,” he says. As for his philosophy on athletic training, conditioning, scouting, travel, and provided academic support. Rabon states, “I just try to instill in all of my student-athletes He helped coach four first-team all-conference selections, and that I’m always here to help them.” Rabon enjoys athletic had seven student-athletes sign with NCAA division I schools. training because he loves helping people and sports equally. Prior to his time at Midland, Mailhot was an assistant coach For him, it was the perfect fit. at Howard College, where the Hawks won the national Prior to coming to San Jacinto College, Rabon worked on the championship in 2010. During his two years at Howard, the collegiate level at the University of Texas, Texas Tech University, Hawks posted an overall record of 58-7, had the top-ranked and Florida A&M University. He has also worked for the Dallas defense in the nation, and Mailhot saw eight student-athletes Cowboys and Atlanta Braves, in addition to a private position as sign with NCAA division I schools, four at the high major level. In a trainer for U.S. Olympic track and field athletes. addition, Mailhot recruited and coached the NJCAA and NABC Rabon holds a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from the National Player of the Year in Jae Crowder, a current member University of Texas, and a master’s in athletic training from of the Dallas Mavericks. Mailhot also has coached at the high Texas Tech Health Sciences Center. He resides in League City. school level as well as in AAU. Mailhot played and graduated from Hopkins High School, Minnetonka, Minn. in 1999-2000. There he played under legendary Coach Ken Novak Jr. and his team held a top ten ranking in the nation during his senior year. Mailhot’s collegiate career started at Valparaiso before he transferred to San Jacinto College. He played at San Jac for head coach Scott Gernander Sr., in the 2001-2002 season, posting a 30-2 overall record and holding the No. 1 ranking in the country before transferring to the University of California – Riverside and then California Baptist after tearing his second ACL. Mailhot is a 2005 graduate of California Baptist University with a bachelor of science in business administration with an emphasis in management, cum laude. He was married in 2011 to Lady Mayerly Gomez-Rincon.